School Health Educators

School Health Educators


Latest Episodes

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

Habits of Mind at the Elementary School Level
May 26, 2025

Contrary to some peoples thoughts, there are school health educators who teach full-time at the elementary school level. In this episode, Janice Mix shares her experiences teaching at this level, inc

Simple Tips & Reminders for Teaching About Puberty and other Growing Up Topics
May 13, 2025

Its springtime, which means teaching upper-elementary/younger-middle school students about puberty and other growing-up changes. To help you out, this episode provides simple tips and advice from Meg

Fun and Practical Activities to Help Young People Navigate Puberty and Life Changes
April 28, 2025

Lori, the host of the School Health Educators Podcast, shares three activities that focus on helping students manage the challenges of growing up. The activities include the Puberty Grab Bag, Dr. I.B

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