School Health Educators

School Health Educators


Latest Episodes

The New SEL Resource titled “Tactile Tools for Social Emotional Learning”
March 24, 2025

School Health Educators are social and emotional learning experts. In this episode, Lori reminds us of this fact as well as introduces her new resource titled Tactile Tools for Social Emotional Learni

The Benefits of Being A Member of a Professional Organization
March 10, 2025

Being a member of a state or national professional organization has numerous benefits for school health educators. In this episode, Jessica Synenki, the Executive Director of the NYS Association for H

How Lori Introduces the Different Aspects of Wellness
January 20, 2025

Whether you are starting a new Health Education course or beginning your planning and goal-setting unit this month, this episode includes activities you may choose to use. Activities align with the SM

Happy Holidays!
December 26, 2024

Happy Holidays! Lori wishes you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy and Healthy 2025! She also reviews the resources shared this past year (2024) on the School Health Educators Podcast. Click here

Gen Zer’s and Their Emotional and Mental Health: A Conversation with Dr. Jodi Aman
December 10, 2024

Need help supporting the emotional and mental health of your Gen Z students? Then listen to this School Health Educators episode, in which the phenomenal Jodi Aman joins in. A Doctor of Social Work, J

THE FUSED Toolbox Website (Part 2)
November 24, 2024

In this episode, Drs. Kristen Ford and Julie Knutson share an overview of THE FUSED Toolbox website. Pages include What is FUSED?, the SPA Tools, THE Pedagogy Tools, Fused Trainings, and Meet the Au

uBEATS – A Free Resource for 6th to 12th Grade Health Science Teachers
October 29, 2024

Some teachers who teach Health Education also teach Health Science. Todays guests are educators who explain a free resource titled uBEATS offered by the University of Nebraska Medical Center. This

How to Teach about Consent with guest Erica Scott
October 14, 2024

Consent is an important concept we need to teach in health education courses. To discuss ideas for how to teach about consent is this episodes guest, Erica Scott. Erica is one of the authors of Creat

Attending a National and/or State Professional Conference
September 30, 2024

Wondering what to expect at a national or state conference? Listen to this episode in which the wonderful Judy LoBianco, former SHAPE President, shares her insights regarding what to expect at confere

Teaching Analyzing Influences to Middle School Students with Kevin Mason
September 16, 2024

Embracing skill-based teaching requires a shift in thinking and planning. In this episode Kevin Mason shares information from the Analyzing Influences Unit he taught to his middle school health educat