Momentum Magazine - Spring 2019

Building a Kinder, Healthier Future

ALSO INSIDE:

SHAPE AMERICA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Jamie Sparks

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Roger Jackson

PAST PRESIDENT

Judy LoBianco

CEO

Stephanie Morris

DIRECTORS

Kymm Ballard

Sarah Benes

Clayton Ellis

Brett Fuller

Amy Heuer

Ann Paulls-Neal

Mario Reyna

Anne S. Wiggin

In my role as managing editor of two SHAPE America publications, I read a lot about current issues in schools — including the growing number of students with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges.

In my role as mom of two daughters, I’ve witnessed this firsthand.

When a child is struggling, parents will try anything to help them. But with mental health issues, so much is out of the parents’ control. The child must be open to getting help and implementing the recommended behavioral changes. And, as kids get older, they’re often less willing to accept suggestions and try new things.

That’s why it’s important to teach children about mental wellness at a young age — and why I’m so excited about SHAPE America’s new educational service-learning program.

INTRODUCING health. moves. minds.™

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MANAGING EDITOR

Larissa Kulczycky

DESIGNER

Kathleen Dyson

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The health. moves. minds. program teaches young people how to take care of their body and their mind. For many of the teachers who are piloting the program this spring, the mental wellness component is the critical part of the equation. Their students need to learn coping skills, and this program provides the tools and resources to help teach those skills.

I hope after reading the cover story “Building a Kinder, Healthier Future” — and the rest of the issue — you’ll be inspired to learn more at healthmovesminds.org.

When health. moves. minds. kicks off nationally in fall 2019, we’d love to see your school on the list. You can change a child’s life for the better!

Larissa Kulczycky Managing Editor lkulczycky@shapeamerica.org

Raising the Bar With health. moves. minds.™

Jamie Sparks, President @JamieSparksCSH

When I first started teaching, I didn’t realize the impact that federal funding and accountability would have on my career path. But, after the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2001, it was used to mandate accountability measures and school priorities for nearly 15 years.

NCLB was the only public education system/legislation I worked under — as is the case for most current school administrators — and I’ve since come to realize through my work at both the state and national levels that the NCLB legislation deeply dictated high-stakes accountability assessment and reporting for educational leaders and policy makers.

However, this educational paradigm began to change in 2015 with the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The core of ESSA is the concept of a well-rounded education and the opportunity to redefine how schools measure student success. Luckily for our field, ESSA is just the start of a bigger conversation and opportunity.

ESSA creates fundamental changes like identifying school health and physical education as part of a student’s “wellrounded education.” It allows school health educators to obtain professional development that is supported for the first time with federal funding. And, ESSA also gives tremendous flexibility to states to create their own accountability measures, thus dictating where federal dollars may be spent.

However, while ESSA has helped shift some of the conversation, it hasn’t changed the fact that local teachers need direct access to funds for improving their programs and student outcomes.

A FUNDING SOLUTION

At the 2019 National Convention & Expo in Tampa, SHAPE America officially unveiled its new servicelearning program, health. moves. minds. This program includes a fundraising component with a simple, yet important core value — to return half of the funds raised directly back to the school that raised them. That is where the greatest need has been and will be — with you and your students!

and emotionally — as well as the fundraising component that will help schools purchase equipment and resources that can make an impact for their students.

The program gives us the opportunity to clearly articulate the value of health education and physical education — not only for our students and schools, but for our society as a whole.

WHAT IF?

I’d like to propose that we consider and answer several much-needed questions, such as:

• What if health education and physical education were prioritized in school every day just like math and reading?

• What if health education and physical education were funded at the same level as science and social studies?

• What if 12th-grade educational outcomes for health literacy and physical literacy were given the same importance as ACT and SAT scores?

Funds raised through health. moves. minds. will also be critical in helping support the overall mission of SHAPE America and its state affiliates. But, this program is so much more than just a fundraising platform. It’s a statement to your school and your community about the importance of the whole child.

If schools want to really invest in whole-child outcomes, it is important those outcomes be based on improving physical literacy and health literacy. The health. moves. minds. program includes educational lessons and activities that will help teach kids to thrive physically

While these questions may seem too lofty or like impossible realities, the fact is we need a vision that can be articulated to a diverse group of policy makers and influencers. The health. moves. minds. program provides our profession exactly that. It will allow us to collectively raise the bar for those within our profession — and those outside our field.

And, if we continue to advocate what an abundance of research demonstrates — healthy, active students have greater success in school and become healthier, more productive adults — we may move the needle forward.

Teachers need direct access to funds for improving their programs and student outcomes.

The Mental Health Crisis Is Here — We Need to Help

Stephanie Morris, CEO @SHAPEAmericaCEO

Afew weeks ago, I attended an IEP meeting for my son, Jamie. It was probably the best one yet. I heard about the incredible progress my kid has made this year. All the work that was put in — time with support specialists, weekly checkins with his teachers — is allowing him to have a great year in fourth grade. I couldn’t be happier.

But there was also clear agreement from the entire team of support providers and teachers regarding the one subject in which Jamie still struggles — physical education. I wasn’t surprised.

Before I continue, let me be clear — Jamie has great PE teachers. They love what they do, and they are committed to connecting with their students and implementing thoughtful, standardsbased lessons every day.

But for many kids, including Jamie, PE is a tough class in which to navigate and self-regulate. There is often a lot of noise and overall stimulation, multiple instructions to follow, and peer-to-peer relationships to navigate. All of this can cause unusual levels of stress and anxiety that are hard to manage.

I guess in some ways, I am grateful that Jamie is learning to manage and express his feelings of anxiety now, because at some point in life, most every child will experience feelings of stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness. And I wonder — will they know how to cope?

NO TIME TO WASTE

I recently spoke to Bill Casey, chair of the Physical Education Department at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL, who told me, “I have

never seen such high levels of anxiety and depression among our students. It’s like it just goes viral … and we are unprepared for how to help them.”

I have thought a lot about this conversation, and about my own son, and the fact that too many children today are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and depression at very young ages. We need to get through to them, to help them build skills in empathy, resiliency and stress management. We need them to know they are not alone — and there are tools,

This comprehensive service-learning program, grounded in standards-based physical activity, will also help us more intentionally foster empathy among peer groups and allow kids to learn and practice skills that work for them, because we know there is no one-sizefits-all approach when it comes to this stuff.

