In observance of Health Literacy Month, this podcast episode features an expert panel that will explore the definition and understanding of what health literacy means. The discussion will include how to incorporate and use a skills-based health education approach to help develop health-literate students; how to use technology to help develop health-literate students; examples of assessments that can lead to health-literate students; and great resources to assist in teaching health literacy.

Panelists include:

*Melanie Lynch – Melanie is in her 21ST year as a health education specialist at State College Area High School in Pennsylvania after receiving an undergraduate degree and master’s degree from Penn State University. In 2016, she received the SHAPE America National Health Education Teacher of the Year award, and she is currently serving as president of PSAHPERD.

*Claudia Brown – Claudia holds a B.S. from Springfield College and a master’s degree from American International College. She has been teaching health and physical education in the North Reading Public Schools for 19 years, focusing on curriculum development in HPE for the last six years. She also serves as an adjunct professor of health education at Boston University. Claudia has participated on the Massachusetts AHPERD board for several years, and currently sits as president.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a national leader in health and physical education? Learn how members of SHAPE America’s current Board of Directors got to where they are today, why they continue to give back to the profession, and why they believe SHAPE America is so important to the overall advancement of health and physical education.

This podcast episode includes interviews with the following SHAPE America board members:

*Jackie Lund (president) — Jackie is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Georgia State University. Prior to teaching at the university level, she taught public school for 16 years. She served on the committee that developed the National Content Standards for Physical Education in 1995 and was president of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). In 2012, she was inducted into the NASPE Hall of Fame.

* Fran Cleland (president-elect) — Fran is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at West Chester University (WCU). She has been teaching at WCU for 21 years and is also the assistant chair of the Health and Physical Education Teacher Certification Division. Prior to teaching at the college level, she taught K-12 health and physical education in Indiana, Virginia and Oregon.

*Collin Brooks — Collin is a National Board Certified elementary physical educator in Bend, OR. Since the start of his teaching career in 2007, he has received the NASPE STARS Award for Physical Education Program Excellence and served on the SHAPE America Northwest District Leadership Council as chair of Professional Development.

*Terri Drain — Terri’s extensive teaching and coaching experience has spanned multiple decades and has taken her from rural and urban communities in British Colombia, Canada, to the Pleasanton Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was the 2007 CAHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year and 2008 Southwest District Elementary Teacher of the Year.

*Artie Kamiya — Artie is a former North Carolina elementary physical educator, state director of health & physical education at the NC Department of Public Instruction, and senior administrator for K-12 health & physical education at Wake County Schools in North Carolina. He is very active on social media, advocating for the health and physical education profession.

*Judy LoBianco — Judy is the supervisor of health, physical education and nursing services for South Orange-Maplewood School District. She has taught all levels of physical education and presented numerous times at state, district and national conferences. Judy is a past president of SHAPE America Eastern District and New Jersey AHPERD. She also serves SHAPE America as a Physical Activity Leader (PAL) trainer.

If you are interested in joining the SHAPE America Board of Directors or know someone who would make a great candidate, find nomination details here:

www.shapeamerica.org/about/leaders/nominations_committee.cfm

Family fitness activities are a great way to help children establish healthy habits that can last a lifetime. Listen in as our expert panel of SHAPE America Teachers of the Year discuss what it takes to implement different types of family fitness activities in your school. Learn how to get started with family fitness activities, ideas of how to run different types of activities, and how using family fitness activities can impact your physical education program. Panelists include: *Betty Ann Fish – Betty is the 2015 SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year, a Google Certified Innovator, Seesaw Ambassador, & TES Ambassador; * Margaret Hornbeck – Margaret has been teaching for 13 years and is the 2015 Southwest District Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Family fitness activities are a great way to help children establish healthy habits that can last a lifetime. Listen in as our expert panel of SHAPE America Teachers of the Year discuss what it takes to implement different types of family fitness activities in your school. Learn how to get started with family fitness activities, ideas of how to run different types of activities, and how using family fitness activities can impact your physical education program.

