Workshops

The SHAPE America National Convention & Expo will offer three interactive workshops that give attendees practical, immediately applicable strategies to use in their health and physical education instruction. Learn, practice and refine your skills under the guidance of experienced trainers!

Space is limited! These workshops are ticketed events that require pre-registration and purchase. Don’t miss the opportunity to take your instruction to the next level and create more meaningful learning experiences for your students.

All workshops will be held on Saturday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kansas City Convention Center.

NEW! Health-Related Fitness in PE – A Physical Best Workshop

In this interactive workshop, participants will discover how to make fitness in physical education meaningful, inclusive and engaging for all students. The workshop highlights updated PE standards, hands-on activities and best practices for assessment, connecting fitness concepts to lifelong health. Activities for this workshop will align with Physical Best, Fifth Edition, scheduled for publication in March 2026.

Through hands-on activities and discussion, participants will:

• Trace the progression of fitness learning from PreK through high school, identifying age-appropriate instructional touchpoints;
• Describe developmentally appropriate fitness concepts (HRCF, SRCF, FITT) and discuss how these progress through each grade span;
• Engage in elementary-level and/or secondary-level fitness activities and analyze how a variety of strategies support both skill and concept development;
• Evaluate current assessment practices in fitness education and justify strategies that are inclusive, sensitive and supportive of all student abilities and body types;
• Walk away with ready-to-implement activities and assessment strategies, as well as a clear vision for how fitness education can connect students to health and wellness for life.

Cost

• Members: $75
• Non-members: $85

Note: Workshop registrants will receive a 30% discount on Physical Best, Fifth Edition.

Implementing the New SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards

This popular interactive workshop will leave you equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards.

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Examine the shifts and changes in the revised National Physical Education Standards;
• Analyze and unpack the newly introduced grade-span indicators, previously known as grade-level outcomes;
• Explain effective strategies to integrate the new progressions into teaching and learning;
• Develop practical approaches to enhance curriculum development.

Attending this workshop will give you a solid foundation for crafting your curriculum around these impactful new National Physical Education Standards.

Cost

• Members: $75
• Non-members: $85

Note: Workshop registrants will receive a 30% discount on National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition.

Implementing the New SHAPE America National Health Education Standards

This interactive workshop will leave you equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards. You’ll have an opportunity to examine the new themes in the revised standards through an exploration of the rationale, performance indicators, and other resources. We’ll identify how the revised standards can be used as a foundation to a skills-based health education curriculum and engage in teaching strategies you can use to integrate the health skills into your standards-based health education instruction.

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify key components and themes of the revised National Health Education Standards;
• Explore how health skills and performance indicators can be used to guide curriculum and instruction; and
• Outline a skills-based activity aligned with the revised National Health Education Standards.

Attending this workshop will give you a solid foundation for crafting your curriculum around these impactful new National Health Education Standards.

Cost

• Members: $75
• Non-members: $85

Note: Workshop registrants will receive a 30% discount on National Health Education Standards, Third Edition.