SHAPE MT 2026

This activity-based session will explore active and inclusive activities for PE that can be used to celebrate holidays! Discover fun ways to promote movement, cultural appreciation, and community spirit in your gym or classroom through joyful, seasonal play! Learn to incorporate holidays into PE supporting physical development while fostering a welcoming environment for all students.

This session uses frisbee progressions to demonstrate classroom management, social skills, physical skill development, and assessment. Participants will also be given the basics on how to backwards design a standards based Flying Disc Unit.

Whether you are looking for a new or modified team sport, cooperative and community-building activities, or fun with fitness and skill development, Omnikin has you covered! This exhilarating and dynamic session will feature highlights of our famous lightweight, non-threatening 14”-48” balls that will generate excitement in your classroom like never seen before! Both your students and you will surely have a BALL! 

Make the most of your volleyball nets with this dynamic, hands-on session! You’ll learn how to introduce and play volleyball, NitroBall, and Eclipse Ball, integrating them seamlessly into your curriculum. Through engaging skills, drills, and gameplay, you'll experience each sport firsthand while discovering practical ways to bring them into your school. Plus, explore sample unit plans to help you implement these games with ease. Get ready to move, have fun, and transform the way you use your volleyball nets!

"YogaInPhysEd" for secondary PE: See how yoga aligns with SHAPE America Standards. Participants will gain the knowledge and confidence to teach yoga in a physical education setting to middle and high school students. Assessment ideas will be shared as well as beneficial classroom management strategies. No yoga experience is required.

Teaching is harder than ever, and educator burnout is on the rise. At the same time, many students lack essential soft skills—communication, resilience, empathy, and problem-solving—needed for success in school and life. Increased trauma, challenging behaviors, and a culture shaped by screen time and isolation are intensifying demands on teachers, often without adequate support.
But what if we shifted our thinking? What if we could reconnect with our purpose, rediscover our spark, and strengthen our classroom culture?
This session explores how to intentionally build strong classroom communities by embedding social-emotional skill development into daily practice—starting at the elementary level. Educators will learn to lean into conflict and student dysregulation as powerful teaching opportunities. Practical frameworks such as Zones of Regulation and Kelso’s Choices, along with reflective questioning strategies, will support self-awareness, regulation, and problem-solving.
Participants will leave with ready-to-use strategies to support students while reducing burnout.

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