SHAPE America's Podcast - Professional Development for Health & Physical Education Teachers
The SHAPE America Podcast, hosted by Sean Nevills, is here to bring you exclusive content from the world of health and physical education. This one-stop weekly professional development tool features interviews with SHAPE America Teachers of the Year and other physical education champions discussing relevant health and physical education topics. The goals of this podcast are to provide you with tips from leaders in the profession, challenge your thinking, and give you new ideas to try in your classes.
Episodes
February 8, 2024 • 32 mins
On this special podcast version of Unplugged, Stephanie is joined by Dr. Kathleen Ethier, Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kathleen gives an update on the CDC's work and structure, new resources they have released and more!
Check out these resources:
CDC Adolescent and School Health https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/index.htm
Promoting Mental Heal...
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August 18, 2023 • 23 mins
On this episode of the podcast, host John Strong welcomes Dr. Jason Rawls back from Ohio. They discuss how youth culture influenced entertainment and education including the history of hip-hop, how to connect with your students via their interests, how the first few weeks of the school year are important and more!
Dr. Rawls is not only a scholar and an educator, but he is also a practitioner of Hip-Hop. Dr. Rawls cont...
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June 27, 2023 • 24 mins
Sean is joined by Sarah and Nadine for a great discussion about the National Health Education Standards revision process. They discuss why the standards are being revised currently, the progress the task force has made over the past two years, what lies ahead & more!
Nadine Marchessault, MEd, NBCT is the Co-Chair of the National Health Education Standards Task Force. She is also a Health Education Specialist at the...
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June 21, 2023 • 20 mins
Sean is joined by Kevin Andrew Richards, Michael A Hemphill, & Paul M Wright, authors of SHAPE America's newest publication, Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. They discuss the genesis of this book, the history of qualitative research in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, how the book is structured, what the K-12 teaching audience can take away from it and more!
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June 9, 2023 • 17 mins
On this episode of the podcast, host John Strong welcomes Dr. Jason Rawls from Ohio. They discuss Dr. Rawls' history in education, how to exchange cultures in the classroom, how to identify youth culture and ways to build healthy relationships with your students.
Dr. Rawls is not only a scholar and an educator, but he is also a practitioner of Hip-Hop. Dr. Rawls contributed production on the album Mos Def & Talib Kw...
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April 14, 2023 • 17 mins
Today, we are welcoming Dr. Cory Dixon to the podcast! Dr. Dixon is an assistant professor of health and PE at Rowan University, in New Jersey. His research focuses on why “race matters” for PE educator preparation, as he advocates for equitable educational opportunities and stronger recruitment and retention practices for Faculty and Students of Color in higher education.
Dr. Dixon earned his Ph.D. and M.Ed. in kinesio...
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March 9, 2023 • 13 mins
Sean chats with one of the newest members of the SHAPE America team, Kaitlyn Gaddis-Thompson! They discuss her career, about her role as SHAPE America Project Director for the National Initiative to Advance Health Equity in Schools, #SHAPEseattle & more!
Catch Kaitlyn at the following sessions in Seattle:
Coffee Talk: Gaining Support From School Administrators (Wednesday & Friday): https://shapeamerica.confex.co...
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February 23, 2023 • 25 mins
For the second year in a row, Sean is joined by guests from our recruitment and retention task force to discuss For the Love of Health and Physical Education (HPE) Week! Emily Jones is a Professor of Physical EducationTeacher Education, in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation at IllinoisState University. She is the current chair of the SHAPE America Recruitment andRetention Task Force and serves at the state level as t...
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In this episode, podcast hosts Sue Scheppele and John Strong welcome Kyle Bragg, the 2021 SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year! Sue and John chat with Kyle about culturally relevant pedagogy, how to cultivate relationships, creating lesson plans and more. This is part two of a two-part conversation. Resources:Learning for JusticeWelcoming SchoolsStrategies for Fostering EDI in Phys Ed ...
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In this episode, podcast hosts Sue Scheppele and John Strong welcome Kyle Bragg, the 2021 SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year! Sue and John chat with Kyle about culturally relevant pedagogy, how to cultivate relationships, creating lesson plans and more. This is part one of a two-part conversation.
