National Mandates and Standards of PE Curriculum

1. National Mandates and Standards of PE Curriculum PE 712

2. Instructional Priority for CA schools • Contributes to: • Good health • Developing fundamental & advanced motor skills • Improving student’s self-confidence • Providing opportunities for increased levels of physical fitness • Associated with high academic achievement • Mastering fundamental movement skills for a foundation • Increases capacity for a lifetime of success & enjoyment with physical activity experiences

3. The Standards • Focus on the content of Physical Education • Provide a comprehensive vision of what students need to know • States what students need to be able to do at each grade level • Provides a model for high school course design

4. The U.S. Surgeon General • Regular physical activity is one of the most important ways to maintain and improve • Physical health • Mental health • Overall well-being • Participation in PE leads to becoming more likely to become a healthy adult motivated to remain healthy

5. Education Code • Section 51210: • Requires 200 minutes of PE every 10 school days for students in grades 1-6. • Section 51222: • Provides for 400 minutes of PE every 10 school days for students in grades 7-12. • Two years of PE in high school is mandatory to graduate.

6. An Essential Discipline • Teaches Students: • How their bodies move • How to perform a variety of physical activities • The health-related benefits of regular physical activity • The skills to adopt a physically active, healthy lifestyle • Provides learning experiences that meet the developmental needs of students

7. With High Quality PE Instruction • Students become: • Confident • Independent • Self-controlled • Resilient • Develop positive social skills • Set and strive for personal, achievable goals • Learn to assume leadership • Cooperate with others • Accept responsibility for their own behavior • Improve their academic performance

8. Highlights of the Standards • Standard 1: • Students demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities. • Standard 2: • Students demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. • Standard 3: • Students assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance

9. Highlights of the Standards (cont.) • Standard 4: • Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance. • Standard 5: • Students demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.

10. Elementary School Standards • Emphasize the way in which • Students move through space & time in their environment • The student and a partner move in space together • Emphasize • The continuity and change in movement • Manipulation of objects in time and through space • Manipulation of objects with accuracy and speed

11. Middle School Standards • Emphasize • Working cooperatively to achieve a common goal • Making decisions • Meeting challenges • Working as a team to solve problems

12. High School Standards • Standard 1: • Students demonstrate knowledge of and competency in motor skills, movement patterns, and strategies needed to perform a variety of physical activities. • Standard 2: • Students achieve a level of physical fitness for health and performance while demonstrating knowledge of fitness concepts, principles, and strategies. • Standard 3: • Students demonstrate knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.

13. Physical Education Curriculum Websites • http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pe/ • California Department of Education • http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/2009peframework.pdf • Physical Education Framework for California Public Schools • http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/pestandards.pdf • Physical Education Model Content Standards for California Public Schools • http://www.alltheschools.com/curriculum/physical_education.htm • National Curriculum • http://www.asd4.org/curriculum/pe/index.htm • Physical Education Example (K-8)