Professional Development

 
 

 

 

SHAPE America National Convention & Expo
The SHAPE America National Convention & Expo is the only event of its kind! Choose from over 400 sessions featuring world-renowned speakers, honorees, athletes, and researchers. Visit the trade show highlighting over 200 products and service providers. Unite with friends and colleagues, and forge new relationships with professionals from across the country.

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Customizable Professional Development Workshops

Select the workshop format, length and topics that work best for your school! These live workshops can be offered as virtual or in-person sessions — from 1-2 hours (virtual only) up to a half or full day (virtual or in person), depending on your needs. One of our qualified trainers will build a personalized workshop after discussing the topics you want covered in the session. Example topics include adapted PE, skills-based health education, social and emotional learning, and more.

To get started, please complete the workshop inquiry form.

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Available in April

101 Webinar: Overview of the New National Health Education Standards

In this free webinar, members of SHAPE America’s National Health Education Standards Task Force will guide you through the new National Health Education Standards to create a truly impactful learning environment for your students. Task force members will give an update on what’s new in the standards as we look to the future of skills-based health education. You’ll learn how to transition your instruction with the new standards and performance indicators by putting them into practice.

Available in April

101 Webinar: Overview of the New National Physical Education Standards

In this free webinar, members of SHAPE America’s National Physical Education Standards Task Force will guide you through the new National Physical Education Standards to create a truly impactful learning environment for your students. Task force members will describe the updates and changes to the National Physical Education Standards while also demonstrating standards-based activities that align with the new grade-span learning indicators.

Available in May

Diving Into the New SHAPE America National Health Education Standards — An Eight-Part Webinar Series

This webinar series will focus on each of the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards. Experts in standards- and skills-based health education will lead you through the updates to the National HE Standards, discuss the philosophy behind the updates, and show how to implement the standards in your classroom. This eight-part webinar series can be purchased as a full package, or you can purchase as few as two webinars. Since Webinar 1 is vital to understanding the rest of the webinars in the series, it must be included in all individual webinar purchases.

Available in May

Diving Into the New SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards — A Four-Part Webinar Series

This webinar series will focus on each of the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards. Experts in standards-based physical education and meaningful PE will lead you through the updates to the National PE Standards, discuss the philosophy behind the updates, and show how to implement the standards in your classroom. This four-part webinar series can be purchased as a full package or as individual webinars.

July 29-30

SHAPE America Summer Institute

Join us in Minneapolis for a specially designed, thematic professional development experience that will equip you with the skills and strategies needed to teach students in a rapidly changing world. Attendees will get access to exclusive resources and professional learning based on SHAPE America’s new National Physical Education Standards and National Health Education Standards.

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Available Beginning in July

Implementing the New SHAPE America National Health Education Standards

This interactive workshop will leave you equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards. You’ll have an opportunity to examine the new themes in the revised standards through an exploration of the rationale, performance indicators, and other resources. We’ll identify how the revised standards can be used as a foundation to a skills-based health education curriculum and engage in teaching strategies you can use to integrate the health skills into your standards-based health education instruction.

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify key components and themes of the revised National Health Education Standards;
  • Explore how health skills and performance indicators can be used to guide curriculum and instruction; and
  • Outline a skills-based activity aligned with the revised National Health Education Standards.

Whether you select the half-day or full-day workshop option, you will leave with a solid foundation for crafting your curriculum aligned with the new National Health Education Standards, enabling you to take your health education instruction to the next level.

Available Beginning in July

Implementing the New SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards

This interactive workshop will leave you equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards.

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Examine the shifts and changes in the revised National Physical Education Standards; 
  • Analyze and unpack the newly introduced grade-span learning indicators, previously known as grade-level outcomes;
  • Explain effective strategies to integrate the new progressions into teaching and learning; and
  • Develop practical approaches to enhance curriculum development.

Whether you select the half-day or full-day workshop option, you will leave with a solid foundation for crafting your curriculum around the new National Physical Education Standards.


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SHAPE America Online Professional Institute
Online professional development for health and physical educators with affordable, self-paced resources for preK-12 health and PE teachers, teacher preparation faculty, future professionals, and more. View upcoming webinars and online courses.

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TOY Talk Tuesday
The TOY Talk Tuesday video series features tips and actionable resources for health and physical educators from SHAPE America’s National and District Teachers of the Year.

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EDI Podcast
SHAPE America’s EDI Podcast explores a variety of topics relating to equity, diversity, and inclusion in health and physical education. Each episode features insightful interviews and discussion with invited guests, podcast host Sean Nevills, and the rest of the EDI Podcast team.

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SHAPE America Podcast
The SHAPE America Podcast includes interviews with SHAPE America Teachers of the Year and other health and physical education champions. Listeners will have an opportunity to challenge their thinking, get tips from leaders in the profession, and learn new ideas to try in their own education setting.

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Unplugged
Tune in to SHAPE America's interview series — Unplugged — with SHAPE America CEO Stephanie Morris. Each episode features fresh interviews with some of the health and physical educators who are shaping the profession. No topic is off-limits!

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Research
Whether you are in the classroom teaching the next generation of health and physical educators, or conducting research that elevates our profession and leads to classroom solutions, you will find sessions of interest at the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo.

 

 

Continuing Education Credits
SHAPE America is recognized as a multiple event provider of health education contact hours by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). More than 500 CHES participate in 3,000-4,000 hours annually SHAPE America provides a variety of professional development opportunities with CHES/MCHES credits.

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