At its core, the health. moves. minds. program will teach kids that taking care of their mind and body, while also being kind, will help them live their best life.

BLAZING A TRAIL

Bill Casey happens to be one of the teachers who is piloting the health. moves. minds. program this spring. His school was incredibly successful in running the Jump Rope For Heart program for years, and we were grateful when he volunteered to pilot our program at a high school level, despite the fact we are initially rolling it out in grades K-8.

resources and people who can help. This is what makes the new health. moves. minds.™ program from SHAPE America so special. We know that support for young people experiencing stress, depression or anxiety often starts in the school — from a counselor, psychologist or maybe special ed teacher. The health. moves. minds. program will provide a way for teachers and school administrators to talk about these issues school-wide, further reducing the stigma surrounding mental health topics.

What really hit home for me was when Bill told me about the incredible “culture of support” that came together when he proposed the pilot to his administrators. School social workers, guidance counselors and teachers rallied, and together said, “Yes — this is the program we need for our school.”

I am so excited about everything all our pilot schools are doing to implement health. moves. minds. We are blazing a momentous trail by doing what’s right — for our teachers, our schools and our students. I hope you will join us when we roll out the program nationally in fall 2019. Our kids are depending on us and we can’t fail them.

Our kids are depending on us and we can’t fail them.

Welcome to Our New Board Members

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Roger Jackson

Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Roger Jackson has been actively involved in the physical education profession for more than four decades, teaching and coaching in K-12 schools for 30 years, then at the college level. He also served as executive director of SHAPE Michigan for 10 years. Roger advocates for HPERD causes at the local, state and national levels — and has attended every SHAPE America SPEAK Out! Day. He has served on, and chaired, numerous state and national committees, including the NASPE Public Policy Advisory Committee, and recently the Society for Association Management (SAM). Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Wayne State University and supervises student teachers.

DIRECTORS

Sarah Benes

Associate Clinical Professor, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA

Sarah Benes is an associate clinical professor in the School of Health Sciences at Merrimack College. Her research interests include skills-based health education, physical activity in the classroom, and enhancing schoolbased physical and health education programming. Prior to that, Sarah worked as an assistant athletic trainer at Boston University before she transitioned to program director of Physical and Health Education Programs for six years. She earned her B.S. in athletic training from the University of Connecticut and received her Ed.D. in curriculum and teaching and her Ed.M. in human movement from Boston University.

Clayton Ellis

Comprehensive Health & Wellness Teacher, Mrachek Middle School, Aurora, CO

Clayton Ellis has 35 years in K-12 health and physical education. He is a past president of SHAPE Colorado and SHAPE America Central District. He has served as chair of the SHAPE America Nominations Committee and is also past president of the Colorado Governor’s Council for Active and Healthy Lifestyles. Clayton has participated in the Physical Best Specialist Program, on the PE Metrics Task Force, and on the Presidential Youth Fitness Program Professional Development Task Force and is a Champion Trainer. Clayton is one of six individuals who have participated in every one of SHAPE America’s annual SPEAK Out! Day advocacy events in Washington, DC.

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SHAPE America’s new private Facebook group allows our community to come together to discuss issues, post photos/ videos, and share content relevant to health and physical education. We can’t wait for you and your colleagues to join us!

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SHAPE AMERICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Jamie Sparks

School Health Program Manager, ETR Morehead, KY

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Roger Jackson Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

PAST PRESIDENT

Judy LoBianco Livingston School District, Livingston, NJ

DIRECTORS

Kymm Ballard Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC

Sarah Benes Merrimack College, North Andover, MA

Clayton Ellis

Mrachek Middle School, Aurora, CO

Brett Fuller Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin

Amy Heuer St. Mary’s Academy, Bismarck, ND

Ann Paulls-Neal

Wherry Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM

Mario Reyna McAllen ISD, McAllen, TX

Anne S. Wiggin

Iotla Valley Elementary School, Franklin, NC

For more information, visit shapeamerica.org/about/leaders

TIPS for Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into Your Class

The following health and physical educators represent several of SHAPE America’s Impact Schools — 10 high-need schools selected in 2018 through the new Impact Schools Grant Program.

Here these HPE professionals share their advice for integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) into the health and physical education classroom.

Peter Crescimmani Laurelton-Pardee Intermediate School

Rochester, NY

Our students’ SEL foundation is constructed through a cooperative games unit at the start of the school year which focuses on communication, cooperation and collaboration. SEL skills learned during that time can then be applied throughout the year in various situations. Even one simple activity like “Crossing the River,” which has many variations/ adaptations, exposes students to a treasure trove of SEL skills such as perseverance, teamwork, honesty, resiliency, goal setting, problem solving, conflict resolution, and planning. Many of the activities we teach in that unit were learned through Project Adventure, and I recommend connecting with colleagues to get ideas for cooperative activities and starting off your school year with this unit!

Betty Kern

Schrop Intermediate School

Akron, OH

@Betty_Kern

We support SEL at Schrop by encouraging students to focus on setting goals, as well as reflecting on and improving personal performance. This improves selfconfidence and self-esteem! For example, students set a goal for trail races throughout the year. All students who improve earn a reward at a school assembly. One sixthgrade boy stated — with a big smile on his face — that this running award was the first award he’d ever received at school!

Casey Nadeau

John

J. Stefanik School

Chicopee, MA

It’s important to come in each day with a positive attitude. Understanding the challenges students may be facing day to day and having an open mind about their struggles will be helpful when they are having a difficult time controlling their emotions. Stefanik School has adopted a growth mindset model which is used by both teachers and administration. Having a positive attitude makes a huge difference for our Stefanik Stars.

Carlye Satterwhite

learning, leaders need to provide teachers with opportunities to plan intentional strategies for their classrooms to address SEL competencies in student-centered, asset-based environments. Each professional development opportunity should model SEL strategies such as walk and talk topics (social awareness/relationship skills; practice active listening), body scans (self-awareness; identify body awareness/moods and feelings), and goalsetting (self-management; data-driven goals aligned to overall program needs).

Andrew Smosna Itinerant APE Specialist Ridgecrest, CA

Des

Moines Public Schools

Des Moines, IA

@satterwhitecarl

While physical education provides natural opportunities to promote social and emotional

As a sport and exercise psychology consultant and adapted PE teacher, I work with countless individuals within the area of social and emotional learning. The key is to integrate social and emotional learning strategies as a routine function within the classroom curriculum. Establishing processes such as goal setting (individual and team), reflecting on these goals through metacognition (on an individual and team level), discussing and redefining “failure” as a system for learning and adaptive goal setting, and journaling can greatly improve social and emotional learning within your classroom.

