Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2025

I created care plans, trained teachers, managed emergencies, and made sure students could safely participate in school life. We’re Expected to Do It All We are Chief Wellness Officers, health educators, care coordinators, emergency responders, mental health first aiders, and advocates. I know I’m not alone.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

This might involve teaching proper handwashing techniques to prevent the spread of illness, providing age-appropriate sex education, or offering guidance on nutrition and physical activity. In an era of rampant health misinformation, our role in providing accurate, evidence-based health education is more crucial than ever.

Schooling

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2025

A comprehensive approach combines physical education with health education focused on essential life skills like decision-making, goal setting, and communication. Challenges Finding Quality Health Curriculum But finding the right health curriculum isn’t always easy. This goes beyond just physical activity.

Health

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 24, 2025

Widening Disparities: Children with disabilities, children of color, and those in rural or immigrant families will bear the brunt of these cuts, exacerbating existing inequities in health, education, and opportunity. We can show up at school board meetings, write to lawmakers, testify at the capitol, and educate our communities.

Health

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 24, 2025

As March rolls in, the spirit of celebration is in the air, and what better way to join the festivity than by recognizing the incredible contributions of our amazing physical education (PE) teachers, health teachers and administrators? Lets shower our deserving PE teachers with the recognition they deserve!

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 21, 2025

Were on the hunt for our 2025 Award-Winning Teachers , and we need YOUR help! Know a teacher whos gone above and beyond this year? Nominate them today and let their excellence shine!

Middle School

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Well-thought-out PE sub plans not only help maintain the flow of the class but also ensure that students stay active, motivated, and safe, even in the PE teachers absence.

PE

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As educators, you know that National Health Education Week is a good time to focus on issues that affect the health of our nation’s youth. The Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center was created with the students’ health and teachers’ specific needs in mind. Vaping Nicotine Harms Youth.

Teacher

SHAPE America

JUNE 4, 2024

When I started teaching, I had heard a little bit about the South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SCAHPERD), but at the time had no idea how this association would help me grow personally and professionally, transforming me into the educator I am today.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

SHAPE America defines health literacy as, “…the ability to access, understand, appraise, apply and advocate for health information and services in order to maintain or enhance one’s own health and the health of others.” As health educators, it is important to teach our students to be health literate.

Middle School

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? As a middle school health and physical education teacher, I know first-hand that initiatives impacting the whole school and surrounding community can be powerful.

Health

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s). Complete a curriculum map. Put in the Work.

Assessment

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In addition to the resource library, FDA’s Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center helps teachers and parents educate youth about the dangers of tobacco use. Check out the resources for teachers and parents. Review Vaping 101 to learn important facts about the health risks of vaping.

Health

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Snow Fort Unit As a PE teacher for grades K-6, I’ve had a lot of success teaching the importance of guided play, goal setting, teamwork, working with others, communication, and valuing other students’ creations with respect. Wow, that got to me as a teacher, as a mother, and as a Minnesotan!

Elementary

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Several past presidents, the association’s executive director and secretary (a former HPE teacher and administrator) made more than 50 contacts speaking to school personnel from across the state. This task was assigned to the association secretary and a team of state, district and national teachers of the year.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Reach out to your local school’s physical education teacher for more information and opportunities. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Additional lessons dive further into the dangers of underage cannabis use, and important social foundations including goal setting, decision making, and refusal strategies, making Ask, Listen, Learn a well-rounded program for almost any health, physical education, or science teacher.

Health

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 28, 2023

SHAPE America’s “Send a Teacher” initiative highlights the important role that health and physical education can play in the lives of students. This initiative was conceptualized by Andy Milne, SHAPE America’s 2017 National Health Education Teacher of the Year.

Teacher

Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2023

Collaborate with stakeholders : Foster strong relationships and partnerships with stakeholders, including administrators, teachers, parents, and community organizations. Building a network of support will help you create a more holistic approach to student health.

Schooling

PLT4M

MAY 22, 2024

Health education is a critical component of a well-rounded educational program, equipping students with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. Let’s be honest, health class has a bad wrap!

