2026 MOSHAPE Kaleidoscope of Kindness

We will dive into a PSRS statement and learn what information is in there. What will retirement look like with “x” more number of years of teaching? What is “pension maximization”? If you bring your laptop or a print out, you can follow along with your own PSRS statement. Otherwise you can use an example as a visual.

Looking to bring more wellness into your school without overwhelming your schedule? This session is packed with easy-to-implement activities, creative ideas, and useful tips to support both student and staff well-being. From quick movement breaks to school-wide initiatives, you will learn how to make wellness a natural and consistent part of the school day. Walk away with realistic strategies that fit into what you are already doing.

Health and physical educators spend so much of their energy supporting, guiding, and caring for others, often with limited space to receive that same care in return. This session offers a gentle, heart-centered yoga experience designed to slow down, soften tension, and reconnect with a sense of ease and compassion. Through mindful movement, breath, and a guided loving-kindness meditation, participants are invited into a gentle practice that nurtures presence, emotional balance, and a renewed sense of inner steadiness. A space to simply pause, receive, and return to the heart of teaching. Led by Candice Swee, RYT 500, Physical Education Teacher at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, MO.

With youth mental health challenges at an all-time high, the need for effective, skills-based education is urgent. This session will explore Erika’s Lighthouse free, turnkey, K-12th-grade programs designed to empower students, reduce stigma, and provide universal depression and suicide prevention education.
In this interactive session, we will explore the successes and challenges of implementing this curriculum across various grade levels, including an exciting first look at our newest expansion: the K-3rd-grade curriculum. You will learn how universal mental health education promotes early identification, encourages student help-seeking, and fosters life-saving conversations.

Join members as they describe their recent SHAPEAmerica Speak Out Day experiences and learn how you can use free, packaged toolkits and resources to ‘speak out’ for Quality Health and Physical Education every day. Advocacy Committee members will also provide updates on state legislation affecting Health and Physical Education.

ARC Red Cross Certification for CPR/AED

Artificial dopamine is killing us. Learn how artificial dopamine is affecting our day to day habits, learning, and movement. Sleep, attention spans, stress, negative behavior, and doing hard things are all impacted by dopamine. Balancing artificial and natural dopamine can be achieved by learning what social media and processed foods to do our daily lives, and how movement, activity, and connection is crucial to winning the war between natural and artificial dopamine.