Tara Stemsrud Meredith Middle School

Des Moines, IA

@tarastemsrud

@IBMYPHuskyPE

SEL is an everevolving area based solely on the students’ needs. For many of my students, trust is difficult. Most didn’t want to participate due to lack of trust with classmates. The best thing I found for my students was to create a single team for them to operate in all semester. Students stay with the same set of four classmates for all activities during the semester, including warm-ups, team games, and partner activities. They learn to trust each other on a more emotional level. The timid become risk-takers and the followers become leaders. I never place more than four students on a team, and I’ve found that this method has eliminated students’ anxiety over finding a partner or a team.

Shaun Walters Buford Middle School

Charlottesville, VA

At the beginning of the year, we go over a variety of specific social skills and what each skill looks like in a class, with friends, at home, and out in public. As I see students demonstrating one of those skills throughout the year, I give them a shout-out and share with the class what specific skill the student demonstrated. Social skills lessons help develop character, enhance a student’s ability to deal with common or challenging situations in an appropriate tone and vocabulary, and create skills-based behavior management.

Learn More About SEL in Health & PE

This summer, SHAPE America will hold its inaugural Professional Learning Institute, which is themed Exploring the Mind-Body Connection: Social and Emotional Learning in HPE. The event will be held July 31-August 1 and is co-hosted by SHAPE America’s Western District and Central District.

MIND- BODY CONNECTION

Here are just a few of the many SEL sessions you’ll find at the conference:

• A Teacher’s Role in Eliminating Issues With Student Bullying

• Bringing Social and Emotional Learning Competencies Alive Through Skills-Based Health Education

• Building Belonging in an Overly Connected Society

• Connecting Skills-Based Health, SEL, and Restorative Justice Best Practices

• Conquering Stress: A Fulfilling Journey to Health, Wellness and Resiliency

• Cultural Competency and Mental Health Disparities

• Incorporating the Development of Emotional Awareness Into Elementary Physical Education

• Infusing Social and Emotional Learning in Physical Education

• Integrating Mental Health Education Into Health and Physical Education

• Self-Actualizing Instruction in Secondary Physical Education

• SEL-ing Physical Education!

• Social and Emotional Learning Starts in Health Education

• The Compassionate Schools Project: Social and Emotional Learning, Mindfulness and Movement

• Universal Design: Creating Lessons to Include All Learners

• You May Be Teaching SEL But Are You Assessing It?

shapeamerica.org/events/sel

July 31–August 1, 2019 | SIOUX FALLS, SD

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN HPE

SPEAK Out! Day Success

By Carly Wright @CWrightHPE

In an effort to educate more than 100 new members of Congress about the importance of a well-rounded education within the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), SHAPE America and its members headed to Capitol Hill on March 6.

More than 150 health and physical educators representing 39 states participated in our 12th annual SPEAK Out! Day event — conducting more than 200 meetings with lawmakers to advocate for full funding to support professional development for teachers as well as health and physical education programs in schools.

Under Title IV, Part A of ESSA, schools will receive funding to support a well-rounded education (which includes health and physical education), safe and healthy student programs, and effective use of technology. Congress funded Title IV, Part A at $1.1 billion and $1.17 billion in FY18 and FY19 respectively.

STANDING OUT ON THE HILL

It was clear that SHAPE America’s voice is resonating in the halls of Congress as many Capitol Hill police, congressional staffers, and members of Congress recognized our advocates’ signature neon sneakers and knew that “the PE teachers are here!”

During SPEAK Out! Day meetings on Capitol Hill, HPE advocates offered insight and perspective on the negative impact of marginalizing health and physical education in schools. They also shared success stories and the links that exist between health, physical education, social and emotional learning, and academic achievement.

In addition to pushing for full funding for Title IV, Part A, advocates also asked Congress to support continued funding for Title II, Part A, which supports professional development for all school employees, including for health and physical education teachers.

This new session of Congress brought not only new legislators to Capitol Hill, but also new committee leadership that will oversee federal education issues — giving us an important opportunity to develop new champions in Congress for health and physical education.

As Congress reconciles appropriations for FY 2020 and beyond, it’s critical

that the health and physical education community continues its strong advocacy efforts for this important funding stream for schools.

SHARE YOUR ADVOCACY STORY

Have you seen our collection of advocacy success stories in the SHAPE America Legislative Action Center? We share these stories far and wide — with teachers, school administrators, and even members of Congress. They are vital to maintaining Title IV, Part A funding year after year and are wonderful examples to encourage other health and physical educators to take action.

Do you have an advocacy story of your own to contribute? Maybe you spoke at a local school board meeting or accessed ESSA funds in your school for professional development or curriculum resources. Whatever it is, we’d love to hear about it! Visit shapeamerica.org/advocacy for details.

SHAPE America’s voice is resonating in the halls of Congress.

Create a Caring Community

Health and physical educator Christine Botti reflects on how SEL has strengthened her students

My journey to better understand social and emotional learning (SEL) and its connection to health and physical education began about two years ago. While we were evaluating our health education curriculum, an administrator asked where social and emotional learning was being taught in our program.

I decided to do some research and familiarized myself with the widely used framework developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). The framework includes five core SEL competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

school and life. I also believe that the health and physical education standards do this — so how do we intentionally make connections between all of them?

I started by going back through my lessons, where I looked for the natural relationships both direct and indirect. I then used the skills identified by CASEL to enhance my current lessons. I found that when I looked at lesson activities and objectives through an SEL lens, small adjustments had big impact.

Personally, one of the easiest places for me to start incorporating SEL skills was by looking at the competencies of selfawareness and self-management. In the classroom, in the gym, and on an athletic field, emotions affect all of us in many ways. Students and athletes can struggle with the regulation and impact of their emotions.

SEL focuses on these skills and helps create a “toolbox,” which can be used to help students identify feelings and recognize how their body is responding to those feelings. In my classes and other interactions with students, I now spend more time practicing mindful activities. We work to reflect and self-evaluate in order to address and strengthen the skill of self-awareness.

I realized the correlation between those competencies and the health and physical education standards was undeniable. As I began to deepen my knowledge of social and emotional learning, I was able to affirm my notion that SEL naturally embeds itself into health, physical education and athletics.

