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Don’t miss your chance to attend the 2025 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo
at last year’s rates. Prices go up after the early-bird deadline of January 29, so now is the time to complete your convention registration. Join thousands of attendees at the premier event of the year for health and physical educators! REGISTER NOW
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NDSU’s practitioner-friendly M.Ed. in Leadership in Physical Education and Sport Coaching is 100% online and asynchronous! Complete your degree in 30 credits (9 required, 21 elective). ALL students receive our in-state tuition rates! Enjoy rolling admissions with opportunities to start fall, spring, or summer. No GRE required. Join us today!
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With a new presidential administration and a new session of Congress, it’s more important than ever to advocate in person and build relationships with representatives. With your presence — and personal perspective — at SPEAK Out! Day this February 25-26, we can help protect vital funding for health and PE by sharing stories about how federal education funds are being effectively used in states and schools. REGISTER NOW
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Free PD courses focus on important health-related topics for teens and tweens. Take one or all courses in FDA’s Science and Our Food Supply series: Food Safety, Nutrition, Dietary Supplements, & Agricultural Biotechnology. Earn one CEU per course. Approximate time investment: 10 hours. For more information and registration, click HERE.
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In the winter issue of Research in Motion, the SHAPE America Research Council shines a spotlight on Scott McNamara, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of New Hampshire. As a researcher, he focuses on improving adapted physical education services for disabled children and promoting awareness of these services to a variety of audiences. VIEW PROFILE
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National Health Education Standards, Third Edition, empowers preK-12 health educators to develop high-quality health education programs that improve outcomes for students, providing them with skills for lifelong health and well-being. Created by SHAPE America, this text unveils the revised standards and performance indicators, offers guidelines for implementation and assessment, and advances the idea that health education means equity, access and inclusion for all.
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The Essentials of Teaching Health Education has become the benchmark instructional textbook on developing successful health education programs. Now in a third edition that incorporates the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards and performance indicators, it sets the foundation for employing a skills-based approach that will teach students to become health literate, develop self-efficacy, and lead health-promoting lifestyles. LEARN MORE
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National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, is the go-to book for all physical education teachers, providing the framework for creating curricula, designing lesson plans, and developing assessments. Created by SHAPE America, this text unveils the revised standards and new grade-span learning indicators, offers practical guidelines for implementation, and advances the idea that physical education means equity, access and inclusion for all.
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Beyond the Check-In: Empowering Parent-Student Dialogues About Health
School PTAs/PTOs and other local school-based parent/caregiver organizations are invited to apply for a $10,000 mini grant to provide resources on the topics of mental, social, and sexual health. The application deadline is February 7. If you are a K-12 health and physical educator, please share this mini grant application link with your own school-based groups! LEARN MORE
Join Your Peers at Critical Conversation in HPE: A Forum on Teacher Preparation and Retention
The Critical Conversations in HPE Forum — a pre-conference event to be held on March 31 at #SHAPEBaltimore —will bring together PETE/HETE faculty, district-level administrators, state DOE administrators, and others to discuss pressing issues in the profession, such as strengthening the pipeline of certified HPE teachers, teacher retention challenges, and the upcoming revision of the national PETE/HETE standards. Space is limited. LEARN MORE
Member Benefit: The Active&Fit Direct Program™
This benefit for SHAPE America members includes fitness options at thousands of gyms nationwide, as well as 1:1 well-being coaching and free on-demand workout videos. There is no enrollment fee and no long-term contract. LEARN MORE
Show Your Pride for Health & PE
After receiving many requests for more “merch,” SHAPE America has officially launched an online store! Choose from colorful, comfortable sweatshirts, hoodies, polos, and T-shirts to show off your SHAPE America pride. Spread the word about standards-based HPE with our “I have high standards” T-shirts and “Health & PE for Every Body” bumper stickers! VIEW NOW
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CDC: 2013-2023 Youth Risk Physical Activity Behavior Report
Contemporary Pediatrics
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data Summary & Trends Report for Dietary, Physical Activity, and Sleep Behaviors: 2013–2023 provided insights into the physical activity behaviors of U.S. high school students. The report, developed by the CDC, highlights trends over the past decade, revealing concerning patterns in physical activity engagement among adolescents.
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A 3-Step Process for Addressing Disruptive Behavior
Edutopia
One of the hardest things for a new teacher to master is managing student behavior, which can significantly impact learning.
According to an education technology services and research survey, student behavior disrupts the classroom for about 144 minutes per week. Teachers new to the field might need help knowing where to start when these behaviors occur, and the basic premise of this begins with just three simple steps: distract, debrief, and resolution.
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Physically Inactive Children Have Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds
PsyPost
An analysis of data from the National Survey of Children’s Health has found that physically inactive children exhibit higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to their physically active peers.
This trend was especially pronounced in children with autism and ADHD, who had significantly higher prevalence rates of these disorders than their healthy peers, regardless of physical activity levels.
The research was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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