School Health Educators

School Health Educators


Latest Episodes

What is Health Literacy?
October 14, 2025

October marks Health Literacy Month. In the newest episode of the School Health Educators podcast, Lori offers a definition of health literacy and provides three real-world examples. These include und

SHAPE America’s National Health Education Council (and Health Literacy Month Resources!)
September 30, 2025

In this episode, members of SHAPE AmericasNational Health Education Council (HEC)share their mission, projects, ways you can get involved, and the importance of advocating for health education. Als

4 Do’s and Don’ts for Back-to-School Events (plus the 4 Most Asked Questions)
September 16, 2025

Many educators are starting to get ready for the Back-to-School Event, where students family members will be present. In this segment, Lori discusses her top four dos and donts along with the fou

Welcome Back!
September 02, 2025

Welcome back to the new school year! The following folks chose to share a message with you for the new school year: Joe Deutch, Heidi Hancher-Rauch, Jodi Aman, Judy LoBianco, Erica Scott, Julie Knutso

Deep thoughts… about simple HE activities and norms/expectations
August 18, 2025

It's the beginning of a new school year for many school health educators.To support your success, Lori shares her "deep thoughts" on two introductory health education activities as well as examples o

Getting Mentally Prepared for the New School Year with Meghan Vlad
August 04, 2025

Are you feeling a bit melancholy about the new school year approaching? Then listen to this episode to consider how you can plan to best support yourself, as well as your students, this upcoming year.

Are you taking days off???
July 21, 2025

In this mini-episode, Lori, the host of the School Health Educators podcast, challenges you to answer the question, Are you truly days off? She then reminds you to consider slowing down, including

Want some inspiration for planning your future teaching?
July 07, 2025

Want some inspiration for planning your future teaching? Listen to this mini-episode which provides a quick overview of the past four episodes of the School Health Educators podcast. Episodes focused

Using Analogies in HE Classes with Scott Todnem
June 23, 2025

In this episode of the School Health Educators podcast, nationally recognized health educator Scott Todnem joins us to share how he uses clever analogies and engaging activities to help students stay

How Teaching Health Education Supports Our Own Wellness
June 09, 2025

Being an effective health educator includes modeling what we teach. This episode invites the wonderful Kathleen Vogt, a 20-year 8th grade health teacher, to share how teaching our subject area support