A STRONG FOUNDATION

The five SEL competencies set up students for success in the classroom,

IMPACT ON ACADEMICS

My next strategy was to begin using the SEL competencies as a way to strengthen the classroom community. When our classrooms honor SEL skills, they become environments in which students feel welcomed, safe and able to be themselves, and thus, academic improvement follows.

By having a better understanding of SEL and incorporating it into the classroom environment, I have been

For 13 years, Christine Botti has been teaching health and physical education at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY. She is cocoordinator of the health education curriculum and has taught both health and physical education in the Lower, Middle and Upper School. She also coaches field hockey, softball and cheerleading. Along with her work in health, physical education and athletics, Christine is an Upper School advisor and a member of the school’s Quaker Practice and Community Engagement Team. She can be reached at christine_botti@fa.org

able to consciously create routines and checkpoints within my class. This allows all students a pathway to feel heard, valued and connected to the class. In my personal experiences, I have found this to be invaluable. I have witnessed students connecting to the lessons — and to each other — in a deeper and more meaningful way.

An important part of what I have learned is that by committing to an educational framework that integrates SEL into the academic setting, we are intentionally helping students develop these skills all while supporting and increasing academic performance.

SEL places emphasis on core values and life skills, which leads to improved behavior, increased self-esteem, and greater empathy among students. And, when you integrate SEL into all facets of your school, it can lead to the creation of a more caring community.

SEL competencies set up students for success in the classroom, school and life.

Fostering Social Inclusion Through Unified PE

By Larissa Kulczycky

For decades, Special Olympics has provided children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in year-round sports training and athletic competition. And, after 50 years, the organization has grown to include more than 5 million athletes in over 170 countries.

But Special Olympics is so much more than just an international athletic competition. Every day, in more than 6,500 Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® across the country, K-12 educators and students — of all abilities — demonstrate the very best of the human spirit and experience the benefits of inclusion.

Each Unified Champion School provides inclusive physical activity and leadership opportunities for students with and without intellectual disabilities, in addition to holding wholeschool awareness activities. The result is a school community that promotes acceptance for all.

Health and physical educators generally play an integral role at Unified Champion Schools — often serving as coach for the Special Olympics Unified Sports team — and a growing number of HPE teachers are expanding their school’s inclusive educational opportunities even further through a program called Unified Physical Education.

SHAPE America member Lisa Smith is one of those teachers.

UNIFIED PE IN MINNESOTA

Smith is a health and developmental adapted PE (DAPE) teacher and Special Olympics coach at Proctor High School, a Unified Champion School in Proctor, MN. A few years ago, she wanted to find a way to “do something more” with her DAPE classes and get more students involved — just like the school was doing with its Unified Sports team.

In 2016, during a meeting with her principal and a representative from Special Olympics Minnesota, Smith learned about Unified Physical Education and decided to pilot

the course. That first year, Smith’s class had 21 students, a mix of those with and without disabilities. From the very start, the Unified PE course was popular — and it quickly became obvious that the class would have enormous benefits for the students enrolled, as well as the greater school community.

“The kids made friendships they never thought they would have,” says Smith. “They began eating together in the cafeteria and planning social events together outside of school.”

Smith began spreading the word about Unified PE by speaking at conferences throughout the state, as well as at SHAPE America district conferences and the 2017 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo. The program has spread throughout Minnesota, going from two pilot schools in 2016 to more than 86 schools offering the course during the 2018-19 school year.

Now, with several years of teaching Unified PE under her belt, Smith is beyond enthusiastic about all the positive changes for her students.

“The biggest impact has been the beginning of closing the gap between special education and general education,” says Smith. “Students are held to the same expectations in this class, not only by me as their teacher, but by each other.”

All of the students in the Unified PE class have opportunities to build leadership skills, and they have even become unofficial ambassadors of school- and community-wide inclusion.

“Our school culture is shifting,” says Smith. “My fellow teachers and administration have been working on how to bring the Unified movement into their classrooms, in the hallways, and the community.”

A HEALTHIER TRIBAL COMMUNITY

More than 1,100 miles away in Mississippi, SHAPE America member Amanda Reed is also finishing her third full year implementing Unified PE. An adapted physical education

Students in Lisa Smith’s Unified PE class at Proctor High School.

teacher, Reed serves Choctaw Central High School and Choctaw Central Middle School, which are part of the Choctaw Tribal Schools district.

Reed teaches one Unified PE class in each school. Both classes meet five days a week for 50 minutes and have a oneto-one ratio of general education students and students with disabilities. She says this ratio allows the students to bond.

“The biggest impact I have seen is in the social skills that are achieved and the relationships that are formed,” says Reed. “Our students with disabilities are more willing to interact and branch out of their comfort zones.”

Because of the increase of diabetes and other critical health issues among Native Americans, Reed used two additional Special Olympics programs — “Unified Fitness Clubs” and “Fit 5” — to jumpstart her efforts to promote health and wellness in her class — which she hopes will help the tribal community become healthier as well.

Students with and without disabilities are learning about healthier food options such as fruits and vegetables. They are also learning to love exercise — and have begun seeing improvements in their overall health.

SHAPE America and Special Olympics: 50 Years and Counting

The American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) — now SHAPE America — was deeply involved in the creation of Special Olympics, even before its founding in 1968.

April 1965 — Kennedy Foundation-AAHPER committees begin work on organizing year-round national fitness programs for people with intellectual disabilities. The programs task force includes chair Julian Stein, author of a groundbreaking article on adapted physical education for students with intellectual disabilities that had been published in AAHPER’s Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1962.

June 1965 — Eunice Kennedy Shriver announces a new nationwide program — a joint venture by the JPK Jr. Foundation, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, and AAHPER — saying, “We are witnessing here today the opening of an unprecedented new era for people with intellectual disabilities in schools, summer camps and yearround programs.”

June 1966 — Julian Stein becomes full-time director of the AAHPER program under the direction of the JPK Jr. Foundation.

July 1968 — The first International Special Olympics Games are held in Chicago at Soldier Field. The event is described as “daybreak” — the early stirring of a global movement for people with intellectual disabilities.

“Some of our students with disabilities lead sedentary lifestyles after they graduate high school,” says Reed. “These programs help educate them and build a desire to sustain and maintain healthy lifestyles throughout their lives.”

