Recent SHAPE America Past President Jamie Sparks believes that health and physical education teachers have always been the cornerstone of every school. In the post-pandemic landscape, their role is more crucial than ever. Join Jamie as they explore opportunities to redefine our community, inspired by SHAPE Nebraska and SHAPE America. Be ready to be "INSPIRED!"
"Brains Before Games: Prioritizing Students After Concussions" examines how concussions uniquely impact student development, academic performance, and classroom interactions. Participants will learn to define and recognize brain injuries and explore strategies to better support students recovering from concussions in educational settings.
The Home School PE program at Northwestern College has grown and benefited so many over the last two years. Jeff will share how that happened and hopes to show how other colleges and universities can do the same in their locations.
New data collected from youth in grades 9-12 that highlight health-related behaviors will be shared. The efforts that Nebraska schools have implemented to address physical & mental health and school climate are paying off with reduced youth risk factors. Learn about the resources, tools, and mini-grant funding from the Office of Coordinated Student Support Services on mental, physical health, and safety of students to enhance learning and achievement.
This session will center on body confidence, self-esteem, and appearance discrimination and its impact on students, particularly middle grades. Participants will become acquainted with the Dove Self-Esteem Project and gain access to the Confident Me! Program and other free evidence -based resources that can be used to enhance their health education programs.
In this session, participants will learn about the pros and cons of strength training with a trap bar. Presentation will adress issues of safety, technique, and effectiveness associated with trap bar strength training. The session will also provide hands on experiential learning opportunities.
How we began our Powerlifting program at Papillon-LaVista South. The people involved, from our coaches, to administrators, to other high school coaches, and most importantly our athletes. The growth of the sport in our school and around the state. And finally, some of our programming and how we build it around our training for other sports.
How would you feel to have the right tools and techniques to support your athletes mentally and physically to reduce injuries and improve performances? Cross country/track coach Rachael Steil shares how to do this by turning a difficult mental health topic into an engaging conversation through stories of her struggle with an eating disorder. This SAME Presentation will be presented again on Tuesday from 8:30 - 9:20
Do you teach an Intro to Health Sciences, Sports Medicine, Performance Nutrition, Exercise Science, Medical Terminology or other Health Sciences course? If so, you are teaching a Career & Technical Education (CTE) class, and this session is for you! Connect with other HPE teachers who also teach Health Sciences, and learn about the resources available to support your work, including instructional materials and trainings, student opportunities, tools for curriculum development, and ideas for integrating career readiness skills.
See how this national curriculum is continues to get Nebraska students more active, keeps them engaged and increases self-confidence. This curriculum has proven to be successful for all students 4th-12th grades. Not matter their background or physical stature.
I speak to athletes about gaining crystal clarity on their goals and LIVING a personal daily standard that's specific to them. Living a goal-oriented life that's independent of comparisons to others, free of baggage from the past and unshackled from anxieties of the future IS possible. Throughout a 20+ year athletic career that culminated with winning Super Bowl 39 with Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, I learned scores of lessons about sports and life. My passion is to share them with athletes to help them accomplish THEIR goals.
Supercharging Skills-Based Health Education: How Students Learn Best! This all-in-one health education session will place you in the best health classroom ever! Learn active engagement techniques and strategies to enhance health education all aligned to SHAPE America’s National Standards. Educators know that students learn best when they are actively engaged throughout a lesson. See and learn “supercharging" techniques today that you can use in the classroom tomorrow!
We started a podcast where health and physical education teachers across Nebraska share tips and strategies that can help all of us up our game. Join us for a discussion about collaborations and peer support and chime in with your episode ideas. Be a part of the HPE Revolution.
This presentation will take you through multiple strategies to help you become more efficient with time management in the Strength & Conditioning classroom to ensure you are getting the most out of your Physical Education class time.
Explore how AI tools can transform physical education by streamlining curriculum creation, enhancing personalized learning, and improving student engagement. Discover practical AI applications that save time while elevating teaching effectiveness for both educators and students.
How would you feel to have the right tools and techniques to support your athletes mentally and physically to reduce injuries and improve performances? Cross country/track coach Rachael Steil shares how to do this by turning a difficult mental health topic into an engaging conversation through stories of her struggle with an eating disorder. This SAME Presentation will be/was presented on Monday from 1:00 - 1:50
Equipping coaches by providing solutions to training large groups of student athletes how you want, giving them what they need, and doing it efficiently, all while still getting results you want without compromising the training plan.
For years, Lincoln Public Schools have been using cardiovascular fitness data to inform decision making on curriculum, programming and activity in Physical Education. More recently, we have taken a broad approach to identify areas of strength and weakness within the community to meet our students where they are and provide a bridge to lifestyle and community resources to ensure our students have the resources and tools to live a healthy and fit life. Come see how we continue to use GIS mapping to drill down in our approach to improving youth fitness in Lincoln!
Schools play an important role in promoting the health and safety of children and adolescents by helping them establish lifelong health patterns. Injury prevention and safety is an important topic to teach for prevention and establishing safety behaviors. Such safety behaviors include learning how to wear a bike helmet, properly wearing a seat belt, hazards of distracted driving, crossing the road properly and understanding local laws/rules. Attendees will learn about the various injury prevention topics that can be integrated into health courses and supportive resources that can be used in the classroom.
Join us in a discussion about supporting early career H&PE teachers in Nebraska. Faculty from the universities will be on hand to initiate and facilitate discussions and we will have hot topics on hand for the room to respond to.
Strength & conditioning is just like any other class where one needs to be introduced and taught correctly. Rather than just throwing a student into a random weight lifting class and expecting them to get better, S&C classes/programs should be tiered and aligned in a way where we can maximize the development of the student in each stage of their life.
With only 31% of teachers engaged in their work, it's time to take action. In this session, learn how to use Clifton Strengths to combat disengagement, reduce burnout, and create a unified, purpose-driven culture. Discover strategies to foster educator enthusiasm, build on their strengths, and drive long-lasting positive impact for both staff and students.
