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Check out the latest health. moves. minds.® calendars for activities your students can do throughout the month. These new calendars include popular activities like Balloon Badminton, Class Dance, Bear Walk, and much more. Available for both elementary and secondary grade levels, these calendars are great to share with students and families! VIEW NOW
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Buy Rollerblade skates, gear & helmets at a discounted price and do in-line skating units anytime during the year in the School in School program. Lesson plans, instructional video & maintenance tips included. Optional in-service and storage solutions available. In over 2,000 schools nationwide!
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The severity of a child’s COVID-19 infection affects recovery and when and how they can reengage in sports and physical activity. Resuming physical activity after a COVID-19 infection can be physiologically challenging to children’s bodies due to the increased energy demand. It is recommended that children, especially those who experienced long-term complications caused by COVID-19, be screened prior to restarting physical activity. READ MORE
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Get a jump start on assessing your equipment back-to-school needs with this free equipment inventory checklist developed by Dr. Robert Pangrazi, author of Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary Students. Simply download as a printable PDF or digital interactive Google Sheet and make it your own!
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On November 29, SHAPE America launched its 2022 Giving Season campaign, which will support undergraduates studying to become health and physical educators. The goal is to raise $5,900, which will provide one-year SHAPE America Student memberships to 100 future educators. To date, the campaign has raised more than $2,500 through online donations and Facebook. The HPE community can participate in the campaign by sharing the Facebook fundraiser
— along with a personal “why” — on their own Facebook page. LEARN MORE
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SHAPE America is now seeking qualified applicants for the role of editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, which offers the best research, test reviews, tutorials, commentaries, and discussions of theoretical and methodological issues in measurement and statistics as they apply to physical education and exercise science. The deadline for applicants is March 30, 2023, and the three-year term will begin on July 1, 2023. LEARN MORE
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Health and physical educators across the country are sharing ideas, resources and more!
Check out the latest videos on our
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TOY Talk Tuesday S3, Episode 6: 5 Tips for Organizing Your Google Drive
Join Jessica Matheson, SHAPE America’s 2022 National Health Education Teacher of the Year, for her top five tips on organizing your Google Drive.
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TOY Talk Tuesday S3, Episode 5: Using Visuals to Increase Instruction
Kasia Givenrod, SHAPE America’s 2022 Western District Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year, shares an example of how she set up her visuals and station signs and hear why they are so effective at streamlining instruction for students with autism.
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Unplugged S4, Episode 3: health. moves. minds.® Physical Education Teachers
Stephanie talks with physical educators Jeff Ladd, Krista Winn, and Leah Wheeling about their experiences with hosting health.
moves. minds. Fundraisers, and how doing so impacted their school culture and community for the better.
Curriculum Research and Practice: What Are We Teaching? What Should We Teach?
This virtual research lecture features the insights of Ang Chen, Ph.D., about how to rethink PE in terms of kinesiology and health science, rather than continuing as an extension of sports and athletics. Co-hosted by the SHAPE America Research Council and the Curriculum & Instruction Special Interest Group. VIEW NOW
New Video Shares Benefits of SHAPE America Membership
Joining SHAPE America means connecting with a community of like-minded individuals, having access to the latest programs and resources, bringing effective, standards-based HPE to all students and ensuring that all children are prepared to lead healthy and active lives. VIEW NOW
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SHAPE America’s latest text ties self-advocacy into social and emotional learning and provides ideas, strategies and activities to help infuse self-advocacy throughout health and PE curricula. It includes real-world scenarios, self-advocacy lessons, and more. If you want to help your students develop the skills they need to advocate for themselves, this book is for you.
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Movement-Based Character Education Engages Students’ Mental and Physical Health
Greeley Tribune
Students at Gilcrest Elementary School don’t go a day without physical activity. Physical education teacher John Reid, school leaders and staff see to that. In early November, the Gilcrest school initiated its movement-based character education program for the approximately 200 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Based on five pillars of social and emotional learning, the 30-minute morning sessions are designed to teach self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making through physical activity. READ MORE
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6 Simple, Low-Cost Ways to Promote Student Self-Care
Edutopia
As students reach the middle and high school years, managing increasing academic and personal responsibilities alongside rapid developmental changes can be challenging — and sometimes overwhelming. For many tweens and teens, prioritizing mental health and wellness is often the last thing on their minds. From communal coloring to collaborative puzzles, these accessible activities offer moments in the school day for kids to pause and focus on their own well-being. READ MORE
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National Educator Shortage Summit to Be Held in New Orleans
American Association of School Personnel Administrators
The National Educator Shortage Summit is an interactive event held on January 19-20, 2023, that convenes focused groups of PK-12 and higher education stakeholders to address the challenges of the national shortage of teachers and the teacher pipeline to share ways to replicate practices via a national strategy. Central to this conversation will be the use of data and collaboration in sharing promising practices. READ MORE
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Middle School Students Build Skills, Friendships Through Mentor PE Class
Holland Sentinel
A class at Hamilton Middle School in Hamilton, MI, is building connections and friendships between different segments of the student body. Mentor Physical Education pairs a select group of seventh- and eighth-grade student helpers with special education students from the Intensive Resource Program. Mentors help their classmates achieve individualized physical education goals. READ MORE
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