We are Just Jumpin'! We are a jump rope team from Logan Utah. We travel to different schools around the state to do assemblies and halftimes. We encourage kids to get active in creative ways. We'd love to do one of our assembly performances, depending on how long time slots.
Frame Running offers children with physical disabilities the opportunity to move with greater ease leading to increased active participation in physical activities at school, during recess, PE, after school adapted sports, and recreational activities with their family. Children and youth with physical disabilities who use assistive devices for mobility expend more energy during gait than typical developing peers. This leads to greater fatigue with less movement, and less overall physical activity. It is critical to identify assistive mobility devices that lessen the burden of energy demands with mobility, provide enjoyment and increase the capacity for greater active participation in physical activity with peers.
Often elementary PE teachers find themselves teaching in classrooms, stages, or tight spaces without much room to move. Learn about some easy, minimal equipment ideas for teaching PE when the gym is not available.
The Walking Classroom (TWC) is a program of audio podcast that students listen to while walking. TWC aligns with academic standards for grades 3 - 8 and provides increased physical activity, social emotional learning, and health literacy. Program benefits include improved learning, better engagement, clear improvements around mood and behavior, and can help with attendance. Attendees will have the opportunity to try the program with a walk and listen.
Communication skills are an important part of both the Health Education and the Physical Education Standards. If we want students to “talk it out” or “use a refusal skill”, we need to provide them with clear criteria and multiple opportunities to practice. This session focuses on activities to help middle and high school students identify their feelings, create appropriate responses for a variety of situations, and assess achievement of our communication standards.
ParenTeach trains high school educators to deliver ParentABLE, a trauma informed, evidence-based parenting education/caregiver unit to their students; helping them develop a foundational understanding of positive parenting/caregiving practices that are aligned with Utah's social and emotional learning and health and wellness standards. Our audience is health and PE teachers We cover why positive caregiving education is critical and introduce ParentABLE’s 6.5-hour positive parenting and caregiving unit for health education. Participants will view portions of ParentABLE, hear facilitator feedback, and leave with a clear understanding of the course content, an appreciation of the evidence that supports the need for positive parenting and caregiver education, and how to offer ParentABLE.
This course is designed to support teachers in sexual assault prevention instruction. Standards HD 8 and 9, and Utah state law require the instruction of information to assist in a larger goal to reduce incidences of sexual violence and provide assistance for those who have experienced sexual abuse or assault.
Join us for a dynamic learning session focused on engaging discussion strategies that can be applied to any topic. Participants will explore techniques such as Around the World, Speed Dating, and sound-like feel-like look-like discussions to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking. We'll delve into ways to create inclusive environments where every student feels valued and encouraged to participate. This session is designed to equip educators with tools to facilitate meaningful conversations that enhance student learning and engagement.
As a high school Fitness for Life teacher, I use heart rate monitors to help students understand the importance of heart rate to improve their personal fitness. In this session I will demonstrate how we use IHT heart rate monitors at our school. Participants will have the opportunity to try them out and see how simple it is to use them every day in their classroom. You will be able to see how they are used from both the student view and the teacher view. This is not an advertisement for IHT, that is just the heart rate monitors we use.
An evolving collection of over 25 action-packed games! Icebreakers, time fillers and complete lessons that promote cardio fitness, critical thinking, motor learning and teamwork. Play inside or outdoors with minimal equipment. These games are easy to monitor, modified for the inclusion of special populations and work for all ages from preschool to adults. People love these games!
Flag football is one of the fastest growing sports and debuts in the 2028 Olympics! OPEN has created lesson plans for teachers in elementary, middle, and high school that enable students to learn skills and basic game play utilizing small groups and multiple opportunities to succeed! Come ready to run, pass, catch, and defend as we explore multiple activities for all grade levels that align to standards!
In this session, we will explore using Adobe Podcast and Adobe Express to integrate engaging projects into your curriculum. Discover ready-made resources and practical ideas to inspire students and enhance learning. Perfect for Health educators and Fitness for Life PE teachers aiming to boost student engagement and creativity. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your teaching toolkit with innovative, easy-to-use digital tools!
Explore how generative AI can streamline your teaching process, from saving time on lesson planning to sparking innovative ideas. Learn practical applications for teachers that enhance productivity and creativity, empowering you to focus more on engaging with your students. Bring a device to participate in interactive, hands-on activities.
