SHAPE Colorado 2024 State Convention: Full Schedule

Hello SHAPE Colorado Members,

On behalf of SHAPE Colorado, I would like to welcome you to our 2024 Convention. We are excited to offer our Pre-Convention Workshops on Sunday, October 6, and daily Conventions session on Monday and Tuesday, October 7 & 8. The SHAPE Colorado Board has worked hard to create a convention line-up that is sure to educate, engage and excite you so you can better serve our profession and students.

Be sure to stop by and visit the exhibitors; don’t forget to place your bids on the various silent auction items, and fist bump a SHAPE Colorado Board member while you’re at it for all of their hard work. We also hope you will join us for the Awards Ceremony on Monday, October 7, as we recognize several HPE champions. To Register for the 2024 SHAPE Colorado Convention (cvent.com).

Looking forward to seeing you!

Becky Wylie
SHAPE Colorado President

3:35pm MDT

Is my health class actually skills-based?

Monday October 7, 2024 3:35pm - 4:25pm MDT

Conference Room VII

In this session, we will focus on the structures and practices we use to help students take ownership of the health skills. We will introduce the workshop model as a template for lesson design and individualize instruction through conferring.

Session Objectives:

1. I can structure a lesson using workshop model
2. I can use conferring to gauge student understanding of a health skill or topic
3. I can articulate how workshop model protects time for conferring

Speakers

Kevin Mason

Dr. Taylor Schmidt

Monday October 7, 2024 3:35pm - 4:25pm MDT
Conference Room VII

Health Education

8:00am MDT

Connecting Health and Physical Activity for Elementary Wellness;

Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am MDT

Conference Room I

Prepare for an engaging experience with interactive activities! Integrate movement easily into health lessons while utilizing technology. Whether you're in a classroom, in the gym, or outdoors, teach health concepts from a kinesthetic approach.

Session Objectives:

1. Incorporate health education kinesthetically into any setting;
2. Explore movement based activities for health concepts;
3. Utilize technology as a tool for teaching health education.

Speakers

Ashley Cates

Health and Physical Education Training Specialist, QuaverEd

Kera Williams is a Health and Physical Education Training Specialist at QuaverEd. Kera holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Stephen F. Austin State University. Prior to joining the QuaverEd team, Kera spent 24 years as a Physical Educator in Texas.

Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am MDT
Conference Room I

Health Education

8:00am MDT

Four simple tools to help both teachers and students achieve better mental health

Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am MDT

Conference Room VII

The four “tools” are Unconditional Self-Acceptance, developing an internal locus of control, recognizing irrational thinking in yourself and others, and challenging and correcting irrational thinking. Learn how to use these “tools” to improve your own mental health and to teach students to use them to improve their mental health.

Session Objectives:
1)At the end of this session participants will be able to teach and encourage students to have Unconditional Self-Acceptance
2)At the end of this session participants will be able to teach students how to have an internal locus of control
3)At the end of this session participants will be able to teach students how to recognize and correct common types of irrational thinking

Speakers

Ray Mathis

Mental Health Educator (retired health teacher), Chicago Institute for Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy

Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am MDT
Conference Room VII

Health Education

11:20am MDT

Teaching Comprehensive Health Through the Lens of Wellness

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:20am - 12:10pm MDT

Conference Room VI

I was hired to teach PE but now they've told me I have to teach Health. Where do I find curricular resources? This session will provide an overview of our state and SHAPE standards for Comprehensive Health Education and will provide curricular resources using Wellness as a guide.

Session Objectives:

Participants will get the opportunity to dive into the NEW National Health Education standards (SHAPE America) and will compare them to our state standards so that they can bring more wellness into their own classrooms.
Participants will be given tangible wellness resources to take back to their Health classrooms and establish a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment for all learners.
Well-being is a common factor in all Health Education standards, participants will be provided tools to address the Social-Emotional needs for their students in the Health classroom.

Speakers

Abby Hicks

St. Vrain Valley School District

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:20am - 12:10pm MDT
Conference Room VI

Health Education