Panelists include:

*Betty Ann Fish – Betty is the 2015 SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year, a Google Certified Innovator, Seesaw Ambassador, & TES Ambassador;

* Margaret Hornbeck – Margaret has been teaching for 13 years and is the 2015 Southwest District Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Matt and Collin highlight the first anniversary of the SHAPE America Podcast Series.

If you want to refresh your classroom management skills, this is the podcast episode for you! In this episode, we continue to the discussion on sound classroom management skills. Panelists include: *Jonathan Jones –Jon is a passionate physical education advocate and has spent over seven years as a coach and physical educator. He has a master’s degree from McDaniel College; *Kari Bullis – Kari is a 2012 Iowa Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year who currently serves on the SHAPE America Central District Leadership Council. Kari teaches physical education and aquatics to grades 8-12 in Williamsburg, IA; *Adam Metcalf – Adam has been teaching preK-8 physical education for nine years and currently teaches at The Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove, IL. He has a master’s degree in pedagogy and curriculum design from Northern Illinois University.

If you want to refresh your classroom management skills, this is the podcast episode for you! Learn first-day or first-week strategies to get routines and procedures in place, and hear from our expert panel how daily set up in your classroom can alleviate behavioral issues. You’ll learn how to set expectations at the beginning of the school year, and discover other best practices to implement throughout the year.

Panelists include:

*Jonathan Jones –Jon is a passionate physical education advocate and has spent over seven years as a coach and physical educator. He has a master’s degree from McDaniel College;

*Kari Bullis – Kari is a 2012 Iowa Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year who currently serves on the SHAPE America Central District Leadership Council. Kari teaches physical education and aquatics to grades 8-12 in Williamsburg, IA;

*Adam Metcalf – Adam has been teaching preK-8 physical education for nine years and currently teaches at The Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove, IL. He has a master’s degree in pedagogy and curriculum design from Northern Illinois University.

Listen in as we discuss curriculum mapping and scope and sequence in health and physical education with our expert panel of SHAPE Teachers of the Year. You’ll learn:

*How often you should revise the scope and sequence;

*The best way to plan each grade’s scope and sequence for an entire year;

*How to scaffold the curriculum to meet a variety of developmental levels;

*Ideas for curriculum and activities to help develop physically literate students.

Panelists include:

*Dave Gusitsch - David serves on the CTAHPERD executive council and has worked in health and physical education for 16 years in Illinois and Connecticut;

*Jessica Shawley - Jessica is a full¬-time, National Board Certified physical education teacher. She has a master’s degree in curriculum and Instruction from the University of Idaho and was the 2012 SHAPE America National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year;

*Kevin Tiller – Kevin is a K-5 health and physical education teacher in Andover, MA. He has authored three texts, created his own physical education review website and was the 2015 Massachusetts AHPERD Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Listen in as we discuss curriculum mapping and scope and sequence in health and physical education with our expert panel of SHAPE Teachers of the Year. You’ll learn:

*How often you should revise the scope and sequence;

*The best way to plan each grade’s scope and sequence for an entire year;

*How to scaffold the curriculum to meet a variety of developmental levels;

*Ideas for curriculum and activities to help develop physically literate students.

Panelists include:

*Dave Gusitsch - David serves on the CTAHPERD executive council and has worked in health and physical education for 16 years in Illinois and Connecticut;

*Jessica Shawley - Jessica is a full¬-time, National Board Certified physical education teacher. She has a master’s degree in curriculum and Instruction from the University of Idaho and was the 2012 SHAPE America National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year;

*Kevin Tiller – Kevin is a K-5 health and physical education teacher in Andover, MA. He has authored three texts, created his own physical education review website and was the 2015 Massachusetts AHPERD Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Collin and Matt discuss SHAPE America professional development opportunities along with other professional development available to health and physical educators.