Colorado Health and Physical Education Summit 2026

What if students weren’t just participating, but owning their learning? This session shows how a choice-based approach can increase motivation, deepen engagement, and align with SHAPE America Standards and SEL competencies.
Explore how student autonomy drives meaningful participation, strengthens equity, and amplifies student voice. Learn how offering choice in activities, roles, and assessments builds accountability and excitement without sacrificing structure or rigor.
Walk away with practical strategies, real classroom examples, and tools for goal setting, reflection, and progress tracking, so you can reimagine your curriculum and create a more energized, student-driven PE experience.

This session introduces practical tools and teaching strategies to support multilingual learners in physical education. Participants will engage with examples of visual supports, movement-based instruction, and inclusive communication strategies that help multilingual students access learning and feel a sense of belonging in PE.

This interactive session will explore how to design and deliver high-impact K–12 physical education experiences that move beyond participation and toward true student engagement and empowerment. Grounded in SHAPE America standards and aligned to Colorado Academic Standards, participants will experience instructional strategies that integrate skill development, student voice, and meaningful assessment.

Through a combination of modeled instruction, small-group collaboration, and reflection, educators will explore practical ways to structure lessons that improve engagement, differentiate for diverse learners, and build lifelong physical literacy. Participants will leave with adaptable frameworks and ready-to-use strategies that can be applied across grade levels and content areas.

This session explores effective language acquisition strategies tailored for the physical education environment to support our emergent multilingual learners (EMLs). With movement-rich settings offering a natural context for language development, PE teachers are uniquely positioned to reinforce both academic and social language. Participants will learn practical, low-prep strategies that integrate physical activity with intentional language supports -- such as visual cues, structured routines, modeling, and student talk opportunities. The session will highlight how aligning instruction with content and language objectives not only boosts engagement but also creates a more inclusive and equitable learning experience. Attendees will leave with ready-to-use tools that foster comprehension, participation, and confidence for EMLs, without sacrificing the integrity of their PE program. Whether you're new to supporting multilingual learners or looking to enhance your current practices, this session provides actionable approaches that make language acquisition a natural part of every PE class.

This session is to share different instant activities and how you can connect SEL to them. Along with how to adapt so all ability levels can be included. While also demonstrating some Paralympic Games and how they connect to SEL.

You don’t have to be a dancer to rock dance in PE—just bring energy and a willingness to try! In this session, a PE teacher with limited dance skills shares simple, confidence-building strategies for introducing dance through accessible movement and creative exploration. See how student voice and choice come to life through group choreography and explore practical examples of using AI to support lesson planning, creativity, and engagement.

This session will introduce beginners to modified lessons for teaching field hockey. A curriculum will be provided as well as grant information. Come see how you can safely implement field hockey into your curriculum. I will give modifications for safety as well as ability levels.

Using RAMP warm-up principles, we can close the gap between the end of a warm-up and beginning of a performance, as student performances respond better if their systems are appropriately activated. The RAMP warm-up also incorporates fundamental movement skills, foundational skills, and movement competencies as they enhance overall student development.