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Teaching young adolescents (6th-8th grade) essential health skills to live their best life. Special areas of interest include: accessing valid & reliable health information, communication, analyzing influences, decision making, goal setting, mental health self-care & support of others, lifetime physical activity. Mentoring pre-service and new teachers. Supervising teacher to seven student teachers.2018 SHAPE Midwest Health Teacher of the Year2017 Indiana AHPERD Health Educator of the Year2017 School on Wheels Education Champion2015 President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership Award BWMS Teacher of the Year 2014Corporation Wellness Committee

Coordinating quality, standards-based physical education and health programming for two middle schools; providing appropriate professional development, leadership, and resources to colleagues through department and Professional Learning Community meetings; communication to administrators and parents regarding physical education and health programming and needs; bringing in outside instructors and programs to provide diverse fitness options for our students; selecting and maintaining inventory of instructional equipment for classroom and gym in two buildings.Community Leadership Award, President's Council on Fitness and Sport, 2015

Previous topics include: skills-based unit and course planning, teaching skills for positive mental health, teaching middle school sex ed with confidence, transitioning from content to skills-based health, students practicing health literacy skills to educate the community, teaching decision-making, backwards planning using the UbD model, innovative programs for before and after-school programs, school breakfast options, Fuel Up to Play 60, active learning in the health classroom, community wellness programs as a platform for HPE advocacy, building a professional learning network.Please contact me for a list of presentation options and to discuss opportunities.

Empowering students to assess school wellness and develop leadership skills; helping students carry out school wellness plans from idea to successful completion; planning and implementing programs encouraging healthy eating and physical activity among staff, students, and community.Program Advisor Team Captain & panelist, 2019 National Summit FUTP60 Program Advisor Hall of Fame, IN Advisor of Year2013 NFL Play60 Super School, earning Colts team celebration and $10,000 health grant Secured over $12,000 additional grant funding for student wellness initiativesLaunched weekly walking club, monthly Girls Club focused on healthy eating, fun exercise, confidence building Panelist at GENYOUth Learning Connection Indianapolis Town Hall 2014Represented FUTP60 at annual meeting of California Milk Advisory Board 2013, securing financial supportStarted Grab n' Go breakfast program to quadruple student participation 2013Organized annual Brownsburg Family Fitness Night since 2012 featuring community resources for physical activity and nutrition with 40 vendors, 20 volunteers, over 300 attendees Coordinated participation of 85 students in NASA's "Train Like an Astronaut" at Colts facilityPresented at 4 national FUTP60 Leadership Summits with state Student Ambassador chosen from my schoolPresented at multiple Indiana FUTP60 Program Advisors Training CampsCoordinated school-wide healthy cooking demonstration by professional Chef in the Classroom Coordinated 10 student leaders in Super Bowl XLVI press conference by Drew Brees for Microsoft XBox 360 with Kinect