Ryan Armstrong Selected as District Teacher of the Year by SHAPE America
Parkade Elementary School’s Ryan Armstrong recently earned selection as a SHAPE America 2022 District Teacher of the Year. Armstrong — a physical education teacher at Parkade located in Columbia, Mo. — was chosen as the elementary PE teacher of the year in the nine-state central district by SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators).
Armstrong was one of three Missouri-based teachers to receive recognition as a 2022 District Teacher of the Year. Paulo Ribeiro of Ballwin’s Parkway Southwest Middle School and Felicia Durst of Chesterfield’s Marquette High School also collected SHAPE America awards.Armstrong was one of 20 educators nationally to be named a District Teacher of the Year in the categories of physical education, adapted physical education, dance education and health education.
Armstrong was one of 20 educators nationally to be named a District Teacher of the Year in the categories of physical education, adapted physical education, dance education and health education.
Armstrong holds a physical education degree from Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. and has coached basketball, track and football. To view the complete list of SHAPE America’s 2022 District Teachers of the Year, click here.
SHAPE America serves more than 200,000 health and PE educators across the U.S. and was founded in 1885. The organization helped develop and owns the National Health Education Standards.
USTA and SHAPE America are partners and — through a collaborative effort — host PE tennis curriculum Net Generation in schools across the country. USTA Missouri and USTA St. Louis Tennis Service Representative Michael Marotta presented at the Missouri branch of SHAPE America late last year. To read about that, click here.
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