NEW this year-Grab a Cup. Pull Up a Chair. Share Your Pulse.
The idea: Coffee Talks are relaxed, conversation-driven gatherings where educators connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas.
How it works: Choose a topic, grab a coffee or tea, and join the table. A facilitator gets the conversation flowing—no traditional presentation, just meaningful dialogue.
Bring your pulse: Share experiences, challenges, resources, strategies, and solutions. Listen, learn, and leave with fresh ideas from fellow educators.
Sip. Share. Connect. Learn.
Every voice adds to the conversation—and every pulse matters.
This will be an open forum discussion guided by several experienced coaches that is good for new and veterans coaches alike. We will hit relevate topics to recreational, school and elite level sports programs.
Network and join other HPE professionals of all grade levels for an informal, interactive conversation focused on sharing practical ideas, tackling common challenges and celebrate what's working well in Health & PE! Bring your experiences, leave with fresh strategies, new connections and plenty of new ideas you can use right away (attendees encouraged to bring 1 lesson to share)
This topic will take an open-mind approach to why it is so important for the next generation to FIND the wellness they like, FUEL that wellness with the right nutrition, and then learn how to LIVE out the wellness they enjoy for the rest of their lives. Discussion and networking on this topic is strongly encouraged.
Legacies are carried in stories: the ones you tell and the ones told about you. Perhaps you will want to tell a Legacy in Leadership story and this is one way to explore how.
Let's discuss how we can better prepare future educators for success from their first day in the classroom/gymnasium. Through guided conversation and shared experiences, participants will exchange practical strategies for strengthening clinical experiences, professional readiness, and partnerships between universities and schools.
Participants will be given the opportunity to make suggestions for issues or topics SHAPE PA should be advocating for in the health and physical education field.
PE may be the only place where every student participates, every grade level connects, and movement can become a shared language across the school. This interactive conversation will explore practical ways PE teachers can strengthen belonging among students, staff, families, and the wider community while elevating the visibility and perceived value of their programs.
Collaborate with current and future HPE teachers and coaches from the perspective of a former HPE teacher and current kinesiology professor/strength coach/personal trainer.
This session explores the honest realities of shifting from traditional PE models to Meaningful Physical Education (MPE). Participants will share real-world success stories alongside common implementation hurdles.
We spend countless hours planning lessons, units, and assessments, but what do students actually remember years later? Join a conversation about designing experiences that students value, remember, and use beyond our classrooms.
Thursday Lunch | Soup & Salad Take a midday break to refuel, reconnect, and recharge with a comforting soup and salad lunch, followed by an assortment of desserts. Refresh your energy and keep your conference pulse going!
