Health and Physical Education Reaching Every Student – “Focus Courses”

1. Health and Physical Education Reaching Every Student – “Focus Courses” OASPHE Conference 2016 Dave Inglis – Thames Valley DSB

2. Inside / Outside Circle Thinking about Focus Courses in context of the 2015 HPE curriculum… • What do you know about? • What do you want to know more about? • What might be some of the opportunities and challenges with implementation in your classes/ at your school? • What do you want to think more about today?

3. The Vision

4. The Fundamental Principles of Health and Physical Education

5. The Intent of Focus Courses • to improve programming flexibility and broaden the • range of optionsavailable to students as they select • courses to meet graduation requirements, allowing • them to customize their individual pathways to • better suit their interests and needs. • to meet the interests and needs of students by providing a variety of courses that offer a wide assortment of physical activities; • to increase the rate of students’ participation in physical activity and engage a wider number of students by responding to their interest in particular types of activities

6. The Learning in Focus Courses The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 – 12: Health and Physical Education (2015). P20.

7. The Learning in Focus Courses “The intent behind focus courses is not to focus on a single sport – in other words, not to offer a “hockey course” or a “basketball course” or a “tennis course” – but rather to give students the opportunity to experience a variety of physical activities as they acquire knowledge and skills related to healthy living” The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 – 12: Health and Physical Education (2015). P21.

8. Activity #2: Think, Pair, Share • What do you see or have you experienced with potential Issues with the use of “FOCUS Courses”? • duplication of Healthy Living learning? • students taking 2 courses at the same level • relevance of health to focus (e.g. how to I contextualize HD & SH in an Outdoor Activities course?

9. A student may take more than one HALE course for credit in each of Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, provided that the focus of each course is different. Focus Courses for PPL1O, PPL2O, PPL3O and PPL4O Healthy Living and Personal and Fitness Activities  (PAF) Healthy Living and Large-Group Activities (PAL) Healthy Living and Individual and Small-Group Activities (PAI) Healthy Living and Aquatic Activities (PAQ) Healthy Living and Rhythm and Movement Activities (PAR) Healthy Living and Outdoor Activities (PAD) Focus Courses The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 – 12: Health and Physical Education (2015). P22.

10. Course Codes The course description for a focus course should start with the full course description given in this document for the HALE course for the particular grade, and end with a statement describing the types of activities that the course will focus on. SAMPLE:Healthy Living and Individual and Small Group Activities course (PAI3O) Use the description for the Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education course (PPL3O), followed by a statement describing the focus activities– e.g., “The course will focus on a variety of individual, dual, and small group activities, such as golf, combatives, athletics, and curling”.

11. Activity #3: How do we differentiate instruction to “focus” the learning within a Focus Course: • Why differentiate? *to avoid duplication of student learning *to focus on interest of learners *to address active living expectations e.g. fitness *to address the movement competence expectations *to address the healthy living expectations • Will there be overlap? • What is the actual percentage of overlap?

12. HealthyLiving Active Living & Movement Competence Living Skills

13. What’s Next:Teacher Needs, Interests? What are the priority areas where you would like more support? What type of resources do you need? Other considerations to help you implement Focus Courses as part of the 2015 HPE curriculum