Healthy Schools Program www'HealthierGeneration'org

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Spring Tune Up for Your Physical Education
Program
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Objectives

• Learn components of a quality PE program
• Learn of resources to evaluate your program
• Get information on how to educate your
  administrators regarding PE
• Make plans to enhance your program next fall

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Quality PE Components

• Opportunity to Learn
• Meaningful Content
• Appropriate Instruction

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Opportunity to Learn

• Instructional periods totaling 150 minutes per
  week (elementary) and 225 minutes per week
  (middle and secondary school)
• Qualified physical education specialist providing
  a developmentally appropriate program
• Adequate equipment facilities

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Meaningful Content

• Instruction in a variety of motor skills that are
  designed to enhance the physical, mental, and
  social/emotional development of every child
• Fitness education and assessment to help children
  understand, improve and/or maintain their
  physical well-being

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Meaningful Content

• Development of cognitive concepts about motor
  skill and fitness
• Opportunities to improve their emerging social
  and cooperative skills and gain a multi-cultural
  perspective
• Promotion of regular amounts of appropriate
  physical activity now and throughout life

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Appropriate Instruction
Full inclusion of all students Maximum practice
opportunities for class activities
Well-designed lessons that facilitate student
learning
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Appropriate Instruction
Out of school assignments that support learning
and practice No physical activity for
punishment Uses regular assessment to monitor
and reinforce student learning
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Evaluation Resources
http//www.aahperd.org/naspe/pdf_files/2004PEcheck
list.pdf
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Ways to Win Your Principals Support

• Invite your Principal to visit class monthly
• Develop Calendar of Physical Activity Events and
  seek the Principal's endorsement

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Ways to Win Your Principals Support

• Have a "Principal Feature" in your PE Newsletter
• Involve the Principal in the staff fitness
  activities each month
• Provide a physical education folder full of
  recent press articles, copies of curriculum,
  philosophy, goals for the year

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Take Action!

• Identify two or three actions you will implement
  in the fall to improve your PE program

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Contact Information

• Lisa Perry
• Lisa.perry_at_healthiergeneration.org
• 970-724-0088