EDI Roundtable

In April 2021, SHAPE America hosted a virtual roundtable with K-12 health and physical educators, PETE/HETE instructors, and leaders from state affiliates, school districts, and state departments of education. We were fortunate to have an advisory team of leaders from the field who planned and facilitated this roundtable conversation to address questions such as:

How can we best serve diverse student populations in schools across the country?
How can we foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for all students?
How can we support the development of health and physical literacy, so students are able to live their healthiest lives?

The goal of the roundtable was to inform a shared vision for EDI in health education (HE) and physical education (PE) and identify short- and long-term priorities to advance EDI. During the discussion, participants identified five major areas of inequities and structures which hold them in place.

You can read more about the roundtable and learn how you can support EDI in the cover article from the Fall 2021 issue of Momentum magazine, “EDI in Health and Physical Education: Breaking Down the ‘What’ and ‘How’ … So You Can Find Your ‘Why.’”