EPEC

1. Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum EPEC

2. EPEC Philosophy • To prepare students to understand the importance of physical activity, secure fitness knowledge, develop motor skills and personal/social skills to be active for life • Give students knowledge, skills and motivation for a lifetime of physical activity

3. What is EPEC • Standards Based –knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable children to be active for life • Provides Step by Step instruction • 60-67% of Michigan Schools; 22 other states • Strong assessment component

4. History of EPEC • Early 1990’s Michigan identified as having “one of the highest rates of preventable chronic disease among the 50 states” • 1992 Michigan Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness founded

5. History cont. • 1994 Michigan Fitness Foundation created as a public charity non-profit • Charged with developing a model physical education curriculum • The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health & Sports, and the Michigan Fitness Foundation

6. Mission • To develop, test and disseminate materials and procedures that enable schools to achieve the public-health goal of promoting life long activity.

7. Development of EPEC • NASPE • Michigan Department of Education • MDE - Michigan Department of Education

8. EPEC Components • K-5 Model • 6-12 Lifetime Activity Model • After school and Summer Programs

9. Four Areas of Focus • Fitness • Motor Skills • Activity Related Knowledge • Personal/Social Skills

10. EPEC Physically Educated Person • Physically Conditioned for Life’s Demands • Motivated to be physically active • Skilled in health enhancing physical activities • Safety Equipped • Prepared for Citizenship

11. K-5 Modules • NASPE STANDARD 1 • A1: Locomotor Skills • Walk, jump, gallop, etc. • A2: Object Control Skills • Batting, catch fly balls, forehand strike, hand dribble, foot dribble, overhand throw, etc.

12. K-5 Module • NASPE STANDARDS 2, 3, & 4 • B: Knowledge, Activity, and Fitness Skills • Benefits of activity, body parts, planes, abdominal strength/endurance, arm/shoulder strength, etc.

13. K-5 Module • NASPE STANDARDS 5 & 6 • Personal/Social Skills • Cooperation, following directions, compassion, responsibility, self-control, best effort, constructive competition

14. Components of K-5 Module • Teaching/Learning Progression • Assessment Rubric • Instructional Segments • Reinforcing activities

15. Lesson plan books for each grade • Each grade has at least 51 lesson plans focusing on variety of motor and personal/social skills • Teacher’s users manual • Assessment tools • Music

16. Sample lesson plan format for 30 minute lesson • Objective • Equipment & materials • Gym/area set up • Explanation/demonstration • Practice • Review • Homework • EPEC K5

17. 6-12 Modules • Lifetime Activity • Personal Conditioning • Basketball • Golf • Resistance training • Soccer • Volleyball • (Swimming, softball, track and field, tennis)

18. Components of 6-12 Modules • Knowledge • Graphics of mature forms of skills • Drills • Activities to practice skills • Handouts, assessments • 45 sequential lessons

19. Sample 40 minute lesson plan • Personal conditioning • Explain/Demonstrate • Practice • Assessment Includes: materials, posters, rules sheets www.michiganfitness.org/EPEC/LAM

20. EPEC After school Programs • Choose Your Move • 8 Week program with 16 lessons; 2 times a week

21. EPEC’s Effectiveness • A two-year study of EPEC by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention completed in 2005 showed that students who were taught with EPEC increased their skills in the two targeted motor skills over students taught using other curricula. In addition, students taught with EPEC showed more knowledge of physical activity and greater motor-skill self-efficacy. • A 1999 study of EPEC found that students whose teachers used EPEC had significantly faster 600-yard run/walk times. • A 2000 study of EPEC showed significant improvement in EPEC-taught students compared to non-EPEC-taught students on knowledge tests of the beneficial effects of activity, and performance tests for arm/shoulder strength.

22. Effectiveness • In 2005, the Michigan Fitness Foundation (developer of EPEC) reported results of a study to the Michigan Nutrition Network as part of a grant-funding agreement. Average score on the overhand throw increased from 2.1 to 3.5 (on a four-point scale) among students trained using EPEC methods. In addition, despite high pretest scores on aerobic fitness (indicating that tests may not have been sufficiently challenging), EPEC students improved 7 to 13 percent. • During the 2004-2005 school year, EPEC Personal Conditioning was implemented in six Detroit middle schools as part of their healthy youth initiative. Over the course of the year, cardiorespiratory endurance scores increased an average of 41 percent among students in the initiative, and health-related fitness knowledge rose 9.4 percent. • EPEC received the 2002 award for achievement in chronic disease prevention by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Directors of Chronic Disease Prevention.

23. Pros Assessments prepared Objectives already written and aligned with NASPE Skill Cue Posters Handouts/Materials Cons Lack of creativity Become dependent Limited activities available at this point Pros and Cons of EPEC