[MaineSchoolNurse] Spring Professional Learning Health Education/Physical Education

Fri Mar 15 13:48:06 EDT 2024

Sharing this with you as some of the opportunities may be of interest to school nurses as well. Each one has contact information included.

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Spring Professional Learning Opportunities

There are a number of regional and statewide professional learning opportunities available for health education and physical education teachers this spring.

The list with descriptions and registration details is below, scroll down to check it out!

Maine DOE Regional Opportunities:

  *   Skills-Based Physical Education Training with OPEN PE
  *   Skills-Based Health Education Trainings - Core Elements
  *   Skills-Based Health Education Trainings - Advanced
  *   Inclusive Teaching Practices and learning…Moving the Needle

Partner Opportunities:

  *   MaineAHPERD Regional Workshops
  *   Puberty Happens
  *   Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference
  *   Beyond the Basics Suicide Prevention Conference

Regional Professional Learning Opportunities

Skills-Based Physical Education Training with OPEN PE

Skills-Based Health Education Training Opportunities

with Sarah Benes and Holly Alperin

Inclusive Teaching Practices and Learning…Moving the Needle

The Maine DOE is excited to offer this workshop focused on skills-based curriculum resources and is activity-based, so come ready to move. Each OPEN module includes teaching tools around academic rigor, tiered questioning techniques, UDL strategies and SEL integration. Assessment, evaluation, and learning management systems are also incorporated.  This training is for all grade levels.

Day 1 - Core Elements of Skills-Based Health Education

The Maine DOE is pleased to have Holly Alperin and Sarah Benes the co-authors of The Essentials of Teaching Skills-Based Health Education - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment* as well as supporting resources, back in Maine to offer two day-long interactive workshops. The Day 1 workshop will focus on the foundations of a skills-based approach to health education (SBHE), shifting the emphasis of the curriculum, instruction, and assessment from primarily knowledge acquisition (learning a lot of new information) to skill acquisition (learning how to do something that will promote health and well-being of self and others). The session will engage in learning information and skills needed for a skills-based approach; curricula planning and development; strategies for effective instruction, and meaningful assessments. Even if you’re familiar with SBHE, you’ll take away new learning!

Day 2 - Advanced Skills-Based Health Education

The Day 2 workshop requires that you previously attended the Day 1 workshop or another skills-based workshop in the past few years. This is a hands-on workshop in which participants will work on aspects of their curriculum to transition to or advance your skills-based health education practice with direct guidance from Holly or Sarah.

The Maine DOE will host this highly engaging event focused on moving the needle on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) and the impact on the school community. The training includes an exploration of foundational concepts in DEIJ and what it looks like in curriculum, instructional strategies, and classroom management practices. Following the training, participants are invited to join a virtual DEIJ Community of Practice for conversations and technical assistance. Anyone working with youth is more than welcome to attend! These trainings are being delivered by the Maine DOE HE & PE Specialist and HE & PE Teachers Leaders.

Southern Region

Date & Time: March 20 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Locations: Central Maine Community College (Auburn)

Cost: No fee

Northern Region

Date & Time: April 5 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location: Eastern Maine Community College (Bangor)

Cost: No fee

Registration link for both locations for OPEN PE<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=q6g_QX0gYkubzeoajy-GTlIimfrTGJBOr-50wLLmAyFUQllSN0g1SUYwUVhMUDA4Q0NQUjlWS0RHQi4u>

Questions about this training?  Contact Carolyn.gross at maine.gov<mailto:Carolyn.gross at main.gov>

Cost: Day 1 only - $45   with book* -   $85

          Day 2 only - $45   with book* -   $85

          Both days  - $75   with book* - $115

Fee includes morning refreshments, lunch and resource materials.

*A 55% discount will be available for The Essentials of Skills-Based Health Education by Alperin & Benes

Southern Region

Dates & Time: April 3 & 4 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Lewiston Area

Registration link for <https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=3FA7C7A6AB> Southern<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=3FA7C7A6AB> Region Skills-Based Health Education<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=3FA7C7A6AB>

Northern Region

Dates & Time: May 14 & 15 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: University of Maine, Orono

Registration link for <https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=408A6B1ED7> Northern<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=408A6B1ED7> Region Skills-Based Health Education<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=408A6B1ED7>

Questions about this training?  Contact  susan.berry at maine.gov<mailto:susan.berry at maine.gov>

Cost: $55

Fee includes morning refreshments, lunch and resource materials.

