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Check out the latest health and physical education calendars for activities your students can do throughout the month. These new calendars include popular activities like Code Words, Set the Menu, Fitness Intervals, and much more. Available for both elementary and secondary grade levels, these calendars are great to share with students and families! You can also download the calendars in Spanish. VIEW 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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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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JOPERD and Strategies are seeking candidates to serve on their editorial boards. Candidates must be a SHAPE America member, have prior experience as a reviewer and/or writer for the journal, and not be currently serving on the editorial board of another publication or on a SHAPE America committee during the three-year term. The application deadline has been extended to March 7. LEARN MORE
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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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Ryan Regan, a physical education teacher at Lake Bluff Elementary School in Lake Bluff, IL, just completed his school’s health. moves. minds.® program. His school raised funds to purchase new pedometer class packs and 9 Square in the Air. In just three weeks, Ryan and his students raised over $10,500! See Ryan’s top five reasons why you should plan to lead a health. moves. minds., powered by Booster fundraiser this calendar year. 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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We love sharing how SHAPE America members are making a difference in students’ lives! Here are the latest posts from the SHAPE America Blog:
National Award Winners Announced
SHAPE America is proud to honor this year’s award recipients and lecturers, who will be recognized at the 2025 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Baltimore, April 1-5. Our professions benefit daily from the hard work, dedication, and vision of these individuals. Join us in congratulating these members of the HPE community! LEARN MORE
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Preschoolers With Better Fitness Have Sharper Brains, Study Finds
News Medical
In a recent study published in the journal Pediatric Research, a research team in Spain reported that preschoolers with better physical fitness perform significantly better on tasks requiring working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility. These findings highlighted the need to integrate movement-based activities into early education to foster both physical and cognitive development.
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The Impact of Physical Activity in Early Childhood Classrooms
University of Northern Colorado
Julie Bell aims to improve the well-being of children through physical activity opportunities in early childhood education.
As a doctoral student in the University of Northern Colorado’s Sport and Exercise Science Ph.D. — Physical Education and Physical Activity Leadership Concentration, she approaches the subject of movement in 3-to-5-year-olds from the perspectives of a former classroom teacher, physical education teacher, and mother of two young children.
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Creating Adapted Physical Education for Students of All Abilities
WDIO News
Over the next decade, there will be a need for over 30,000 teachers trained in special education in Minnesota. Mike Doyle is with the Minnesota Developmental Adapted Physical Education (DAPE) Leadership Committee. He says students with special needs should get the same physical education experience and opportunities as other kids.
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