Quality physical education and activity programming begins with confident educators who understand how to plan, deliver, and assess learning in ways that prioritize student safety, inclusion, and well-being. Ophea offers a range of professional learning workshops that equip educators with practical tools, strategies, and safety considerations to support effective instruction across physical education, intramurals, and school-wide programming.
Ophea provides safety focused workshops that strengthen educator understanding of safe practice through the Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education (OPASSE) and broader safety expectations. Topics of focus include:
- OPASSE 101
- Outdoor Education Safety
- Concussion Safety
- Prevalent Medical Conditions
Ophea also offers fee-for-service workshops that deepen educator confidence in creating safe and inclusive physical activity experiences, these include:
- DPA: Thinking Outside the Gym
- Secondary H&PE: Highlights, Opportunities & Challenges
- Intramurals: Including Everyone in Physical Activity
- Success for All: Assessment and Evaluation in Health and Physical Education
- Get In the Game with Teaching Games for Understanding
- So You’re Teaching Health & Physical Education – You Got This!
Workshops can be booked as system-wide professional learning for school boards or as collaborative school-level sessions for staff teams looking to increase their knowledge and understanding while building shared approaches and consistent safety practices.
Benefits of Participating in Ophea Workshops
Educators who engage in Ophea’s professional learning opportunities are better able to:
- Increase their confidence in planning and delivering safe, inclusive physical activity experiences for every student
- Strengthen their understanding of how OPASSE guides safe practice across curricular, intramural, and school-wide programming
- Develop shared approaches to risk assessment, instructional decisions, and inclusive adaptations
Through ongoing professional learning, educators contribute to creating consistent, safe, and inclusive physical activity environments where all students can participate confidently.
To learn more about Ophea’s workshop offerings and available session options, visit:
- The Professional Learning section on ophea.net; or
- connect with Ophea for available session options by emailing professionallearning@ophea.org.