Learn effective, and efficient warm up exercises, in season training without weights, learn and apply safe lifting and spotting techniques, and designing sport specific programs and proper energy systems
Hugh D. Watt, MSW, LCSW, is a survivor of childhood sex abuse and the loss of a brother to addiction and suicide. The theory of Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) will be explained using my personal journey to find PTG and real stories using a multi-sensory approach. Learn the differences between resilience, PTG, vicarious trauma and vicarious PTG and how these concepts can be used to become an “expert companion” or peer to those who suffer from trauma. Overcoming trauma and reducing suicide, relies on understanding how Post Traumatic Growth is possible after trials and traumas in life.
Join us for a dynamic learning session focused on engaging discussion strategies that can be applied to any topic. Participants will explore techniques such as Around the World, Speed Dating, and sound-like feel-like look-like discussions to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking. We'll delve into ways to create inclusive environments where every student feels valued and encouraged to participate. This session is designed to equip educators with tools to facilitate meaningful conversations that enhance student learning and engagement.
Many PE teachers think that AI does not apply to them but it does! The goal of this presentation is to show teachers what resources are available for PE and how they can incorporate it.
Our nation is facing a health, physical activity and obesity crisis and yet students are increasingly opting out of physical education classes. Why are students opting out of P.E. classes and what can be done to reverse this trend?
How can we design physical education programs that allow all students to develop skills and experience success? Student-centered physical education places the instructional focus on the individual needs of students and incorporates strategies such as voice, choice and goal setting. This session will explore how incorporating these simple strategies can impact engagement, participation, motivation and empower students to enjoy physical activity for a lifetime.
The Division of Outdoor Recreation is revamping the Every Kid Outdoors program to promote children and students to get outside, with a twist! With a monthly adventure challenge paired with recreation and education-based curriculum, this program aims to encourage students and their families to spend more time outside.
As a high school Fitness for Life teacher, I use heart rate monitors to help students understand the importance of heart rate to improve their personal fitness. In this session I will demonstrate how we use IHT heart rate monitors at our school. Participants will have the opportunity to try them out and see how simple it is to use them every day in their classroom. You will be able to see how they are used from both the student view and the teacher view. This is not an advertisement for IHT, that is just the heart rate monitors we use.
This presentation will focus on using Pranayama, Asana and Savasana as tools to assist ourselves and ours students in self management, emotional control and a greater sense of equanimity or balance in life . We will explore the benefits of breath and experience several different breathing techniques. We will experience poses and postures, learning methods to adjust or modify to allow all to experience the positive flow of energy created through movement. We will put into practice the tenets of meditation using this opportunity to rest, digest and rejuvinate.
Full break down of what the sport is, how to play and teach it in schools, and FREE EQUIPMENT to get every PE classroom started.Teaching teachers the core values of the sport of rugby (integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline, and respect) and why it is an important sport to fit in their curriculum.
In this session, we will explore using Adobe Podcast and Adobe Express to integrate engaging projects into your curriculum. Discover ready-made resources and practical ideas to inspire students and enhance learning. Perfect for Health educators and Fitness for Life PE teachers aiming to boost student engagement and creativity. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your teaching toolkit with innovative, easy-to-use digital tools!
Explore how generative AI can streamline your teaching process, from saving time on lesson planning to sparking innovative ideas. Learn practical applications for teachers that enhance productivity and creativity, empowering you to focus more on engaging with your students. Bring a device to participate in interactive, hands-on activities.
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a student with a disability? Now is your chance. Come participate in a unified sports class where some of our participates will represent students with disabilities and others will be a peer tutor for the day. What better way to gain a better understanding of our students with disabilities than to feel what they feel on a daily.
How to Create an Elite Mind Set and Utilize the 10 Pillars of Mental Performance. Creating an Elite Mind Set in Mental Performance for Life: Many of us as professionals are left with the nagging feeling that something’s missing. More often than we like to admit, we still struggle when it matters most fizzles out, and disappear after a few months, failing to reach our goals, and failing to realize our full potential. The BIGGEST PROBLEM is that most don’t know how to help students and those they work with develop the mental skill set to consistently be at their best, reach their goals, and achieve long-term success. How do we build Body and mind in Physical Education, Health, and Coaching? Questioning? How can I be motivated more consistently, and develop the routines and habits they need to be at their best? How can I stay focused and calm under pressure when time is on the line, and make better decisions, even when it’s hard? How can I stay positive and consistent when not seeing the results we want or performing at the level they expect? How can I refocus and get back on track when we “mess up” … without letting one “failure” spiral into more struggles? How do we help students and individuals be their best when it matters most? How do I help them to reach their goals and have long-term success? Understanding more about the mental performance of individuals, and how to help them achieve an elite mindset will help answer some of those questions and find level ground. Learning how to develop and create the Elite Mindset and how to implement that mindset in our everyday teaching and personal lives will help us be more productive in our own lives, as well helping others. This course will help you understand the 10 Pillars of Mental Performance and Creating an Elite Mind Set for Life.
