Developing a Physical Education Year Plan

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Developing a Physical Education Year Plan

• What you should include

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Why should Physical Educators develop a Physical
Education Program Plan?

• Maximizes potential for effective teaching and
  successful learning.
• Increases teacher credibility
• Declares a commitment to a plan and increases the
  chances of success for all participants.
• Systematic planning ensures that the Program is
  more developmental and sequential from grade to
  grade.
• Planning helps one to be organized.
• Planning helps to determine the Safety legalities
  for all activities.
• Long-range planning saves time.
• Well developed plans provide a springboard for
  evaluation and program upgrading

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Planning Steps

• Aims, goals, objectives,
• Behavioral objectives
• Curricular Outcomes -Outcome-based rather than
  Sport-specific based
• Enduring Understandings
• Essential Questions
• Lesson Design and Student Ownership for Learning
  Model
• Assessment Strategies
• Timelines

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Considerations

• Equipment
• Facility Availability
• Time for set-up, take-down
• Seasonal Weather
• Safety
• Student Growth and Development
• Student Interest and Motivation
• Fitness Values
• Student to teacher ratio
• Special Populations

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Balancing PA Categories

• Check for balance of Activities by completing
  the activity analysis tools for Physical
  Education and Health
• Organize your Year by Activity Category
• Appendix A Physical Activity Categories

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Preparing a PROGRAM

• Determine WHEN each unit will be taught.
• Decide on WHICH activities can be taught indoors
  and especially outdoors.
• Determine the LENGTH of time for each Activity
  Unit.
• Decide on the GLO focus
• Connect with the Student Learning Outcome and
  IDENTIFY the Essential Questions for each Unit
  Movement, Fitness, Safety, Personal/Social,
  Healthy Lifestyles

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Evaluation and Assessment

• Formative Assessment For Learning
• Summative Assessment of Learning
• Teacher
• Self
• Peer
• Group

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Assessment and Evaluation Strategies

• Observation
• Performances
• Interview/Questioning
• Journals/Logs/Reflections
• Tests/Quizzes- Pen and Paper

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Assessment and Evaluation Tools

• Check PE Curriculum
• Teacher checklists and Rubrics from SJA Phys. Ed.
  Assessment Package

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Program Review

• CAHPERD Tool (Modified)
• Class Observations on Program Components
• Program Review Action Planning

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Examples of Program Outlines

• Program 1 (Elementary)
• Program 2 (Middle Years)
• Physical Education Program Planning Checklist