Colorado Health and Physical Education Summit 2026

Experience the new SPIRIT Heart Rate Monitors firsthand in a fast-paced, high-energy game that transforms student heartbeats into meaningful insights. See how real-time, personalized feedback motivates students to move more, while helping you manage your class with ease and teach smarter. SPIRIT turns effort into achievement by making data visible, actionable, and easy to understand—for both students and teachers. Whether you're looking to increase accountability, engagement, or excitement in your program, SPIRIT delivers purpose-driven tools that bring structure, motivation, and energy to PE. Don’t miss this interactive session that redefines what’s possible in physical education

Educators gain strategies and build confidence to integrate and adapt yoga flows into an educational setting. This is more than just stretching! You will be able to empower student to reconnect with the mind and body as they build self awareness and self regulation skills.

Physical education teachers play an important role in supporting student health and wellness beyond physical activity. This interactive session will demonstrate how Aurora Public Schools has incorporated vaping prevention education into physical education classes through rotating learning stations. Participants will explore practical strategies that PE teachers can use to address vaping, nicotine addiction, and healthy decision-making while keeping students active and engaged.

Presenters will share how prevention stations were implemented during PE classes, how students interacted with the activities, and how this approach supports broader school wellness initiatives. Attendees will leave with ready-to-use station ideas, discussion prompts, and practical tools that can easily be adapted in their own PE classes to promote student awareness and healthy choices.

What if the key to stronger physical education programs and more engaged students wasn’t more specialization, but more play?
This interactive session introduces sport sampling as a practical, scalable approach to teaching social emotional learning through movement. Led by practitioners working in both school-day and out-of-school-time settings, participants will explore how a multi-sport model can increase engagement, build confidence, and help students develop real-time self-regulation, connection, and decision-making skills.
The session will focus on bridging traditional PE classes with recess and out-of-school-time opportunities, creating a more connected and consistent experience for students throughout their day. Presenters will highlight how skills learned in one sport transfer to others, using non-traditional and accessible activities to reinforce this concept.
Participants will take part in a live demonstration of a 2-4-1 Fencing lesson, developed in partnership with USA Fencing. This model introduces the sport authentically at a fraction of the traditional cost, showing how schools can expand offerings without adding financial barriers.
Attendees will leave with practical strategies to:

• Integrate social emotional learning into physical activity
• Expand programming beyond the school day
• Increase student engagement through sport variety and choice
• Reinforce transferable skills across multiple activities

The first two weeks of school don’t just start the year—they define it. This session provides educators with a clear, intentional plan to build a strong classroom culture from day one.
You’ll experience engaging, student-centered activities that foster belonging, encourage participation, and build meaningful connections early. In addition, you’ll learn simple, effective systems for quickly learning student names—one of the most powerful tools for creating trust and connection.
Leave with a practical blueprint to start your year with purpose, build momentum early, and create a classroom environment where students feel seen, valued, and ready to succeed.

Bring heart health to life in your PE and health classrooms with engaging, ready-to-use resources from the American Heart Association. This interactive session will introduce educators to a variety of tools, including the Hands-Only CPR in Schools web-based lesson, designed to seamlessly integrate lifesaving skills and wellness education into your curriculum.
 
Hear how fellow PE teachers have successfully implemented these resources to increase student engagement, build confidence, and create meaningful, real-world learning experiences. You’ll leave with practical ideas, accessible materials, and fresh inspiration to empower your students with skills that truly make a difference.