SPREADING INCLUSION

At its 50th anniversary celebration in 2018, Special Olympics launched a new campaign — The Revolution is Inclusion — designed to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities and deliver a fully inclusive world. Health and physical educators can play their part in many different ways — from implementing Unified Physical Education, to starting a Unified Fitness program, to coaching their school’s Unified Sports team.

“There is no one way to do Unified PE,” says Smith. “It can happen in any school, big or small. It can be a stand-alone class or be put right into an existing class. It can look any way that is right for each school and community.”

September 2008 – Special Olympics launches the Unified Champion Schools program with the goal of uniting students with and without intellectual disabilities through inclusive sports, leadership, and whole-school awareness activities.

July 2018 — Special Olympics kicks off its year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago.

To learn more about Unified PE, check out the Unified Physical Education Resource Guide, co-authored by SHAPE America members Mike Messerole and Sue Tarr. You can find links to this and other resources at shapeamerica.org/unified

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Amanda Reed’s Unified PE students at Choctaw Central High School enjoy an outing to the local bowling alley.

Building a Kinder, Healthier Future

Students and schools benefit from new service-learning program — health. moves. minds.™

By Larissa Kulczycky

Across the country — at all grade levels — schools are seeing growing numbers of students with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. It’s getting harder and harder for young people to cope with societal pressures, bullying and other sources of stress.

These alarming trends spurred the development of health. moves. minds. — the new educational service-learning program from SHAPE America and its national partner, Gopher.

The health. moves. minds. program teaches young people how to take care of their mind and body while developing important character traits such as kindness and empathy. It includes skills-based and standards-based classroom and event resources for teachers as well as a fundraising component. After being piloted this spring by 21 schools, the program will kick off nationally in fall 2019.

Physical education

teacher Kyle Salvo is coordinating the pilot program at Twin Chimneys Elementary School in O’Fallon, MO. “Students are under so much more stress now than they were 10, 15, 20 years ago,” says Salvo. “The health. moves. minds. lessons are geared to help students learn to cope with stress so they can regulate it before it becomes too much for them to handle.”

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

The supplied lessons, which align directly to both SHAPE America’s National Standards for K-12 Physical Education and the National Health Education Standards, have a strong physical activity component and can be incorporated into each participating school’s health or physical education program.

There are three grade bands addressed: K-2 and 3-5 at the elementary level and 6-8 at the secondary level. Each grade band has four full standards-based lessons, which are easy to incorporate into teachers’ existing curriculum, making the program easy to implement.

Teachers can easily modify each lesson to meet their students’ specific needs — or use the lesson in its entirety. Each level also has a corresponding mental wellness component, either kindness, mindfulness or empowerment.

“What I love about the lessons is the mindfulness part,” says Annette Ice, a National Board Certified Teacher at Overland Elementary School in Rock Springs, WY, another pilot school.

“The more I teach, the more I realize that students come to me without coping skills. Even something as simple as not getting to play the game they wanted sends some students into an emotional spiral that takes several minutes to recover from. Telling students to calm down sounds like the best answer,

except these students have no idea how to calm down, or how to prevent it from happening again.”

“This program gives me the tools to teach students these skills — how to be mindful of how they are feeling and how to take steps to right their ship,” she continues. “What an incredible gift to give a student!”

My students’ success is the most important thing, and with this new program the sky is the limit!

Students take part in a “mindful minute” activity at Sibley East Elementary School in

The 5th grade kindness wall at Odessa Upper Elementary School in Odessa, MO.

CARING COMMUNITIES

In addition to integrating lessons into their health and physical education program, teachers can engage other classroom teachers, the whole school, and the community at large — through school assemblies, parent engagement activities, and other community events, as desired. And, schools get to decide how they create and hold these events.

Many of the pilot schools planned physical activity events, including a family fun run, school-wide field day, glow-in-the-dark fun run, family bike ride, family health night with obstacle course, “run for joy,” and more.

Several schools also incorporated activities and events relating to emotional health, such as creating a “kindness wall” and holding a “serenity week” with a different theme for each day, such as kindness, mindfulness, empowerment, advocacy, and gratitude.

FUNDRAISING RESOURCES

All participating schools have access to a free, easy-to-use online platform that streamlines fundraising logistics and increases donations through social sharing. Students, teachers, staff, families, and community members can all raise money for their school team.

Up to 50% of funds raised by schools will benefit the school directly, providing essential funds for the equipment and resources that improve students’ physical and mental health. An equitable percentage of funds raised will go back to SHAPE America and participating state affiliates.

“health. moves. minds. is a game changer,” says Briana Fuller, physical education and health teacher at Harrison Elementary School in Green River, WY. “My students’ success is the most important thing, and with this new program the sky is the limit! With this fundraiser we will be able to make big dreams a reality!”

Many thanks to our pilot schools and coordinators!

Archbishop Bergan Catholic School — Fremont, NE (Wyatt Morse)

Bell Creek Intermediate School — Bellbrook, OH (Sasha Taylor)

Coolidge Elementary School — Oklahoma City, OK (Katie Barton)

El Dorado Elementary School — San Antonio, TX (Brandon Turner & Danielle Norman)

Hamilton Elementary School — Port Angeles, WA (Krista Winn)

Harrison Elementary School — Green River, WY (Briana Fuller)

Jessup Elementary School — Cheyenne, WY (Randy Siltzer)

Lafayette Elementary School — Washington, DC (Marjorie McClure)

Loma Vista Middle School — Riverside, CA (Patti Suppe)

Lords Park Elementary School — Elgin, IL (Scott Park)

Macdonough Elementary School — Middletown, CT (Amanda Amtmanis)

Neuqua Valley High School — Naperville, IL (Bill Casey)

Odessa Upper Elementary School — Odessa, MO (Kristi Bieri)

Overland Elementary School — Rock Springs, WY (Annette Ice)

Sherman Middle School — Madison, WI (Niki Richter)

Sibley East Elementary School — Gaylord, MN (Kirsten Guentzel)

Spencer Elementary School — Middletown, CT (Amanda Amtmanis)

Thorson Elementary School — Cedarburg, WI (Patty Kestell)

Twin Chimneys Elementary School — O’Fallon, MO (Kyle Salvo)

Westside Elementary School — Reedsburg, WI (Brenda Erdman)

Wherry Elementary School — Albuquerque, NM (Ann Paulls-Neal)

A student at Bell Creek Intermediate School in Bellbrook, OH, completes the obstacle course as part of the health. moves. minds. kickoff event. Students at Sibley East Elementary School in Gaylord, MN.

