2026 MOSHAPE Kaleidoscope of Kindness

Missouri’s newly adopted health education standards create an exciting opportunity to move beyond simply teaching health content and toward developing the skills students need to make healthy decisions throughout their lives. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore practical, evidence-based strategies for implementing skills-based health education aligned to Missouri’s updated standards.

Educators will experience proven HealthSmart instructional practices that strengthen student engagement while building essential health skills, including decision-making, goal-setting, analyzing influences, accessing valid information, interpersonal communication, self-management, and advocacy. Through model lessons, classroom-ready activities, and collaborative planning opportunities, participants will learn how to transform standards into meaningful learning experiences that promote health literacy and positive behavior outcomes.

Attendees will leave with free skills-based health education resources, implementation tools, and access to national best practices that support high-quality health instruction. In addition, participants will receive complimentary review access to the HealthSmart, providing an opportunity to explore a comprehensive, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support effective health education in Missouri schools.

Presenter bio:

Jamie Sparks serves as Agile Product Manager for HealthSmart at ETR and is Executive Director of Kentucky SHAPE. A former Coordinated School Health Director for the Kentucky Department of Education and Past President of SHAPE America, Jamie has spent more than two decades supporting schools, districts, and state agencies in advancing health and physical education. His work focuses on skills-based health education, standards implementation, curriculum design, and professional learning that empowers educators to improve student health literacy and lifelong wellness outcomes.