Health Education

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

Establish positive connections with administrators, teachers, parents, and staff members. By nurturing these relationships, you create a network of support that recognizes and appreciates the vital role you play in student health and well-being. Remember this is not boasting, this is educating!

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 9, 2023

This necessitates a collaborative effort among parents, teachers, administrators, and the broader community to advocate for increased resources and support for school health services. They are trained to handle a wide range of health-related incidents.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Addressing concerns and questions related to the child’s health condition, we provide an additional voice to support them in the school setting. Health Education and Awareness: We contribute to educating students, teachers, and staff about chronic health conditions to promote understanding and support.

Conditioning

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MAY 26, 2022

You could say Sabrina Plattner, MEd , has health and wellness in her DNA. Plattner, a senior health educator in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health , grew up in Tucson, the daughter of Heather and David Alberts, MD.

Health Education

Human Kinetics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

By Anna Marie Frank, EdD, DePaul University In the presentation below, Anna Marie Frank shares how she supported pre-service teachers and helped them to adapt to the virtual environment. Presentation Material All content within this presentation, including accompanying handouts, is the copyrighted work of the author unless otherwise noted.

Teacher

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Physical education teacher resources can enhance and support the mission of quality physical education in schools all across the country. We explore some of the best physical education teacher resources and how teachers can tap into lesson plans, technology, and more.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 28, 2023

Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year? The recipients will be honored during the closing general session of this five-day event, along with the District Teachers of the Year. Congratulations Toni!!! Good Luck Toni at the National Convention in Seattle!!!

Middle School

PLT4M

JUNE 12, 2024

Middle school health curriculum is critically important because it targets students at a pivotal age when they are developing habits and attitudes that will influence their future health. Challenges Of Middle School Health Curriculum There has never been a sole curriculum or singular approach to health education within schools.

Middle School

Human Kinetics

JUNE 20, 2024

Live Well Foundations of High School Health is adapted from Live Well: Comprehensive High School Health by veteran health educators Karen E. This abridged edition meets the needs of school districts that prefer to use other means to cover selected topics identified in state and local health education content standards.

High School

PLT4M

MAY 23, 2024

Student mental health issues are on the rise! Tiered Systems Of Support For Mental Health In Schools A comprehensive school mental health system is designed to support all students and teachers with a coordinated, tiered approach. How can we help?

Health

Arizona Health and Physical Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year? Check out our website to see the award recipients in each of the following categories: Adapted Physical Education. Health Education. Elementary Physical Education. Middle School Physical Education.

Middle School

SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was charged with developing and administering Title IX legislation passed in 1972. In addition, moving coaches from academic to coaching positions allowed the physical education faculty to focus on their central mission as teachers, researchers, and community servants.

Academics

PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The 6 ISBE PE standards help to outline the guiding principles for developing the physically literate individual through physical education. We unpack these 6 standards and how physical education teachers can utilize PLT4M to align to the Illinois learning standards. Does PLT4M Align To Shape Standards?

PE

Human Kinetics

JUNE 20, 2022

After viewing the presentation, download a certificate of completion for Teachers that Make an Impact that Lasts for a Lifetime. . Check out more from George Graham in Unpacking Physical Education Standards Digital Resource and Teaching Children & Adolescents PE 4th Edition. RESOURCES BY PRESENTER.

Motor Skills

Active Schools Us

AUGUST 3, 2022

The ABES study, assessed the pandemic’s impact on student health, including emotional well-being. Access to the online survey was provided by teachers in the spring of 2020 to a nationally representative sample of students in 9 th through 12 th grade at both public and private schools.

Physical Activity

Human Kinetics

MAY 23, 2023

Human Kinetics (HK), the premier publisher of K-12 and higher education resources for physical education (PE), health education, adapted physical activity, and dance, acquired the online school effective March 31. By Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL The PE Central Online School is under new ownership.

Online Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 22, 2024

As March rolls in, the spirit of celebration is in the air, and what better way to join the festivity than by recognizing the incredible contributions of our amazing physical education teachers, health teachers and administrators? Creates an engaging and inclusive learning environment?

Middle School