Unleash the Power of our Why

​Successful organizations and movements start with their WHY. What is our WHY? How can we use it to elevate the profession and provide the ultimate justification for including physical education in the core curricular? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this session! (First presented at EPEW 2020)

Movement Education - Success for All Through Divergent Discovery

​Check out this session as we explore the Movement Education instructional model within the context of primary physical education. We will discuss the principles of the model, show some examples of what this can look like and have some exploratory activity time!

Developing and   Engaging Minds ​

Learn how the brain relates to motor   development and why there’s an increase of under-developed students. You will   leave with information, activities, and strategies to shrink the   developmental gaps, and help ALL of your students learn how to self-regulate   and achieve movement and academic success in and out of your gym. You can   easily implement these ideas into your program, your school, and your   district.

Build Relationships Through Games

Games provide fun & memorable learning opportunities. These games are like seeds, containing clear learning objectives for our students to explore & achieve. Within these games are opportunities to practice life enriching skills. What I love about our profession is these "seeds" contain potential for lifelong learning which goes beyond the physical. A moving child is a learning child. So let's investigate how some games we already play can teach our students about relating to each other.

Love Yourself, Guided by Passion

Andy Hair, an Australian #physed icon, is passionate about helping you love yourself first. This session will be a be a embracing and inspirational conversation around positive psychology. He will share how he follows his life through passion and positivity giving him a fresh canvas everyday to paint his masterpiece.

SEL it: Brain, Body, Movement, Mood

There has never been a bigger need to infuse social-emotional learning (SEL) into your lesson plans and curriculum. As Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, recently said, "A re-entry plan without addressing student & staff social-emotional and behavioral needs is simply not a plan." Yasmeen Taji-Farouki of SHAPE America shares a comprehensive social-emotional learning program for health and physcial eduction. Learn how health.moves.minds. can provide all the SEL resources (teacher-tested and freely available for all Indiana K-12 teachers) you will need for the upcoming school year.

Your Voice Matters

SHAPE America’s past president Jamie Sparks emphasizes the importance of using your voice to improve the H/PE profession and raise your standard of teaching. Jamie shares his experiences in the field and the lessons he has learned along the way.

Love Yourself, Guided by Passion

Andy Hair, an Australian #physed icon, is passionate about helping you love yourself first. This session will be a be a embracing and inspirational conversation around positive psychology. He will share how he follows his life through passion and positivity giving him a fresh canvas everyday to paint his masterpiece.

Meeting the “Heart Needs” of our Students

Dr. Akil Ross, 2018 National Principal of the Year, shares a powerful story of where his passion to educate the whole child began, in third grade with a teacher who believed in him and how that relationship transformed his life as a student and now educational leader. He provides not only practical advice for building leaders on how to create a “Vision Statement” and how to help staff take ownership of this vision each day in their classrooms, but also WHY this vision is so important for staff AND students.

Life Is The Future

Scott Todnem, 2019 National Health Educator of the Year, offers a vulnerable perspective on what it means to health education in an environment of uncertainty. We'll explore how he offers an authentic approach for educators worldwide to consider.