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#summerreads 2021
After a school year that challenged me more than any other, and brought me close to exhaustion, I closed my laptop (shed a tear) and turned my attention towards a summer of self-care. In addition to...
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Call to Action: Women’s Sports
As women’s sports advocate for greater recognition and support from mainstream media I have recently become more aware of powerful voices from female athletes and their allies than ever before. With...
View ArticleThe Power of Positive Self Talk
This week’s blog post is the first in a series of three posts from health educators working with Candor Health Education, an Illinois-based nonprofit organization that educates students, their trusted...
View ArticleTeach Mental Health Now For Skills Later
Whether I’m teaching health, or physical education, one thing is certain…my students want to learn more about mental health. The pandemic has tested their mental and emotional skills in the same way...
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Using Data in the Health Classroom
Health data is all around us, perhaps more so than at any other time in my teaching career. The never-ending stream of coronavirus data became addictive early in the pandemic but soon became a...
View ArticleTeaching Sex Education to Young People With Disabilities
With only three states explicitly including youth with disabilities within their sex education requirements, one can’t help but be concerned that we have made little progress since Waxman (1994)...
View ArticleMeet the Teacher
Teaching is nothing without relationships. That might not sound particularly groundbreaking..but it took me quite a few years before I realized that. It took me even longer to realize that...
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Style Scenario: First Day of School
The return to school means that I no longer have the lazy summer, self-care focused morning routine that has helped me recover from the toughest year of my career. My typical summer morning involved...
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The Importance of Creating a Full Value Contract with Your Students
In advance of a new school year, is your classroom environment set, with behavioral expectations and social contracts laminated and proudly displayed so that students know exactly what they need to do...
View Article5 Reasons Why Working Out With Peloton Makes me a Better Teacher
Like many during the pandemic school year, I found myself teaching from multiple rooms in my house and unable to visit my local gym, or generally workout freely and effectively. Also like many, I...
View ArticleThis One Word Might Just Save My Year
The thought of returning to the classroom full time, after 18 months of remote and hybrid teaching filled me with both excitement and anxiety. I’m ALWAYS excited to return to school after a summer of...
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International Podcast Day
Regular readers of the blog will know how much I love podcasts. I’ve blogged about them many times, and love to create podcasts with my students whenever I can. My 70 minute commute to work is the...
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Disposable Menstrual Products: Impact and Alternatives
Recently, an increased awareness among consumers surrounding the potential health and environmental impacts of “traditional” menstrual products has driven new public discourse in favor of more...
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A Supportive Community
At the beginning of the pandemic, my wife and I were preparing for our son Owen to have open heart surgery at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital to repair a heart defect. Owen was born in...
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The Things I Wish My 10-Year-Old Self Knew About Her Body
It was fifth grade and we were in the middle of one of those infamous Chicago winters. I was wearing an ugly turtleneck sweater that I was super self-conscious about. I felt even more self-conscious...
View ArticleQuick Ways You Can Manage Stress and Improve Your Wellbeing
This week’s blog post comes from Debbie Woodliffe, an experienced writer currently based in the UK working for Affinity Agency. She works with a range of clients such as Best Price Beds to help others...
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Health Haiku Competition 2021
The #slowchathealth blog site has always had a healthy relationship with poetry. In 2015 I wrote Using Poetry in the Health Classroom, in which I shared how I introduce each of new group of health...
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Pairing Gestures With Vocabulary Learning
Regular readers to the blog will know how much I value the incorporation of movement into my classroom, harnessing it’s many benefits to increase learning. I’ve presented on this at conferences across...
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A Few Of My Favorite Things
It’s that time of the year when my social media feed seems to be inundated with gift guides, and so with one eyebrow raised and with my tongue-in-cheek, here’s my attempt at what a #slowchathealth...
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Instagram Posts That Caught My Eye
I’ve written before about how Instagram has become a place where I find thought provoking, ideal-for-the-classroom images, and braver voices sharing their ideas in ways that aren’t possible on...
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