Iowa Association For Health, Physical Education, Recreation And Dance (IAHPERD)
State of Iowa
Legislature Alert
Elementary School Teacher of the Year- 2008
Margaret Beuter
From left to right: Gary Boeyink (2008 president, IAHPERD), Margaret Beuter (Elementary Teacher of the Year) and Chris Pisari (principal)
Margaret Beuter teaches at Longfellow Elementary School in the Iowa City Community School District. Margaret clearly stands out as the one of the finest Elem. Physical Education teachers. Her program is purposeful, meaningful, and innovative. She keeps herself current on best educational practices in physical education, utilizes multiple teaching methods and strategies to meet the needs of all of the learners, facilitates activities in the school community to promote physical fitness, and is a leader at the district level for Iowa City teachers.
Margaret’s program encompasses the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains through a student centered curriculum. She provides her students with information about healthful lifestyles as well as a means to develop a positive attitude about wellness for all stages of life.. She makes learning about fitness fun and meaningful to the students. She is skilled at assessing students needs and responding to them. She facilitates a climate for learning, while giving students opportunities to take responsibility for their learning.
Margaret’s P.E. program is diverse and all students thrive and excel. She has a clear expectation of her students yet understands each student learns at a different pace and has different abilities.
She is a kind, decent, generous person who gives of herself and is an excellent Physical Education teacher.
Ladies and Gentlemen is gives me great pleasure to introduce to you, the 2008 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.