SHAPE America's Podcast - Professional Development for Health & Physical Education Teachers

With the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), advocating for school health and physical education is more important than ever! Learn about the origins of SHAPE America’s SPEAK Out! Day and its significance as an advocacy tool, and find out how to get involved either on Capitol Hill or in your home state. Panelists for this podcast include: *Paul Clinton — SHAPE America Northwest District president; *Mark Foellmer — Physical education teacher at Wentworth Junior High School in Calumet City, IL, and an active committee member of SHAPE America Midwest District; *Cheryl Wardell — Physical Education teacher in the Beaverton School District (OR) and 2014 SHAPE America Northwest District Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year; *Gayle See — National Board Certified physical educator who currently serves as a physical education instructional coach for Seattle Public Schools and as executive director of both SHAPE Washington and SHAPE America Northwest District; and *Samantha Nelson — Middle school physical education, D/APE, and health education teacher in Willmar, MN

With the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), advocating for school health and physical education is more important than ever! Learn about the origins of SHAPE America’s SPEAK Out! Day and its significance as an advocacy tool, and find out how to get involved either on Capitol Hill or in your home state. Panelists for this podcast include: *Paul Clinton — SHAPE America Northwest District president; *Mark Foellmer — Physical education teacher at Wentworth Junior High School in Calumet City, IL, and an active committee member of SHAPE America Midwest District; *Cheryl Wardell — Physical Education teacher in the Beaverton School District (OR) and 2014 SHAPE America Northwest District Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year; *Gayle See — National Board Certified physical educator who currently serves as a physical education instructional coach for Seattle Public Schools and as executive director of both SHAPE Washington and SHAPE America Northwest District; and *Samantha Nelson — Middle school physical education, D/APE, and health education teacher in Willmar, MN

Matt and Collin interview the founders of the Billion Mile Race. Here is a little more information about the Billion Mile Race: Do students at your school walk or run? Those miles belong in the Billion Mile Race. Perhaps your students walk and run throughout the year as part of a regular program. Those miles belong in the Race. Does your school participate in a walk-a-thon or 5K? Tally them up and put them in. What about walk-to-school? Those count too. You get the picture. Not running but want to get started? You've landed in the right place. We've got you covered. We know that thousands of schools have experienced the benefits of adding walking and running to the school day. Active kids simply do better - better in the classroom, better attendance, better health and fitness. We want thousands of more schools to experience the same. That's why we are uniting the efforts of schools across the nation to walk and run one billion miles. Yep, that's right, billion with a 'b'.

Matt and Collin interview the founders of the Billion Mile Race. Here is a little more information about the Billion Mile Race: Do students at your school walk or run? Those miles belong in the Billion Mile Race. Perhaps your students walk and run throughout the year as part of a regular program. Those miles belong in the Race. Does your school participate in a walk-a-thon or 5K? Tally them up and put them in. What about walk-to-school? Those count too. You get the picture. Not running but want to get started? You've landed in the right place. We've got you covered. We know that thousands of schools have experienced the benefits of adding walking and running to the school day. Active kids simply do better - better in the classroom, better attendance, better health and fitness. We want thousands of more schools to experience the same. That's why we are uniting the efforts of schools across the nation to walk and run one billion miles. Yep, that's right, billion with a 'b'.

This episode was recorded live on Friday, April 8 at the 2016 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis! Listen in as convention attendees share their thoughts about the convention, as well as stories from previous conventions.

This episode was recorded live on Friday, April 8 at the 2016 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis! Listen in as convention attendees share their thoughts about the convention, as well as stories from previous conventions.

Collin and Matt interview Eileen about her Keynote at the SHAPE America National Convention, her work on the ground floor of the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program, and how to get ourselves at the table to be a part of the conversation of The Every Student Succeeds Act.

Collin and Matt interview Eileen about her Keynote at the SHAPE America National Convention, her work on the ground floor of the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program, and how to get ourselves at the table to be a part of the conversation of The Every Student Succeeds Act.

Collin and Matt interview Holly and Sarah about their new resource book called The Essentials Of Teaching Health Education, which is focused on a skills-based approach. They discuss where the idea came from, how an educator can use their resource to teach, and how to implement it into your curriculum.

Collin and Matt interview Holly and Sarah about their new resource book called The Essentials Of Teaching Health Education, which is focused on a skills-based approach. They discuss where the idea came from, how an educator can use their resource to teach, and how to implement it into your curriculum.

This episode was recorded live on Thursday, April 7 at the 2016 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis! Listen in as convention attendees share their thoughts about the convention, as well as stories from previous conventions.

This episode was recorded live on Thursday, April 7 at the 2016 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis! Listen in as convention attendees share their thoughts about the convention, as well as stories from previous conventions.

Matt and Collin interview Bryan and Neil from Koo Koo Kangaroo, as known from Go Noodle, about their music and how it is inspiring teachers to increase the amount of physical activity in their classes.

Matt and Collin interview Bryan and Neil from Koo Koo Kangaroo, as known from Go Noodle, about their music and how it is inspiring teachers to increase the amount of physical activity in their classes.

This podcast episode comes to you live from the 2016 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis! On Wednesday, April 6, convention attendees stopped by the exhibit hall to speak with our podcast hosts and share their thoughts about the convention, as well as stories from previous conventions. .