Professional Development
SHAPE America offers a wide variety of professional development, including standards-based workshops and webinars and timely podcasts and events for P-12 educators, college/university faculty, coaching educators and researchers.
New SHAPE America Workshop
Workshops
Ideal for educators looking to refine and advance their practice, SHAPE America workshops provide in-person training for preK-12 physical educators and future professionals covering a variety of topics and concentrations.  Here are our latest workshops:
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Adapted Physical Education/Activity Workshops

SHAPE America adapted physical activity workshops are customized to meet the needs of particular school districts. Workshop topics include dealing with visual impairments, mobility limitations, autism spectrum disorders, behavior management, and more.

Health Education Workshops

Get the fundamentals of a skills-based approach to health education. These workshops will focus on developing student proficiency using the National Health Education Standards.

National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for Physical Education

These new workshops are designed to help teachers better understand and implement the national standards and grade-level outcomes.

Physical Best

Physical Best is a comprehensive health-related fitness education program developed by physical educators for physical educators.

Physical Activity Leader (PAL) Learning System

The first of its kind, the Physical Activity Leader (PAL) Learning System is a cutting-edge, all-inclusive professional development resource within the Active Schools framework.

 
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Webinar
SHAPE America offers live and recorded webinars for physical educators, health educators sport coaches, PETE and HETE professionals and students, and others with a vested interest in physical education and the health of our nation's children. All SHAPE America webinars are 1 hour long. Participants will earn a certificate of 1.0 contact hour with each webinar they view.

Registration for webinars will open approximately a month in advance of the webinar date. Check this page frequently to see what's open for registration and what's coming up! All live webinars will be recorded and available for purchase in our webinar library.

Join us for "webinar Wednesdays!" Click button below for more information and registration.

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Be a Health Literacy Superhero
Presenters: Kimberly Ohara-Borowski, Health Teacher, Huntington Beach Union High School District
Intended Audience: K-12 (Secondary Focus)
Date: Register and watch this recorded webinar starting October 10, 2018
 
Podcast episodes are released the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
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The SHAPE America Podcast Intro. 50 Million Strong by 2029
Podcasts

The SHAPE America Podcast, hosted by members Collin Brooks and Matt Pomeroy, offers a great opportunity for professional development!

Each monthly episode of the podcast will feature discussions on a variety of topics relevant to health and physical educators, including interviews with SHAPE America Teachers of the Year and other leaders in the field. You'll also hear the latest about SHAPE America's initiative, "50 Million Strong by 2029."
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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.
Distinguished Lecture Series
Research Fellow Program
The purpose of Fellow status is to promote scholarship as an integral component of SHAPE America

 
Continuing Education Credits
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.