A Look Back at #SHAPETampa

Highlights from an EPIC national convention!

If you’re one of the more than 4,000 health and physical education professionals who attended the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in April, you probably have some favorite memories of your time in Tampa. It certainly was a week to feel energized and inspired!

For those who weren’t able to attend the 2019 convention, now is the time to start planning for 2020 in Salt Lake City (April 21–25). Learn more at convention.shapeamerica.org

The Opening Celebration — complete with karaoke — was a smash!

Hip hop icon DMC had attendees on their feet during the Opening General Session.

After witnessing Hillary and Jeff Whittington’s moving keynote presentation about raising a transgender child, attendees flocked to the Raising Ryland book signing.

The free Fuel Up to Play 60 NFL FLAG-In-Schools Training workshop was a big hit!

inclusion and educating the whole child.

2019 SHAPE America Award Winners

Congratulations to the following national award recipients and lecturers, who were recognized at the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Tampa.

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION/ACTIVITY GRADUATE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD

Adam Pennell, University of South Carolina

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD University of New Hampshire

BARBARA A. COOLEY MASTER’S HEALTH EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Danielle LaRocque, Cambridge College, MA

BILL KANE UNDERGRADUATE HEALTH EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Rebecca Houston, Utah State University

C.H. MCCLOY LECTURE

Lecturer: Mary O’Sullivan, University of Limerick, Ireland

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

HONOR AWARD

Ping Xiang, Texas A&M University

Stephen Harvey, Ohio University

E.B. HENDERSON AWARD

John Strong, Niagara County Community College, NY

GUIDING WOMAN IN SPORT AWARD

Sue Zipay, All-American Girl’s Professional Baseball League Player

HALL OF FAME AWARD

Jayne Greenberg, Retired, District Director of Physical Education and Health Literacy, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL

HELEN HEITMANN YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD

Tan Leng Goh, Central Connecticut State University

JOY OF EFFORT AWARD

Carol Ciotto, Central Connecticut State University

Sally Nazelrod, SHAPE Maryland, Executive Director

JULIAN U. STEIN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Martin E. Block, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

LEROY T. WALKER YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Langston Clark, The University of Texas at San Antonio

LUTHER HALSEY GULICK AWARD

Stephen L. Cone, Professor Emeritus, Health & Exercise Science Department, Rowan University, NJ

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2019 NATIONAL CONVENTION & EXPO SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL

MVP

ALL-STAR

Goodheart-Willcox Experts in Today’s Health and Wellness

STAR

The Cooper Institute

Fuel Up to Play 60

Lü – Interactive Playground

United States Tennis Association

RISING STAR

Foundational Fitness, Inc.

New York Road Runners

The One Love Foundation Palos Sports

Gulick Award recipient Stephen L. Cone with Hall of Fame Award recipient Jayne Greenberg.

Mary O’Sullivan delivers the C.H. McCloy Lecture.

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MABEL LEE AWARD

Catherine Abel-Berei, Southern Connecticut State University

Rebecca Lambdin-Abraham, Austin

Independent School District, TX

Risto Marttinen, George Mason University, VA

Richard Wiles, Anne Arundel County, MD

MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION

JOANNE SAFRIT LECTURE

Lecturer: James Morrow, Retired, University of North Texas

MENTOR OF THE YEAR

Ingrid Johnson, Grand Valley State University, MI

MPEES REVIEWER OF THE YEAR

Ryan Burns, University of Utah

NATIONAL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

Adapted PE

Toni Bader, Seattle Public Schools (WA)

Western District

Dance Education

Nicole Peterson, West Fargo High School (ND)

Central District

Health Education

Scott Todnem,

Scullen Middle School (IL)

Midwest District

Elementary PE

Donn Tobin, Lakeview Elementary School (NY)

Eastern District

Middle School PE

Jennifer Mettler, Alice C. Stelle Middle School (CA)

Western District High School PE

Dan DeJager, UnSchool (CA)

Western District

NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, SPORT AND DANCE PROFESSIONALS (NAS FELLOWS)

Jan Bishop, Central Connecticut State University, CT

Dennis Docheff, University of Central Missouri, MO

Colleen Wegimont, Retired, Souderton Area School District, PA

PRESIDENTIAL CITATIONS

Irene Cucina, Plymouth State University

Carly Wright, SHAPE America

Lynn DiCaro

Alison Hancox

RACHEL BRYANT LECTURE

Lecturer: Emily H. Wughalter, San Jose State University, CA

RAYMOND A. WEISS LECTURE

Lecturer: Louis Harrison, University of Texas at Austin

RESEARCH COUNCIL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Judith Rink, University of South Carolina

Duane Knudson (l) receives the SHAPE America Scholar Lecture award from Brad Cardinal.

Judy LoBianco with the 2019 National Teachers of the Year (l to r): Donn Tobin, Scott Todnem, Nicole Peterson, Dan DeJager, Toni Bader, and Jennifer Mettler.

Louis Harrison delivers the Raymond A. Weiss Lecture.

Sponsored by School Specialty | Sportime

RESEARCH COUNCIL FELLOWS

Ryan Burns, University of Utah

Erin Centeio, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Han Chen, Valdosta State University

Langston Clark, The University of Texas at Austin

You Fu, University of Nevada, Reno

Karen Gaudreault, University of New Mexico

Jiling Liu, Texas A&M University

Kevin Mercier, Adelphi University

RESEARCH STUDENT AWARDS

Graduate

Xiaoxia Zhang, University of Texas at Arlington

Daniel McDonough, University of Minnesota

Undergraduate

Michael Napolitano, Springfield College

RQES LECTURE

Lecturer: Bradley J. Cardinal, Oregon State University

RQES WRITING AWARD

Timothy Brusseau and Ryan Burns, University of Utah

RUTH ABERNATHY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Undergraduate

Alexis Kane, SUNY Cortland, NY

McKenzie Kirtz, University of Wisconsin La Crosse

Ellisyn Shuang Mularski, Slippery Rock University, PA

Graduate

John Rech, Masters, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Victoria Ivy, Doctoral, University of Alabama

SHAPE AMERICA SCHOLAR LECTURE

Lecturer: Duane Knudson, Texas State University

Celebrating the health. moves. minds.™ pilot schools.

