School Health Educators

School Health Educators


Latest Episodes

A Conversation with One Middle School Health Educator, Mr. Kevin Mason
September 02, 2024

Kevin Mason is in his 3rd year of teaching middle school health education in the Mid-West. In this episode he shares his background and how he started teaching skill-based health ed. Kevin also shares

Need some inspiration? Listen to a School Health Educators’ episode!
August 26, 2024

With the beginning of a new school year (for most of us) approaching consider listening to an episode or two of the School Health Educators podcast! Past episodes include how to create positive connec

Connections Before Content
August 19, 2024

How do you begin your first day of health education class? And how do you check in with students throughout the school year? Listen to this episode in which Melanie Sjoblom shares how she connects wit

Getting to the Heart of Education
August 05, 2024

To help prepare for another school year lets be reminded of how to get to the Heart of Education! Guest Dr. Stephen Sroka joins Lori on the School Health Education Podcast to explain how to do this.

Planning & Goal Setting Skills (NHES 6) with Jackie Dipzinski (Part 2)
July 22, 2024

Ms. Jackie Dipzinski returns to discuss some concrete examples for planning and goal setting. Specifically, examples of how to plan for pubertal events, social pressures, and emotional challenges are

Planning & Goal Setting Skills (NHES 6) with Jackie Dipzinski (Part 1)
July 08, 2024

Another set of life skills we teach our young people includes planning and goal setting. To help explain what these skills are about is Ms. Jackie Dipzinski. Jackie has 22+ years experience in skill-

Analyzing Influences (NHES 4) with Judy LoBianco
June 24, 2024

Want to learn more about the skill of analyzing influences (the 2nd National Health Education Standard)? Then listen to this episode in which Lori shares a previously released discussion from her Pube

A Few More Resources for Health Educators (Part 2)
June 10, 2024

In this episode Debbie Yelle returns to discuss more resources she recommends to health education teachers. These resources include KidsHealth, Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and Health Smart VA.

A Few Resources for Health Educators (Part 1) with Debbie Yelle
May 27, 2024

Many resources exist for school health teachers to refer to for updated functional health information. In this episode Debbie Yelle talks about some of her favorite resources, including the National I

What Would You Do? Part 2: Talking about Personal Ethics with Aaron Coleman
May 13, 2024

Often times people may think that what happens within their personal lives cannot impact their professional lives. Within this episode, Aaron Coleman returns to discuss potential personal situations t