Christopher Roth is a middle school physical education teacher at Eastern Greenbrier Middle School, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Throughout the past six years teaching physical education and coaching middle school football, Roth describes his greatest accomplishment as creating experiences for students to try and succeed in areas that they themselves did not believe they were capable.
As a 2006 MS PETE grad, Roth is dedicated to the health and well-being of his students, athletes, and community. When he is not teaching, coaching, or serving as Faculty Senate president, he is holding after school workouts for anyone interested in “becoming a better athletes, or simply healthier.”
In 2011, Roth and his colleagues at the two middle schools in Greenbrier County were awarded an $880,000 Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The resources from the PEP grant have allowed the PE teachers to integrate new and innovative content into their 6-8th grade PE and health curriculum, such as biking, archery, slack lining, disc golf, and many more activities.
oth led the introduction of biking unit and conducted a professional development workshop for his colleagues at a local state park. He is working with a local bike shop owner and some of his middle school students to develop a biking trail around the school to be used for PE classes and for the new after school biking club.
“The PEP grant has given me the opportunity to realize the vision I have for a PE program,” Roth explained.