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In this podcast, you will hear from educators and professionals in the field sharing their insights and experiences in the HPE (Health Physical Education) and allied fields. I hope you find this podcast informative, and inspiring. Learn about best practices and tools that you can implement in your teaching practice. We want to know not only what you do, but also the action steps you took to get you where you are. The Status Quo is not in our vocabulary folks, my guests are leaders in the field who are taking action to make an impact in their respective fields. If you have any questions or would like to be a guest on the show email [email protected] "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got" Henry Ford

Recent Episodes

Health Class Upgraded With "Skills Based Health"

Send us Fan Mail We’re joined by Melanie Lynch, a nationally recognized health education leader and former SHAPE Pennsylvania president, to make the case for skills-based health education that actually prepares students for real decisions, real pressure, and real life. If teens can look up facts instantly, what should school health teach? The answer is health literacy through practice: decision making, self-management, goal setting, advocacy, analyzing influences, and interpersonal comm...

40 MIN

Presume Competence And Build Strength For Life

Send us Fan Mail Listeners, we have a great episode for you today! We sit down with Greg Austin to talk about what happens when you lower barriers, build the right supports, and still train for real strength, real skills, and real progress for neurodivergent athletes. Greg shares his family’s story, including raising their son Lucas and realizing how few high-quality fitness options existed beyond seasonal sports or short-term activities. From there, we dig into what makes Inclusive Fitness ...

40 MIN

Skills Based Health Education

Send us Fan Mail Health class can’t be a one-and-done unit that ends with a multiple-choice test. We sit down with Mary Connolly, program leader at Bay Path University and Cambridge College, to unpack what skills-based health education really looks like when it’s built on the Massachusetts Health and Physical Education Framework and aligned with social emotional learning (SEL). The goal is simple and ambitious: teach students the skills they’ll actually use to navigate pressure, uncertainty, ...

37 MIN

UDL For A More Inclusive PE experience

Send us Fan Mail Some students walk into the gym ready to compete. Others walk in scanning for the closest exit, hoping the ball never finds them. That gap isn’t just about effort or attitude. It’s often the environment we’ve built and the narrow set of “right ways” we’ve allowed students to participate. We’re breaking down Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for physical education with practical, ready-for-tomorrow strategies that make PE more inclusive without lowering expectations. We sta...

12 MIN

UDL Making The Right "Conditions" With Dr. Katie Novak

Send us Fan Mail One “high-quality” lesson can still leave students out, and that’s the problem Dr. Katie Novak helps us solve. We sit down with one of the world’s leading voices on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to talk about how inclusive education actually works when you design for real human variability. If you teach PE, health, or any subject where confidence and belonging matter, this conversation is packed with practical moves you can use right away. We dig into the idea we...

42 MIN