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Join Mary McCarley, SHAPE America’s Southern District Health Teacher of the Year and Health Education Content Specialist with Goodheart-Willcox, and Allen McCaskill, KY Educational Consultant with Goodheart-Willcox, as they share instructional strategies to engage students in practicing health skills. From warm up activities to in-class assessments and exit tickets, participants will leave with instructional best practices and health assessments for their teacher toolbox as well as complimentary access to our updated 2025 skills-based middle and high school health program.

Join us for an action-packed session where you’ll learn to harness the "Force" of AI and transform your work or organization into a “fully operational Death Star” with the guidance of a real-life AI Jedi Knight;) What You’ll Gain: ✅ Advocate Like a Pro – Discover how AI can amplify your advocacy efforts, helping you craft persuasive messaging and elevate your impact. ✅ Master Communication – Learn how to use ChatGPT to create clear, compelling, and effective messaging for any audience. ✅ Event Planning Made Easy – Streamline your event planning process with AI-driven strategies that save time and maximize efficiency. ✅ A New Best Friend – Build a powerful partnership with ChatGPT, turning it into your go-to tool for brainstorming, organizing, and problem-solving. Whether you’re leading a nonprofit, managing a team, or looking to enhance your advocacy skills, this session will equip you with the AI superpowers you need to work smarter, not harder. Leave ready to take your organization to the next level—with ChatGPT as your co-pilot! 🚀

The Walking Classroom is an educational program of the national, non-profit organization, Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The Walking Classroom program aligns with academic standards, supports academic enrichment, increases physical activity, social emotional learning, and health literacy. Program benefits include improved learning, better engagement, clear improvements around mood and behavior, and improved health literacy skills. The Walking Classroom provides audio devices preloaded with literacy-based podcasts, suitable for grades 3rd – 8th, that students listen to while they walk. Podcasts topics include social studies, language arts, biographies, and science. Each podcast includes a brief health message to improve health literacy, and an embedded character value. Learn how to build students’ academic knowledge, health literacy, and social emotional learning skills while engaging in different learning styles and increasing physical activity! . Come Walk. Listen. Learn with us!

KRS 158.6453 calls for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to implement a process for reviewing all academic standards. The schedule calls for one or two content areas to be reviewed each year, and every six years after that on a rotating basis. This session will look at the process for standards review through the lens of the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Health Education and the KAS for Physical Education. The standards are tentatively scheduled to go before the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) in June 2025.