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Join SHAPE America in Chicago on February 17, 2020, for our second Professional Learning Institute. This one-day event will examine how schools that embrace the Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community (WSCC) model can see benefits to their community both academically and in social-emotional benefits. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER
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The M.A.Ed. in Physical Education Master Teacher is an online graduate program designed to help K-12 physical education teachers enhance their instructional effectiveness. Students can choose from emphases in pedagogy or special populations to help enhance their physical fitness classroom.
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SHAPE America and national partner Gopher will kick off the 2nd annual Big Feats Virtual Race on October 22. This six-week physical activity challenge culminates on December 3, with 80% of the funds raised going to high-needs schools selected through SHAPE America’s Impact Schools Grant Program. Last year, our Big Feats Virtual Racers raised more than $20,000! Learn how your students, school, and community can get involved!
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SHAPE America is committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the field of health and physical education, and we invite new and diverse voices to join us in these efforts as members of the SHAPE America national governing board! The Nominations Committee seeks candidates for a 2020 SHAPE America president-elect and three new at-large members for the Board of Directors. Learn more here. We are also seeking nominations for the SHAPE America Research Fellow program. All nominations are due on or before October 31.
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Healthy Sleep Leads to Success for Kids
Did you know? Getting enough sleep is critical for adolescent development, physical health, mood, safety and academic success! Do you want to improve your sleep knowledge and advocate on behalf of your students? The American Alliance for Healthy Sleep delivers the latest health resources, communities and connections you need to recharge your educator toolkit. Learn how you can have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from AAHS patient advocacy and healthy sleep initiatives. Interested in finding out more about the American Alliance for Healthy Sleep? LEARN MORE
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Video Game Helps Curb Youth Smoking
The smokeSCREEN game
from the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games is a highly interactive narrative-based videogame app in which players "travel" through life, facing the range of challenges that young teens face with a dedicated focus on youth decision-making about smoking and tobacco use and includes strategies for both smoking prevention and cessation. A three-year, $1.4 million grant from the CVS Health Foundation is helping to enhance and scale current pilot programs to reach more students across the country. READ MORE
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Department of Kinesiology and Health to Livestream Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture
Georgia State University
On Tuesday, October 22 at 2 p.m. ET, Howell Wechsler, director of U.S. Programs for FHI 360, will deliver a livestreamed lecture on the current state of school-based physical education. Wechsler will lay out the vision of a comprehensive school physical activity program and highlight the profound contributions that physical education can make to help address many of our nation’s most critical challenges in areas such as public health, education, youth development, economic development and national security. LEARN MORE
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At Sarasota Schools, Fostering Humanity Along With Intellect
Herald-Tribune
Sarasota County School District’s first ever professional day devoted to student’s social and emotional learning makes a case for teaching to the whole child. What is SEL? It’s those “non-academic” behavioral and character skills and values we need to succeed in school, at work, in our relationships, and in the community — the human learning as opposed to the book learning. It’s about our capacity to regulate our emotions, interact with others, handle responsibility, make decisions, deal with disappointments, and resolve problems. READ MORE
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New Guidebook on Implementing Play Streets in Rural Communities
Physical Activity Research Center
The Guide to Implementing Play Streets in Rural Communities is a new guidebook offering recommendations on how to plan and implement Play Streets in rural communities. Play Streets involve temporarily closing streets to create safe places and free opportunities for physical activity. The guide includes examples and feedback from communities that have hosted their own rural Play Streets. Download a PDF of the guide.
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Mountain Bike Club Bonds Students While Teaching Skills
The Conway Daily Sun
Under the tall pines of Whitaker Woods, Steven Cooney and his rolling band of young elementary school mountain bikers were taking a break after riding down a decent-sized hill. When it was time to move on, Cooney, John H. Fuller Elementary School’s physical education instructor, yelled, “Count to three and follow me.” They created a long line that gave each rider some safe space. The program, which aims to create involvement in a lifetime sport while enhancing students’ health, self-esteem and fitness, is a natural given the school’s proximity to the trails of Whitaker Woods. READ MORE
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More Schools Teaching Mindfulness
Delaware State News
Students in Delaware schools are finding themselves “grounded” as they learn about more than just academics. Techniques teaching mindfulness are being used in a growing number of classrooms throughout the state. Smyrna School District Superintendent Patrik Williams said the district is incorporating the concept in hope of exposing children to the idea of self-care earlier in their emotional development. “Mindfulness, trauma-invested strategies and restorative practices are all designed to support social and emotional learning in the classroom. Only when self-care is in place for both students and staff are we able to reach our full potential,” he said. READ MORE
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These High School Sports Have Highest Concussion Rates
CNN
When it comes to concussions in high school sports, there is good news and bad news, a new study suggests. The rates of football practice concussions and recurrent concussions across all sports have gone down in recent years, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Tuesday. The bad news: Concussion rates increased in football games. The study found trends in concussion rates not only for football but also more than a dozen other sports, including soccer, ice hockey and cheerleading — which were among the sports with the most concussion incidence. READ MORE
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