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ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK

• REVISITING THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH AND PE STANDARDS

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THE PAST

• New Jersey law requires 150 minutes per week of
  health, safety, and physical education for all
  students in grades 1-12
• Law has been in effect since 1917!

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THE PAST

• Six Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
  Core Curriculum Content Standards adopted in 1996
• Curriculum Framework published in 1999

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THE PAST

• Core standards were developed after review of
• State statutes
• State regulations
• National standards in both disciplines
• Best practices
• Current programs (e.g. text, software)

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THE PRESENT

• Review of standards required every five years
• Review team assembled in May 2001
• Consultant from AAHPERD engaged to train team and
  review document

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THE PRESENT

• Employed backwards design
• Developed smaller grade level clusters
• Increased specificity of CPIs
• Retained blended model

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THE PRESENT

• First version 80 pages long!
• Horizontal vs. vertical design
• Bullets provided specificity
• Added character, leadership, and service

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THE PRESENT

• Advisory Committee formed to review all standards
  areas
• Representatives from general education
  organizations and business

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THE PRESENT

• ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAID
• Too much stuff
• Too much detail
• Not enough time
• Not important enough
• Not core
• Not essential learnings

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THE PRESENT

• REVISE
• REWRITE
• CONDENSE
• DELETE
• MOVE
• COMBINE
• EDIT

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THE PRESENT

• AFTER REVIEW----
• Reduced total number of CPIs by 13
• Deleted bullets kept six standards
• Made some CPIs less specific
• Rewrote standards to focus on goal of a healthy
  active lifestyle

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THE FUTURE

• Standards went before State Board in April 2003
• Delayed with graduation requirement discussion
• Expected adoption in December 2003
• Immediate implementationalignment with local
  curriculum

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THE PRESENT

• Links to Career Education, Consumer, Family and
  Life Skills
• Personal and interpersonal skill development
• Teamwork
• Health and fitness careers and services
• Decision making, problem solving and goal setting
• Stress and conflict

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THE PRESENT

• More links
• Character development
• Service learning
• Ethics
• Advertising
• Safety
• Hazards and first aid procedures
• Traffic and driver safety

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THE FUTURE

• No state testing in these areas
• No funds to support local assessment development
• School district evaluations every 7 years
• Not part of NCLBlittle focus at the state and
  local level

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LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Now, New Jersey Student Learning Standards
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WHATS NEXT?

• SCASS-HEAP Health Education Assessment Project
• Standards Training
• Framework Alignment and Addendum
• Links to other state projects such as Action for
  Healthy Kids and NJ Healthy Choices, Healthy Kids

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INFORMATION

• WWW.NJ.GOV/NJDED/CCCS/DRAFTS/CHPE.PDF
• WWW.STATE.NJ.US/EDUCATION
• ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
• DRAFT AND ADOPTED STANDARDS
• INFO ON ASSESSMENTS

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TO HEAR THE END OF THE STORY

• Dr. James McCall, chair
• Health and Physical Education Standards Committee
• Coordinator, Health and Physical Education
• NJDOE
• 609-777-4809