SHAPE Colorado 2024 State Convention

 "Inclusive Pickleball" will explore inclusion as an intersubjective experience through practical adaptations in pickleball. The session will cover adapted equipment, rule changes, and tips to ensure meaningful participation for all students. Topics include lighter paddles, larger balls, simplified rules, and integrating assistive technology to enhance engagement and accessibility. 

Session Objectives:

• Implement Adapted Equipment: Participants will learn how to use and modify pickleball equipment, such as lighter paddles and larger balls, to accommodate players with diverse abilities.
• Apply Inclusive Rule Changes: Participants will explore rule modifications that make pickleball more accessible and engaging for all students, ensuring meaningful participation.
• Integrate Assistive Technology: Participants will understand how to incorporate assistive technology into pickleball activities to enhance engagement and accessibility for students with disabilities. 

Using RAMP warm-up principles, we can close the gap between the end of a warm-up and beginning of a performance, as student performances respond better if their systems are appropriately activated. The RAMP warm-up also incorporates fundamental movement skills, foundational skills, and movement competencies as they enhance overall student development.

SessionObjeectives:

1)    Attendees will learn about the RAMP principles of a warm-up as it relates to a K-12 physical education class, coaching a practice or pre-game session, or leading into a fitness workout.
2) Attendees will expand a RAMP warm-up to create their own “bank” of exercises/movements to craft an effective warm-up and ultimately into a usable RAMPAGE framework to assist in structuring a class, practice, or workout session.
3)    Attendees will use the RAMP principles and participate in a sample warm-up framework.

This session will talk about curriculum choices and implementation at the secondary level. The emphasis will be on giving students the tools they need to actually stay active after high school. This will include teaching students how to use their heart rate to set fitness goals that are appropriate for them.

Session Objectives:

1. Help secondary teachers understand that teaching team games and sports is not very conductive to fitness after high school.
2. Help teachers identify ways they can incorporate more lifetime fitness in their curriculum.
3. Help teachers understand how to both take and utilize heart rate goals to expand upon lifetime fitness goals with students.

Explore diverse teaching approaches to promote Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in PE. Learn to leverage over 11 teaching styles to create inclusive environments, adapt activities for diverse learners, and foster social justice values, empowering educators to champion equity and diversity in physical education.

Session Objectives:

• Understand the concept of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and its relevance in the context of physical education.
• Explore at least 11 teaching styles and their potential applications to promote JEDI principles in physical education settings.
• Gain practical strategies and tools to effectively implement diverse teaching styles to create inclusive learning environments that honor equity, diversity, and inclusion in physical education classes.  

The men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups are coming to the USA! Upper Elementary & Secondary PE teachers come experience the diverse, equitable and inclusive global lifetime activity of touch rugby. Learn how you can use it to create a meaningful PE experience for each of your students. This student-centered approach, builds physical literacy and is used as a vehicle for teaching the lifelong, 21 century skills & concepts students need well beyond your classroom

Session Objectives:

• Identify elements of the meaningful PE framework as it can be applied to the lifelong sport oftouch rugby
• Apply teaching games for understanding concepts and elements of the meaningful PE framework to other activities
• Recognize the creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking benefits of using this instructional model and touch rugby as a diverse, equitable and inclusive global sport

This middle school PE teacher LOVES Tchoukball. Come play and see how this educator fully involves all of her middle school students in this awesome sport. 

Session Objectives:

• Discuss the value of exposing students to sports that are non-tradtional for Americans. 
• Practice a full progression of skills and tactics that allow all students to feel successful. 
• Leave the session feeling motivated to teach the game to your students. 

Delve into the groundbreaking Thirdspace Movement Model from the 2023 JOPERD article. Explore practical applications to foster inclusion and social justice in physical education. Gain insights on adapting curriculum and practices, empowering educators to create equitable and transformative learning environments.

Session Objectives:

1) Understand the principles and framework of the Thirdspace Movement Model as outlined in the 2023 JOPERD article.
2) Explore practical strategies for implementing the Thirdspace Movement Model to promote inclusivity and social justice within physical education settings.
3) Gain insights on adapting existing curriculum and practices to align with the principles of the Thirdspace Movement Model, empowering educators to create more equitable learning environments.

In this workshop, participants will learn the key elements of the Starting Hearts' Call.Push.Shock.™ protocol to provide early care to sudden cardiac arrest victims.  The course will include lecture and hands-on skills training. Emphasis on leadership, team building, and delegation of roles will enhance participants' capability and confidence.

Session Objectives:

• Understanding today's best practices in addressing a cardiac arrest event
• Building skills, capability, and confidence to last a lifetime
• Enhancing leadership roles to achieve more positive outcomes

Come learn about how to introduce this global sport to your students in a meaningful, student centered, TGFU type approach. Students need to use 21st century skills all while having fun and learning a new lifelong global activity. 

Session Objectives:

• Meaningful PE concepts while learning how to introduce cricket
• Understand TGFU and how teachers can allow students to practice 21st century skills
• Student friendly activities to introduce cricket to classes  

Discover innovative strategies for integrating Ultimate Frisbee into high school physical education. Learn engaging drills, games, rules, equipment, and teaching techniques that promote teamwork, fitness, and sportsmanship. This session empowers educators to enhance their PE curriculum with an inclusive environment that fosters students’ lifelong skills and healthy competition.

Session Description:

1. Participants will be able to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the rules, gameplay dynamics, and strategic elements of Ultimate Frisbee, enabling them to confidently teach the sport in high school PE classes.
2. Participants will be able to acquire knowledge of various types of Ultimate Frisbee games, including traditional gameplay, mini-games, and modified versions suitable for different skill levels and class sizes.
3.  Participants will be able to acquire practical strategies for modifying equipment and adapting game rules to accommodate students with diverse learning needs and abilities, ensuring inclusivity and participation in PE classes.

This is an opportunity for secondary teachers (and future teachers) to network and discuss problems of practice that middle school and high school teachers and coaches dialogue about. 

Everyone can contribute to a vibrant and nurturing sport environment supporting young people’s experience of positive mentorship and life-skills development. Come explore how you can directly impact the culture of youth sport and how together we can create a thriving sport community where young athletes return season after season.  

Session Objective:

1) Understanding the importance of creating a positive youth sport experience where the continued exploration of how sport can be a platform for fostering life skills is emphasized.

2) Exploring individual contributions to youth sport culture so each learner can determine ways in which they can directly contribute through their actions and attitudes.

3) Promote holistic development and wellbeing of young athletes through intentional and actionable planning for how to implement positive changes in unique sport communities, considering their unique contexts and resources.

This session will help prepare middle school student athletes for high school sports.  The transition from middle school sport to high school sports can be difficult and this presentation will help you prepare your middle school athletes to complete that transition successfully.

Session Objectives:

1) Attendees will understand the importance of preparing middle school student athletes for high school sport.
2) Attendees will understand the importance of preparing middle school athletes not only physically but mentally for high school sports/academics.
3)Attendees will leave with ideas on how to incorporate a middle school student athlete training program.

Ever wonder what it would be like to combine Ultimate (frisbee) with lacrosse? You.Fo, invented in the Netherlands, is the perfect combination of those two sports. Come play and make the rings fly! 

Session Objectives:

• Practice a progression of throwing and catching the ring with the stick. 
• Discuss modifications that allow all students to feel success.
• Understand value in exposing students to international sports.