Our Vice President of Programs & Professional Development, Chris Hersl posted the following information in the all-member forum. To reach the widest possible audience we are reposting here: As we get ready to release the 2020 Call for Proposals I wanted to share some info with you. If there is one thing I’ve learned in […]

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The slogan for this month is “End the Stigma”. There are many stories. This is mine. In October of 2015 I sat at my desk at the Maryland State Department and started to cry. The annual Maryland Association of Health, P.E., Recreation and Dance Convention was quickly […]

For an advocacy assignment that I have been working on for class, I am advocating the obesity epidemic. This epidemic has been a big problem in our country for almost half a century, I am trying to come up with ways that I can promote to people that they need to be aware of it […]

Hi my name is James and and I am a first year student studying health and physical education at Plymouth State University. My first thought about this year is that it is a lot more complex than I thought it would be. The high school I went to  was full of “gym” teachers that rolled […]

I am advocating for the Reduction of stress/anxiety/depression in all types of environments. In school stress and anxiety takes a toll on all students at different levels. With the research that I have been conducting it is evident that proper management of stressors using  Stress Reduction Tactics, or SRTs, will, in fact show lower stress […]

If you are one of the lucky undergraduate students to have the opportunity to attend the SHAPE America National Convention and Expo then someone has fostered your professional growth. There is someone in your life or a group of people nurturing you and helping you to continue to emerge as a teacher and leader. At […]

I am a student that is trying to complete my last lesson plan that I need to complete for one of my classes. I need to come up with a lesson plan with the three objectives cognitive, psychomotor, and affective while using grade level outcomes. I am having trouble getting started on this one and […]

Description: Brain research supports the connection between movement & learning (i.e. exercise enhances cognitive processing). Movement activities enhance whole brain learning, which develops emotional stabilization, focus, attention, self-expression, math & reading scores & access parts of the underdeveloped brain. Learn how SPECIFIC movements: are linked to & improve memory retention, reinforce academic concepts, & balance […]

It’s been about five years since the CDC put out its guidance document for schools outlining the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program framework. The basic principal behind this framework is that health and physical educators can lead the charge to create school environments that value physical activity as a right for all students on par […]

Knowing where to start on your Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) funding quest can be a little overwhelming, but once I got started it all fell into place very quickly. I first wanted to make sure that I educated myself with the ESSA law, what my school district’s estimate amount of funding would be, and […]