The entire HPE community came together at #SHAPETampa for an unforgettable experience!

HPE MARKETPLACE GUIDE

ASSOCIATION/ NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

fit — Sanford Health (605) 312-6064

www.sanfordfit.org

fit is a suite of programs and resources, created by Sanford Health, to empower children and families to do the simple things each day that make healthy lifestyle choices a habit.

United States Tennis Association

www.usta.com

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A notfor-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grassroots to the professional levels.

CURRICULUM AND LESSONS

fit — Sanford Health (605) 312-6064

www.sanfordfit.org

fit is a suite of programs and resources, created by Sanford Health, to empower children and families to do the simple things each day that

make healthy lifestyle choices a habit.

Sworkit Youth Initiative

www.sworkityouth.com

Through the Sworkit Youth Initiative, Sworkit’s premium digital fitness technology is available at no cost to teachers, coaches and students throughout the U.S. Our goal is to reduce childhood obesity by 50% by 2026. For more information and to gain free access to Sworkit, visit SworkitYouth.com and follow @SworkitFitness on Instagram.

United States Tennis Association

www.usta.com

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A notfor-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grassroots to the professional levels.

FITNESS TECHNOLOGY

Sworkit Youth Initiative

www.sworkityouth.com

Through the Sworkit Youth Initiative, Sworkit’s premium digital fitness technology is available

at no cost to teachers, coaches and students throughout the U.S. Our goal is to reduce childhood obesity by 50% by 2026. For more information and to gain free access to Sworkit, visit SworkitYouth.com and follow @SworkitFitness on Instagram.

HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCES

fit — Sanford Health (605) 312-6064

www.sanfordfit.org

fit is a suite of programs and resources, created by Sanford Health, to empower children and families to do the simple things each day that make healthy lifestyle choices a habit.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

fit — Sanford Health (605) 312-6064

www.sanfordfit.org

fit is a suite of programs and resources, created

by Sanford Health, to empower children and families to do the simple things each day that make healthy lifestyle choices a habit.

United States Tennis Association

www.usta.com

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels.

SERVICELEARNING PROGRAMS

health. moves. minds.™

www.healthmovesminds.org

Available fall 2019. Inspire healthy habits, fuel active minds, and teach kids to thrive physically and emotionally with SHAPE America’s new servicelearning program. Join us as we build a kinder, healthier future for our nation’s youth.

Thank you to all our Partners for Active and Healthy Children members!

SHAPE America’s Partners for Active and Healthy Children (PAHC) membership program serves as a bridge between the business and nonprofit communities and our nation’s health and physical educators.

PAHC members provide annual financial contributions that support a broad array of SHAPE America initiatives, programs and projects that promote effective health and physical education. In exchange, PAHC members will:

• Earn one (1) additional priority point for each consecutive year of PAHC membership and boost positioning for future exhibit booth selection;

• Receive an exclusive 10% discount on exhibit booth space;

• Save on National Convention and other year-round advertising opportunities; and

• Secure a listing in the HPE Marketplace Guide, included in the spring issue of Momentum

2018-2019 MEMBERS

New District Leaders

Congratulations to the following SHAPE America members, who were elected to serve on their District Leadership Council for 2019–20.

CENTRAL DISTRICT

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Taralyn Garner

Retired Plattsburg, MO

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Wyatt Morse

K-6 Physical Education Teacher

Archbishop Bergan Catholic School

Fremont, NE

Tracy Nelson

PETE Program Coordinator & Senior Lecturer

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

Lisa Smith

Secondary Physical Education Teacher

Proctor Public Schools

Proctor, MN

EASTERN DISTRICT

PRESIDENT-ELECT

John Battista

University Supervisor Central CT State University

New Britain, CT

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Ellen Benham Instructor

Central CT State University

New Britain, CT

Marybeth Fede Professor

Southern CT State University

New Haven, CT

Curt Martin

Retired Physical Education Teacher

Contoocook, NH

MIDWEST DISTRICT

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Patty Kestell

Physical Education Teacher

Thorson Elementary School

Cedarburg, WI

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Tammy Brant

Physical Education Teacher

Selma Middle School

Selma, IN

Kalie McKinley

Physical Education Teacher

Assumption High School

Jeffersonville, IN

Scott Przystas

Elementary Physical Education Teacher

Grand Haven Public Schools

Grand Haven, MI

SOUTHERN DISTRICT

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Hollie Newnam

Executive Director of SHAPE Florida

Retired

Port Orange, FL

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Ashley Grimes

Specialist, PreK-12 Physical Education and Health Education

Pinellas County Schools

Parrish, FL

Gina Mabrey

Interim Department

Head of Kinesiology and Program Chair

Jacksonville State University

Southside, AL

Lynn Williamson

Supervisor of Health & Physical Education and Athletics

East Baton Rouge Parish School System

Baton Rouge, LA

WESTERN DISTRICT

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Lynn Preble

Physical Education Teacher

Highland Junior High School

Mesa, AZ

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Brian Kessler

Physical Education Teacher

Helena High School

Helena, MT

Brent Powell

Associate Professor

California State University, Stanislaus

Modesto, CA

Southern District Award Recipients

Congratulations to all 2019 Southern District award recipients!

DONNA L. DUNAWAY MEDAL

Bill Dickens

Northwestern State University (LA)

HONOR AWARD

Charity Bryan

Kennesaw State University (GA)

TAYLOR DODSON YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Ashley Grimes

Pinellas County School District (FL)

W. CLYDE PARTIN SERVICE AWARD

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama

Healthy Schools Oklahoma

SOUTHERN DISTRICT SCHOLAR

AWARD

Matthew Curtner-Smith

University of Alabama (AL)

ETHNIC MINORITY AWARD

Felicia Ceaser-White

Houston Independent School District (TX)

SPORT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

Terry Shannon

Oral Roberts University (OK)

RECREATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

Patrick Shremshock

University of North Alabama (AL)

FUTURE PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Erin Dang

University of Central Oklahoma (OK)

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PHYSICAL EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sandra Sims

University of Alabama

Birmingham (AL)

Central District, Eastern District, and Midwest District award winners, as well as all District Teacher of the Year recipients, were announced in the Winter 2019 issue of Momentum. Western District award winners will be announced at a later date.