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.
Imagine a future where children grow up equipped to make healthier choices, fostering long-term wellness and independence. This presentation explores the implementation of nutrition education in elementary schools, focusing on its transformative impact on lifelong eating habits. By highlighting a quasi-case study of kindergarten and first-grade students engaged in interactive nutrition classes, we can see how early education empowers children to understand food, develop autonomy, and make informed decisions. This presentation will demonstrate how teaching nutrition early can shape a healthier, more mindful generation. Let’s pave the way for smarter choices and stronger futures.
Did I just read the "P" word?! Teachers will leave this session feeling inspired, confident, and prepared to teach Standard HI.SDP.5, and Standard HII.SDP.4. Although this is intended for Health teachers, this can be beneficial to parents or any adult who would like to improve their understanding of the best practices to teach the harmful effects of pornography to children of all ages.
In today’s classrooms, the benefits of integrating movement into daily lessons are clear: improved focus, enhanced memory, and increased student engagement. Yet, many educators find it challenging to incorporate physical activity into traditional academic settings. This session will explore innovative strategies to seamlessly integrate movement across subjects and grade levels. Participants will explore techniques to foster an active learning environment, from quick movement breaks to interactive, movement-centered lesson designs that are standards based. We’ll dive into practical ways to energize your classroom, engage students of all abilities, and promote lifelong health habits—all while boosting academic performance. Attendees will leave with ready-to-use activities and a fresh perspective on the power of movement in education.
There is a special relationship between entertainers and their fans, one that artists often use to mobilize their audience into action and behavior change. What can educators learn from this? This presentation explores entertainment-education and arts-for-change tactics that can be brought into traditional learning spaces to ensure that students integrate classroom lessons into their everyday lives in real ways.
Attendees will leave this session with instructional strategies and resources they can use to improve the experience in Health Education (K-12) for multilingual learners. In elementary, we will utilize other core standards for an integrated approach. In secondary, attendees will get concrete examples tied to standards.
Presentation will provide information on Youth use of Illegal Substances. Including the "newest drugs popular with youth. Narcan Training will also be offered.
This presentation will discuss the pivotal role of health teachers and classes in the development of students’ relationships with food and their bodies. One thing we often hear as eating disorder professionals is that it’s hard to know how to talk about nutrition due to the fear of causing harm. Our goal for this presentation is to provide information to teachers and leaders so they feel confident in approaching these topics with students. This will include why and how eating disorders can develop in adolescence, what content and verbiage is helpful vs potentially harmful when talking about nutrition and body-image, and how teachers can be part of the first-line defense for eating disorder prevention in Utah.
GROOVE is a dance, wellness, and fitness modality that feels a bit like a structured dance party. It celebrates the joy of moving, encourages unique movement choices, honors individual needs, and brings groups together through playful dance interactions. It is an excellent inroad for non-dancers as facilitators insist you “can’t get it wrong,” while also being a dance-lover’s dream as they get to play with the simple steps in their own way. This highly accessible dance form is new to the Utah scene, with Melanie as the only certified GROOVE facilitator in the tri-state area of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Full break down of what the sport is, how to play and teach it in schools, and FREE EQUIPMENT to get every PE classroom started.Teaching teachers the core values of the sport of rugby (integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline, and respect) and why it is an important sport to fit in their curriculum.
Combining instructional best practices with yoga to increase engagment and helping students understand and apply the benefits of yoga. Will share resources like journals, slides, etc.
Ideal for the novice and the expert, this session shares teacher-centered and student centered websites that increase productivity while maximizing class activity time. They are easily organized, shareable with students, colleagues and community and best of all, FREE! The "handout" is shared digitally and keeps the audience engaged the entire time.
Teri has been teaching for over 20 years. She has taught at every grade level along with Adapted Physical Education. She has coached and officiated volleyball, basketball, softball, and track. She is the Physical Education Specialist and Curriculum Content Specialist for the Utah... Read More →
This training is designed to increase awareness of student-athletes wellness needs and common signs and symptoms of mental health concerns. Participants attending this training will learn practical strategies to integrate into their daily practices and resources to link and refer student-athletes to mental health supports in their schools and communities.
