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ISBE PE Standards & Curriculum Alignment

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These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. STATE GOAL 20: Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness based upon continual self-assessment.

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Students Designing Personal Fitness Plans In PE

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The Growing Trend Of Designing Personal Fitness Plans In Physical Education Many schools look to deepen students’ knowledge of physical fitness by having students create personalized fitness and workout plans during physical education classes. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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Grants For Physical Education

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Most grants have larger defining characteristics that physical education can easily address. “The SPARK Grant Finder Tool helps you locate funding for your Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, Classroom Activity, or Coordinated School Health program. Student uses technology to access nutrition curriculum.

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Funding Physical Education Programs

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Christi shares two examples that she has taken from secondary schools missions, “The mission of our health and physical education program is to empwoer students to apply skills and knowledge that contribue to a healthy lifestyle.”

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What is Physical Literacy?

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.” (Mandigo, Francis, Lodewyk & Lopez, 2012) And over the years, we have continued to seek answers and definitions to the question, “What is physical literacy?” ” And beyond just ability, people have started to look at the importance of motivation and attitudes toward physical fitness and activity.

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Fitness And Mental Health – A Call To Action For Schools

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And if the lack of physical activity isn’t enough, let’s look at what is happening in schools: 50% of high school-age students attend physical education only class once a week. A quality physical education program will enhance students’ physical fitness and promote the proven positive effects on mental well-being.

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

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Rather than just looking at it as an opportunity for physical activity, they say, “It is an academic subject characterized by a planned, sequential K–12 curriculum (course of study) that is based on the national standards for physical education.