Resources:Learning for JusticeWelcoming SchoolsStrategies for Fostering EDI in Phys ...
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January 30, 2023 • 21 mins
Sean is joined by Sandy Zimmerman, opening keynote speaker for the 2023 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo! Listen in as Sandy shares her story, talks about her career as a physical educator, describes how she got started with American Ninja Warrior, and more! You’ll find Sandy at the following #SHAPEseattle sessions:Opening Keynote: https://convention.shapeamerica.org/Convention/keynotes.aspx?hkey=8b768f11-c539-...
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December 12, 2022 • 17 mins
Sean is joined by Brad Brummel, coordinator of Physical Education, Health & Engagement Activities at Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, MO. Brad is also the co-chair of SHAPE America’s National Physical Education Standards Task Force. Sean and Brad discuss the standards revision process — how it started, what has been accomplished, and next steps —as well as Brad’s career and the changes he is implementing in h...
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November 16, 2022 • 29 mins
Sean is joined by Ruth Childs, Lauren Lieberman, and Mary Connolly, authors of SHAPE America’s newest book, Infusing Self-Advocacy into Physical Education and Health Education. On the podcast, they discuss their careers, the journey to creating this text, why self-advocacy is important for ALL students, and more! Ruth ChildsRuth Childs, MFA, is a professor at State University of New York at Brockport. She has been at the ...
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September 1, 2022 • 26 mins
On this episode, Sean is joined by SHAPE America President Kymm Ballard. Sean and Kymm discuss how she got involved with SHAPE America, how her presidency is going, back to school, and more! Kymm Ballard is an assistant professor and HETE and PETE coordinator at Campbell University. Her professional experiences include service for more than two decades as a health educator, physical educator, and school administrator, and...
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Kicking off Series 2 of SHAPE America’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Podcast, Sean is joined by Dr. Korey Boyd for the second part of their conversation! Sean and Korey discuss a variety of topics including Korey’s career and roles at Springfield College, culturally relevant pedagogy, race & more.
Korey Boyd is an assistant professor in the School of Physical Education, Performance and Sport Leadership at Sprin...
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August 12, 2022 • 19 mins
Kicking off Series 2 of SHAPE America’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Podcast, Sean is joined by Dr. Korey Boyd! Sean and Korey discuss a variety of topics including Korey’s career and roles at Springfield College, culturally relevant pedagogy, race & more.
Korey Boyd is an assistant professor in the School of Physical Education, Performance and Sport Leadership at Springfield College in Massachusetts. His prima...
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SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Healthy Schools Branch for the National Initiative to Advance Health Equity in K-12 Education. SHAPE America CEO Stephanie Morris chats with Health Resource in Action’s (HRiA) Dr. Brittany Chen, Vice President of Health Equity, about working on this exciting project together to support s...
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April 24, 2022 • 18 mins
SHAPE America Podcast host Sean Nevills and CEO Stephanie Morris talk about #SHAPENOLA — including the fabulous keynote speakers, what’s new this year, what they are excited for, #SHAPEVote, and the current National PE Standards revision process.
#SHAPENOLA Info: convention.shapeamerica.org
Updates on National Physical Education Standards Revision Process: https://www.shapeamerica.org/standards/pe/NPES_Task_Force
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April 14, 2022 • 33 mins
Sean is joined by Tara Blackshear and Brian Culp, authors of SHAPE America’s newest book, Critical Race Studies in Physical Education. They discuss how the book came together, why the book is focused on case studies, their professional areas of focus, what you can take from this work, & more! Resources: Critical Race Studies in Physical Education: https://us.humankinetics.com/products/critical-race-studies-in-physical...
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Sean catches up with Brandy Lynch from the University of Central Missouri to chat about Women’s Social Justice in Sport. This is the final episode of our first EDI series, What is Social Justice?.
Brandy Lynch is an assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Missouri (UCM). She specializes in the application of technology in instruction and the analysis of effective teaching. S...
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