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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 Wake and Shake, Flexible Alphabet, Shuffle Squat, 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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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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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
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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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On February 25-26, health and physical educators will join SHAPE America on Capitol Hill for SPEAK Out! Day — a time to meet with congressional representatives in Washington, DC, and advocate for HPE. 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. REGISTER NOW
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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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Major of the Year Award Nominations Due January 17
The SHAPE America Major of the Year award celebrates outstanding undergraduate students in the fields of health, physical education, recreation, and dance. Faculty advisors/professors are encouraged to nominate one outstanding student per major, per college/university. The student must be a SHAPE America member; if they are not a current member, they must join within one month of nomination. Submission deadline: January 17. LEARN MORE
New Online Course: Unpacking the National PE Standards
This online course is offered as part of Human Kinetics Professional Development. The self-paced experience is designed to support teachers with the implementation of the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards. Educators will learn how to shift away from established instructional design models to a standards-based approach. The instructor for this course is Terri Drain, a past president of SHAPE America. LEARN MORE
New Webinar — Move to Learn and Thrive: Implementing the National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP)
“By You, For You” webinars are selected from proposals submitted by SHAPE America members. They are all available for on-demand viewing. This webinar updates physical educators and higher education members on NPAP revisions and recommendations pertaining to K-12 schools. LEARN MORE
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Physical Education: Building Body and Mind
NEA Today
“Movement can help students get through the stress of friendships and relationships, the pressures of schoolwork, and even traumatic situations outside of school,” says Sheila Peterson, a physical education teacher at Wachter Middle School, in Bismarck, ND. “It releases dopamine, and there are reams of research showing how moving your body produces calm and well-being.”
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New Survey Reveals Teachers’ True Feelings About Social-Emotional Education
We Are Teachers
In recent years, teachers have noticed a troubling trend in their classrooms: Students are struggling more than ever with social-emotional skills. We surveyed nearly 500 teachers in our We Are Teachers community to learn more about the wins and limitations of teaching SEL at school.
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Green Spaces Are Key to Reducing Kids’ Screen Time
Earth.com
In a fast-paced, digitized world, excessive screen time among children is a rising concern – but it seems nature has something to say about it. A study from the University of Michigan indicates that the secret to pulling children away from screens might be as simple as offering them access to green spaces.
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