Benton Convention Center
Winston-Salem, NC
This year's event will provide attendees with over 60 different breakout sessions presented by NC SHAPE Teachers of the Year in Health Education and Physical Education!
Additionally, Our Special Guest Presenters Include:
* Will Potter (California): William Potter is one of our invited keynoters this year! He is a prominent elementary physical education teacher based in California. He is a Bay Area/San Francisco native and has been teaching PE since 2002. Will was SHAPE America's National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2020. He was also the CAHPERD (California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2019.
* Patrick Noel (Virginia): Patrick Noel is a veteran physical education teacher and works for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Virginia. He has been teaching for 19 years in the district (the largest in Virginia) and is known on social media as "Mr. TrickShot." His work has been featured in local news (e.g., WTOP, WJLA, FCPS district stories) and education podcasts for its positive impact on students’ mindset and engagement. He has mastered around 100 trick shots with the tagline: “Are you ready to fail?”
* James Gunther (Virginia): James Gunther is a veteran Adapted Physical Education Specialist based in Virginia. He currently works for Suffolk Public Schools, where he serves as an Adapted PE Specialist and Facilitator of Health/Physical Education. James was named the Virginia Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2016 by VAHPERD and was also a finalist for National Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year
* Kristin Stroupe (North Carolina): Kristin Stroupe teaches Middle School Physical Education at Durham Academy. She earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 (with highest distinction) where she pursued a double major in Exercise and Sport Science and Psychology. She completed an M.A. in Biobehavioral Sciences from Columbia University. As a HS athlete, she excelled in cross-country and track (her relay team won a state championship and her cross-country team placed second at States). She continued competing in cross-country and track at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Agenda Overview:
We have two outstanding hotels available for your State Convention stay. They are:
(1) Marriott - Downtown Winston-Salem
425 N. Cherry Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
(2) Embassy Suites Winston-Salem
460 North Cherry Street
Winston Salem, NC 27107
(336) 724-2300
*Additional hotel details will be added here as this event draws closer.
Artie Kamiya, Executive Director
Cell: (919) 818-6486
Address: 3509 Mossdale Avenue, Durham, NC 27707
Email:
The Alliance partners with other organizations that have common goals and interests. We encourage you to support their work as well as ours as together we strive to create a healthier, more creative, and active North Carolina.
NCAAHPERD-SM is a 501(C)(3) not for profit organization of athletics, health, physical education, recreation, and dance professionals whose mission is "To provide advocacy, professional development, and unity for health, physical education, recreation, dance, and athletics professionals and students in order to enhance and promote the health of North Carolinians. Our vision is to be the leading organization promoting and supporting a healthier, more creative, and active North Carolina."
