Physical Education/Health workshops will be held at:
Methuen High School, 1 Ranger Rd., Methuen, MA
8:30-9:30 Skills Based Health Education
Catie Keenan
Join skills based health educator Catie Keenan on a look at using skills based health and SEL competencies to teach health education. All levels welcome.
8:30-9:30 How to Play Curling
Kevin Callagy and John Deveau
Learn to setup and enjoy the sport of Curling.
8:30-9:30 Project Adventure and SEL in the Classroom
Prudy Pilkanis
Build social and emotional learning skills within your physical education and health classes. This interactive workshop will introduce you to learning as an active and reflective process which supports social skills development while connecting to Massachusetts Physical Education and Health Standards. Get ready to move and make curricular connections you can implement tomorrow.
8:30-9:30 Suicide and Mental Health
NAN Project
Hear the struggles of a young person and how they have overcome them. Then develop an action plan to take back to your district.
8:30-9:30 Healthy Eating for High School Students
Lynne Archambault
Explore the importance of teen health and how you can make a difference.
9:45-10:45 Rugby 101
Linda Jowett, Garrett McCarthy, Caitlin Klick-McHugh
As the international sport of Rugby is becoming more and more popular on this side of the pond and High Schools are adding Rugby into the athletic programs it is important to expose our students to this exciting game. The session will incorporate basic rules and 3 fundamental skills needed to play the game at a middle school level (5-8). A modified version of the game will be demonstrated to give the students a little taste of the actual game. Participation will be highly encouraged/required.
9:45-10:45 Rock Climbing
John Sughrue
Climb the Methuen High School Rock Wall.
9:45-10:45 ACTION! Team Games
Scott Roy
Action packed non-traditional activities are sure to keep your students constantly moving, strategizing, and working together. These games are teacher friendly and all-inclusive with the best Only from Gopher equipment.
9:45-10:45 Underage Substance Abuse
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth Series
Here from Sergeant Gregg Nadeau of the Massachusetts State Police about the dangers of teen substance abuse.
9:45-10:45 Recognizing Signs of Trauma and Creating Trauma Sensitive Classrooms
Katie Bettez
“A look at the development of identified trauma, throughout history, some of the latest science that helps explain it and how we can use this information to better understand and accommodate students that are showing symptoms.”
11:45-12:45 The 100 Mile Club®
Kendra Stanton
Six years ago, I wanted to start a walking club that would appeal to students with varied athletic interests. I found the The 100 Mile Club®. It was founded by Kara Lubin in 1993. Kara was a teacher in California whose students struggled with learning and feeling successful. She recognized they felt uninspired and often times like a failure. Now The 100 Mile Club® is a non-profit organization that promotes an even playing field for everyone. It is about fitness and genuine personal success through setting a lofty goal and working toward it. During this workshop I will share about The 100 Mile Club®, how to start a club at your school – even mid-year, and some of my experiences and organizational tips.
11:45-12:45 Instant Activities for Large Groups with APE Modifications
Kayla Grover and Robin Hollenbeck
In this presentation, participants will learn quick Instant Activites for Large Groups, with an APE teacher to show modifications.
11:45-12:45 Underage Substance Abuse
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth Series
Here from Sergeant Gregg Nadeau of the Massachusetts State Police about the dangers of teen substance abuse.
11:45-12:45 Finding solutions to common school problems
Devin Deveau
In this session, please bring with you two common concerns or issues that you’d like to solve. This presentation is interactive and designed like an ed-camp to help fellow health and PE educators.
11:45-12:45 If They Had Known
Dar Heikkinen
“If They Had Known” is a 35 minute documentary about an accidental death that shouldn’t have happened. Partying in high school and college is nothing new, but how kids party these days has changed. Kids now casually mix alcohol with commonly prescribed medications without any knowledge that they may be putting themselves at risk. This recreational trend is happening in high schools and on college campuses across the country and is resulting in accidental deaths. With this film and documentary program, we hope to educate every high school and college student across the country about the risks of mixing prescription drugs with alcohol and hopefully, save lives
11:45-12:45 Triangleball
Jeff Waldron
In this session, participants will learn to set up and play Triangleball.
1:00-2:00 Navigation Games – Orienteering
Barb Bryant
Orienteering is a running and navigation sport in which competitors travel through terrain to visit checkpoints marked on a map. Orienteering is great for kids because it develops their physical abilities (speed, agility), mental abilities (map navigation, critical thinking), and provides an opportunity for outdoor play. Navigation Games is a non-profit that partners with schools to include orienteering in PE and STEM curricula, both in regular classes and as an intensive team-building adventure. We use games to teach safety, observation, route planning, map interpretation, and recovery from errors — and to keep kids engaged and moving. Our coaches also work with after-school teams, including the winners of the 2018 USA Interscholastic Orienteering Championships, Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. In this session, we will demonstrate several of our orienteering activities and lesson plans, and talk about what’s possible in bringing applied map navigation into schools.
1:00-2:00 Identity versus Self-Image
Liz Fulks
This middle school health lesson can be modified for all grade levels to explore the difference between identity and self-image, and it’s impact on self esteem and mental health.
1:00-2:00 When You Should and Should Not Use Technology in PE
Ken Greenberg
Technology is great but let’s take a look at when it’s appropriate, and when it just might not be what you want to use.
1:00-2:00 Everfi Health/SEL Courses
Everfi
Everfi’s free online courses are great for classroom teachers, athletic directors, guidance staff or administrators looking for ways to educate students through interactive online health and SEL courses.
1:00-2:00 ACTION! Team Games
Scott Roy
Action packed non-traditional activities are sure to keep your students constantly moving, strategizing, and working together. These games are teacher friendly and all-inclusive with the best Only from Gopher equipment.
