2025 Shape Iowa Convention

The Safe Routes to School Coordinators in Iowa support schools by offering in-person lessons, co-taught activities, and providing resources and equipment lending. They ensure every student learns essential bicycle, pedestrian, and traffic safety skills, including understanding local laws. Coordinators foster safe transportation habits through hands-on activities and encourage physical activity. This presentation will demonstrate skill stations and rotations for teaching safety and riding skills. Additionally, Safe Routes to School assists local school champions with organizing Walking School Bus, Bike Bus, and Walk & Roll to School Day events, promoting active transportation in a fun and safe way.
As e-bikes become more popular, it’s crucial to address safety and rules for their use, ensuring students of all ages understand how to ride responsibly. Safe Routes to School is also looking at ways to incorporate e-bike education alongside traditional bike safety lessons.

Join the DYNAMIC DUO of Mic Siefert and Daniel Hill as they share over 50 years of combined HEROIC themed tips, tools and tricks. Engage your students from start to finish and encourage them to explore their SUPER powers!

40% of the SHAPE America Standards are focused on the Social and Emotional wellbeing of our students. Teaching SEL Skills doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice movement in your classes. This session will demonstrate how teachers can provide students with SEL skills while simultaneously teaching physical skills. We will cover how the five CASEL competencies, goal setting, and team building activities can be enhanced through activities that include MVPA. Participants will also learn how creating a safe space for learning can lead to increased student performance and better behavior. Content areas will include classroom management skills, and lesson planning for the social and emotional needs of the students.

Actively explore all of the SHAPE National Health Education standards in a physical education setting.

This session will demonstrate quick, simple activities and Build a Better Body. Collecting data with the new IHT Model 4 Heart Rate Monitor. And the IHT new software.

Gain new ideas of guiding folk dances in fast, effective, and engaging ways using music that kids enjoy. Also learn how to design a movement activity that matches music. This can be used for many activities such as parachute routines, fitness drumming, and your own dance steps.

During this session, teachers will learn the six components of
the Meaningful PE Pedagogy and how to implement them into their curriculum. Attendees will leave with tangible ways to assess and gain valuable feedback from their students.

Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of how National Health Standards can be applied in practical, wellness activities.

Attendees will learn how to create engaging, health-focused routines that promote emotional well-being, social connection, and cognitive flexibility.

They will walk away with innovative ideas and strategies to integrate into their own environments, enhancing the health and success of individuals and teams.

We strive to encourage students to find the joy in movement. Yet when it comes to teaching fitness activities, we often get focused on testing and lose sight of enjoyment. When you make fitness activities personally relevant to your students, you empower students to improve their overall health, fitness and well-being, it is a win-win. Participants in this session will learn how to create an engaging and exciting fitness unit that helps students get fit while having a great time.

Looking for fresh ideas to spice up your warm-ups? This high-energy session will get you up and moving as you experience a variety of engaging warm-up games designed for middle school students. Say goodbye to repetitive routines and hello to activities that build excitement, teamwork, and readiness for movement. Participants will leave with several easy-to-implement warm-up ideas that require little to no equipment and can be adapted for any class size. Come ready to move, play, and refresh your warm-up routine!

Everyone remembers using the parachute in PE. Since these memories are going to last a lifetime, you might as well make it amazing! Join SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year, Tanner Roos as he shares with you an exciting take on a classic PE activity.