Experience firsthand the benefits of play in this interactive, lively, and immersive workshop. Explore your internal drive for fun and enjoyment as we engage firsthand in group games led by Playworks. Participants will walk away with an overview of the basic cognitive and physical benefits of play, a variety of games accessible for individual and group use, and an understanding surrounding the power of play to bring out the best in every person.
As Mental Health continues to be a struggle for our society, we must continue to find solutions. I personally found mine and each individual needs to find theirs. In this presentation I will share my experience with Mental Health and how I found 5 controllable things we can share with our students and teachers so we can overcome the mental battle we create in our own minds. This presentation has been built from my book: Empire State of Mind. The 5 Keys to Unlock Mental Toughness.
Join us in an interactive workshop for adults that work with you to learn the fundamentals of Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) and the key benefits for both individuals and communities. Participants will be familiarized with Social and Emotional Learning in Practice: A Toolkit of Practical Strategies and Resources” by the University of Minnesota. Explore activities that help foster socioemotional skills and learn about accommodations when implementing SEL to better meet the needs of all youth, particularly adolescents with disabilities or IEPs.
The idea that prestige is what people want most from a job is outdated. The priority has become what they need, which is a positive work culture where they feel seen, appreciated, and trusted. How do we become the kind of educator that can foster this kind of authenticity? Targeting specific skills that foster connection. Creating trust by modeling how to be a genuine team player. Understanding what matters most to our students and colleagues. The result? We expect innovative ideas and top performance to be at an all-time high as our people thrive in a workplace where they know they belong.
Take your school’s social and emotional learning to the next level with the Believe In You. The Empowerment Program is evidence-based and built for flexible implementation. This session is designed to inspire you and prepare you to fully implement BIY activities and resources with students or adults. Participants will get an in-depth understanding of program design including: student empowerment rights, building school connection, BIY emotions education, and Leadership Cycle. This experience is interactive and fun.
The Mountain West Prevention Research Center was funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2024. The overarching goals of the center include creating connections and supporting the use of evidence-based interventions in rural community and small towns, building referral and program capacity for delivering family healthy weight programs, and collaborating with the other 19 Prevention Research Centers across the U.S. to promote health and prevent disease. This presentation will provide an overview of the Center's structure, mission, and activities to promote physical activity and healthful eating in rural areas and beyond.
Join us for an essential Opioid Overdose Response Training tailored for educators. This training will equip you with the knowledge and skills to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and respond effectively. Attendees will learn how to administer Narcan (naloxone), a life-saving medication, and gain confidence in handling emergency situations. Each participant will also receive a free Narcan kit to ensure they are prepared to act if needed. Empower yourself to make a difference and save lives in your community. Together, we can combat the opioid crisis
In 2003, at nearly 300 pounds, I was extremely overwhelmed both at home and at work facing severe metabolic health issues. I had tried many ways to fix these issues - some worked but only temporarily. It wasn't until I discovered the REAL issue that I could finally take more permanent life changing steps.....ENTITLEMENT was the enemy. My life was fueled by fear UNTIL I learned to how to strategically practice GRATITUDE daily. I was finally able to get my life in order: I was able to manage my stress, time, and energy better. I was able to improve crucial personal and professional relationships. My ability and capacity to create and innovate grew exponentially. I experienced greater health mentally, emotionally, and physically as I easily lost 80 pounds of anger, sadness, and other fear-based thoughts and feelings.
Come and learn dozens of new games that promote physical fitness, and social emotional well being. The games are designed to be accessible to a wide variety of skill levels, ages, and Class sizes. So what are you waiting for? Come and Play with us!!
PaddleSmash is a game that brings together pickleball and round net. It is a quick supplement to add in a skills unit if you don't have enough space for your whole class to play pickleball. Racket skills and ball control is a must in this game but can be quickly taught in a few shorts days. A lifetime sport for families and fun!!
Ideal for the novice and the expert, this session shares teacher-centered and student centered websites that increase productivity while maximizing class activity time. They are easily organized, shareable with students, colleagues and community and best of all, FREE! The "handout" is shared digitally and keeps the audience engaged the entire time.
Beyond the Basics is designed to help educators seamlessly incorporate artificial intelligence into their teaching methods. Participants will explore the fundamentals of AI integration and discover practical ways to enhance their specific content areas using AI tools. The session will cover best practices for implementing AI in the classroom, addressing concerns about ethical use, increasing teacher productivity, and maximizing student engagement. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to amplify their teaching.