July

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

DECISION MAKING

SELF-MANAGEMENT

SOCIAL

PHYSICAL

HEALTH

Focus on Health & PE

Twitter Chats

SHAPE America Twitter Chats

WEBINAR:

Join us as we share ideas and learn about best practices in skills-based health education and physical education. Past chats have covered teaching health literacy, mindfulness, mental wellness & PE, and more! Follow #SHAPEHealthEd and #SHAPEPhysEd for upcoming dates and topics.

New!

#SHAPEHealthEd #SHAPEPhysEd

Creating Active Citizenship Through Physical Education & Dance

Free Access Health Articles

The American Journal of Health Education includes research findings, community learning strategies, and recent health promotion trends. And, each digital issue includes one article that is open to all — no subscription required! Learn more at shapeamerica.org/publications/ journals/ajhe.

School-Based Employee Wellness Resources

SHAPE America has compiled several resources and tools that can be used to gain support for — or enhance — your school-based employee wellness program, including:

n CDC Workplace Health Program: Actionable information to launch or expand a workplace health promotion program

n CDC School Health Index: Online self-assessment and planning tool which includes an Employee Wellness and Health Promotion module

n WellSAT 2.0: An assessment tool to measure the quality of written wellness policies

n SHAPE America Position Statement: Supporting the Implementation of School-Based Employee Wellness

Find these resources and more at shapeamerica.org/employeewellness

This on-demand webinar is presented by SHAPE America’s 2017 National Dance Education Teacher of the Year. Participants will learn how to activate students’ voices through resonant and relevant physical education and dance. Learn more at shapeamerica.org/webinars

New Books

Physical Best: Physical Education for Lifelong Fitness and Health, 4th Edition

Physical Best, 4th Edition, is an all-inclusive resource that combines its three previous books in one, offering more than 100 activities for K-12 students on its web resource. The text is updated to address the SHAPE America National Standards and outcomes and to reflect the latest research and best practices.

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: Putting Research Into Evidence-Based Practice

This all-in-one resource synthesizes the research, theory and practice on comprehensive school physical activity programs. It also delves into assessment, evaluation, advocacy, policy, partnerships, technology, and more. Suitable for K-12 teachers, PETE faculty and students, and researchers.

Learn more at shapeamerica.org/publications.

Updates From the Research Council

Tim Brusseau, Research Council Past Chair

Hans van der Mars, 2019 National Convention Research Program Chair

The research program at this year’s SHAPE America National Convention & Expo was extremely successful, with more than 240 presenters. The 2019 program included five symposia, five poster sessions, five regular oral presentations, and three roundtable oral sessions.

Attendees also heard four excellent scholar lectures offered through the convention’s Distinguished Lecture Series:

• C.H. McCloy Research Lecture Global Challenges for Physical Education Teacher Educators in the Modern University Mary O’Sullivan, University of Limerick, Ireland

• Raymond A. Weiss Lecture

The Politics of Physical Education, Physical Activity & Sport

Louis Harrison, University of Texas at Austin

• RQES Lecture

Scientific Support for Required Physical Activity Education Among College and University Students

Bradley J. Cardinal, Oregon State University

RQES: Free Access Articles

• SHAPE America Scholar Lecture

Challenging Assumptions and Evidence-Based Practice in Physical Activity Duane Knudson, Texas State University

NEW RESEARCH COUNCIL FELLOWS

We’re excited to announce our newest group of Research Council Fellows, who were honored during the 2019 national convention in Tampa. They are:

• Ryan Burns, University of Utah

• Erin Centeio, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Han Chen, Valdosta State University

• Langston Clark, The University of Texas at Austin

• You Fu, University of Nevada, Reno

• Karen Gaudreault, University of New Mexico

• Jiling Liu, Texas A&M University

• Kevin Mercier, Adelphi University

SHAPE America Research Fellow status is reserved for members who have made significant and sustained contributions to research, creative or scholarly activity, as well as related service.

NEW RESEARCH COUNCIL MEMBERS

The following SHAPE America members began their appointments to the Research Council following the conclusion of the national convention in Tampa:

• Sue Sutherland, The Ohio State University

• Ali Brian, University of South Carolina

In addition, Jennifer Walton-Fisette (Kent State) has begun her term as 2019-2020 Research Council chair.

Many thanks to Tim Brusseau (Utah), who recently completed his term as Research Council chair, Hans van der Mars (Arizona State), who rotated off the Research Council after completing his term as past chair, and Peter Hastie (Auburn), who rotated off the council after three years of service.

UnLock Research

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) offers the latest research in the art and science of human movement studies. Published four times a year (March, June, September, December), the journal includes one “free access” article in each issue which is available to all on the SHAPE America website. For details, visit shapeamerica.org/publications/journals/rqes

UnLock Research articles are a great resource for health and physical educators who want to learn about relevant research. Each monthly UnLock Research article reviews and summarizes a recently published research study. Learn more at shapeamerica.org/research

QUESTIONS

With Jackie Conkle

1 What brings you the greatest joy?

Watching my children. Watching them play and love life, watching them succeed and experience the joy of accomplishment, watching them learn something new — it’s so fulfilling to watch the people they will become unfold.

2 Who inspires you?

My dad has always inspired me. He was one of the hardest working people I knew, but he also made sure to have fun and lived life to the fullest.

3 What is your favorite healthy snack?

A hard-boiled egg. Not very glamorous, I know, but satisfying.

5

How do you relieve stress? A solo walk outside is my best stress reliever.

6

What is the best advice you’ve ever been given? Just breathe.

7

What are some small things that make your day better?

Small people (my children and my students) definitely make my days better. Each day is also made better by sunshine, smiles from my husband, jokes between friends, dessert, and chocolate milk.

SHAPE America member JACKIE CONKLE has been a health teacher in Pennsylvania for 15 years. Valuing health, she is always trying to make personal and professional changes toward lifelong health.

8

What is your favorite meal and why?

4

What is your favorite physical activity?

Barrel racing on my horse is my favorite physical activity, especially because riding is something shared by my entire family.

I love grilled asparagus and any real Italian food.

9 Is there something you’ve been meaning to try but haven’t gotten around to? Cleaning and organizing my house — I’m too busy living life!

10

What quote do you live by?

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” —Anne Frank

Jackie has led workshops to improve physical education nationwide and is the editor of SHAPE America’s newest book, Physical Best: Physical Education for Lifelong Fitness and Health (published April 2019).

For details, visit shapeamerica.org/publications.

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