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July 22, 2020
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It's Time to Prioritize Health & Physical Education Flyer

 

Across the country, school districts are developing reopening plans for the upcoming school year. And, while these plans vary from district to district, there is one message we want all local leaders and administrators to hear loud and clear: Health and physical education is essential for students’ physical, mental and social-emotional health.

 

Share this flyer with administrators and local leaders to advocate for HPE in your school.

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

SEL Learning Tools

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a crucial part of an educational environment where students feel safe and confident to explore, grow, and succeed. Discover our selection of tools, resources, and blog articles to support SEL in the physical education and health setting to help students thrive.

SHAPE America

If you missed the recent live webinars on effective teaching practices using SHAPE America’s School Reentry Considerations, they are now available on the SHAPE America website, along with Q&As and comprehensive lists of all the resources shared by the panelists and attendees! Log in to view the free and webinars and earn 1.5 SHAPE America Credit Hours.

 

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Online Physical Education Graduate Program

Choose an accredited online M.A.Ed. in Physical Education Master Teacher. This program offers well-rounded expertise from faculty focused on enhancing your curriculum, professional connections that build your network, and advocacy opportunities that encourage active engagement of all students.

SHAPE America

One primary goal of physical education (PE) is to promote students’ lifelong physical activity. This goal implies that PE should not only improve students’ in-class physical activity (PA) behavior but also promote their PA behavior outside of the school. The impact on out-of-school PA is known as the “PE effect.” In this article from the June issue of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, researchers propose and test the tenability of a two-pathway model of the “PE Effect.”

 

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SHAPE America

Now it’s easier than ever to reach out to your principal or supervisor about implementing the health. moves. minds.® program in your school! Our new justification toolkit includes tips, a template letter, links to video testimonials, a list of program benefits, and information about the importance of social and emotional learning.

Home PE by GOPHER

 

 

 

Share Home PE, a 6-week subscription packed with equipment and instructions, with parents to keep students active this summer. Plus, earn funds for your program!
Cambridge College

 

 

 

 

Our M.Ed. and Advanced Certificate program prepares health educators to increase their competency in teaching Skills-Based Health/SEL and Physical Education/SEL.

SHAPE America

Advocacy doesn’t happen on just one day but is an ongoing process — especially if we want to ensure that health and physical education stays at the forefront of back to school planning! Thank you to everyone who participated in Online Backyard Advocacy Day on July 16. If you missed out, it’s not too late to send letters and tag leaders in social media posts using #SHAPEAdvocacy!

 

 

 

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Kaiser Permanente

More than 30 nationally recognized and trusted school health organizations have come together to develop a playbook for school reopening which covers five primary areas of health that are critical to the safe and successful reopening of schools: mental health and well-being, COVID-19 prevention, social drivers of health (including food security and housing stability), physical activity and education, and staff and teacher well-being. and , which will be held on Wednesday, July 22 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

 

The Conversation

The brain connections and neural pathways that are formed before the age of 5 set the foundations for how the brain will develop throughout life. This not only applies to the social, emotional and cognitive areas of development (or “domains”) but also the physical. There is strong support for physical activity in the early years, and researchers have reported that time spent in this critical developmental period focusing on physical development through physical activity and active play has many benefits.

 

Edutopia

In response to the upheaval of the pandemic, researchers and the leaders from 112 schools identified what is most important in education, regardless of delivery method, and decided that the three most fundamental emphases should be on well-being, engagement, and feedback. They imagined a pyramid in which well-being is the largest section, at the pyramid’s base; engagement is the middle layer; and feedback is at the pyramid’s peak.

Teacher of the Year Program

 

PsychCentral

A new international collaboration led by Japanese researchers suggests regular physical activity improves cognitive ability in kids, especially those who initially showed deficits in executive skills. The researchers re-analyzed data from previous experiments in which executive function was assessed in children before and after several months of daily intervention with physical activity. The activities included aerobic activities, ball games and playing tag.

 

Education Dive

With the new school year fast approaching, principals and superintendents have a lot on their plates. Many are still navigating the extent to which they'll reopen school buildings (if at all), weighing how to implement safety measures, planning how remote learning fits into the puzzle, ensuring robust professional development is in place, re-evaluating transportation routes, and so much more.

 

Edutopia

At our middle school in inner-city Oakland, we started incorporating mindfulness into our daily announcements and homeroom time. Research shows that taking moments to practice and discuss mindfulness helps students thrive emotionally and academically by increasing focus and memory and reducing stress and anxiety. Distance learning creates a different context for mindfulness practice. Some simple strategies can help integrate mindfulness practice in distance learning.

 

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect those of SHAPE America, and SHAPE America assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Professionals should refer to the journals, newsletters and publications of SHAPE America for current science-based, accurate educational and professional information.

 

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