Southern Region

Date & Time: May 1 & 2 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Maine College of Health Professionals, Lewiston

Registration link for <https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=F69E824C94> Southern<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=F69E824C94> Region Inclusive Teaching Practices…Moving the Needle<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=F69E824C94>

Northern Region

Dates & Time: May 29 & 30 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: University of Maine, Orono

Registration link for <https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=B3BFC5CCFE> Northern<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=B3BFC5CCFE> Region Inclusive Teaching Practices…Moving the Needle<https://me.accessgov.com/doe-events/Forms/Page/me-doe-events/event-registration?eventId=B3BFC5CCFE>

Questions about this training?  Contact Carolyn.gross at maine.gov<mailto:Carolyn.gross at main.gov> or susan.berry at maine.gov<mailto:susan.berry at maine.gov>

Partner Organization Professional Learning Opportunities

Please contact event organizers directly for more information, emails are provided.

MaineAHPERD Regional Workshops

Puberty Happens Training

Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference

Beyond the Basics

Suicide Prevention Conference

Together with the University of Maine at Orono and the Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP), MAHPERD is providing a day of professional development for Health Education and Physical Education teachers.  It is open to ALL!

Join colleagues from around the state to learn how to implement puberty education in your school or organization during this day-long training. Puberty Happens addresses the social, physical, and emotional changes of puberty for youth in grades 4-6. During the training, participants explore specific activities in the curriculum, increase their comfort level and demonstrate skills in delivering lessons on puberty topics.

Cultivating Connections: Strengthening Communities Through Sex Ed

This conference will uplift the voices of people working, living, or who have a connection in Maine. When youth feel connected and know that they matter to their communities, their health outcomes are improved. Educators and youth professionals will come together to share collective wisdom and experience on how to build connections, skills, and tools young people need to navigate a changing world.

Hope and Coping: Promoting Recovery to Strengthen Communities

Maine’s annual Beyond the Basics in Suicide Prevention Conference is designed for an adult audience that has attained basic training and knowledge in suicide and suicide prevention, and wishes to deepen their understanding of prevention and expand their skill set. The opening keynote will address trauma-informed suicide prevention and the afternoon keynote recovery. Find more details and descriptions of breakout sessions on the website.

Date:  March 15 from 8:15 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Location:  University of Maine, Orono

Cost:  :  No fee if currently a MAHPERD member

$50 if not a current MAHPERD member which includes a MAHPERD membership

Find the registration link and details at Maine AHPERD<https://maineahperd.org/events>

Save the Date:

May 17 for another Regional Workshop day co-sponsored by the Maine DOE and Maine AHPERD

Location: University of Maine Presque Isle

More information to come!!

Questions about this workshop?  Contact executivedirector.mahperd at gmail.com<mailto:executivedirector.mahperd at gmail.com>

Date: March 20 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location: Capital Area Technical Center, Augusta

Cost: This event is free and includes a light breakfast and lunch

Find the agenda details a<https://mainefamilyplanning.org/for-educators/training-workshops/>nd registration <https://mainefamilyplanning.org/for-educators/training-workshops/> on the Puberty Happens webpage.<https://mainefamilyplanning.org/for-educators/training-workshops/>

Questions about this workshop?  Contact: ljohnson at mainefamilyplanning.org<mailto:ljohnson at mainefamilyplanning.org>

Date: April 23 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Samoset Resort, Rockport

Cost: General $80

          Students $40

Find the agenda details a<https://secure.everyaction.com/tVfr_GOHxky3M077ha3lwQ2>nd registration <https://secure.everyaction.com/tVfr_GOHxky3M077ha3lwQ2> on the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference webpage.<https://secure.everyaction.com/tVfr_GOHxky3M077ha3lwQ2>

Questions about this workshop?  Contact ljohnson at mainefamilyplanning.org<mailto:ljohnson at mainefamilyplanning.org>

Date: April 11 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Garden Hilton Inn, Freeport

Cost: $100

Find details on the keynote and breakout sessions as well as a registration on the NAMI Maine website.<https://namimaine.org/event/beyond-the-basics-in-suicide-prevention-4-11-24/>

Questions about this workshop?  Contact:

mspp at namimaine.org<mailto:mspp at namimaine.org>

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Emily Poland, MPH, RN, NCSN (she/her)
School Nurse Consultant
Coordinator – Coordinated School Health
Office of School and Student Supports
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: emily.poland at maine.gov<mailto:emily.poland at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-592-0387
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