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Bring Quality PE to Your School District

The guidelines around Quality PE address three major points:

• Opportunity to Learn:
  
  Instructional periods totaling 150 minutes per week (elementary) and 225 minutes per week (middle and secondary school)
  
  Qualified physical education specialist providing a developmentally appropriate program
  
  Adequate equipment and facilities

• Meaningful Content:
  
  Instruction in a variety of motor skills to enhance the physical, mental, and social/emotional development of every child
  
  Fitness education and assessment to help children understand, improve and/or maintain their physical well-being
  
  Development of cognitive concepts about motor skill and fitness
  
  Opportunities to improve their emerging social and cooperative skills and gain a multi-cultural perspective
  
  Promotion of regular amounts of appropriate physical activity now and throughout life
  
  
• Appropriate Instruction:
  
  Full inclusion of all students
  
  Maximum practice opportunities for class activities
  
  Well-designed lessons that facilitate student learning
  
  Out of school assignments that support learning and practice
  
  No physical activity for punishment
  
  Uses regular assessment to monitor and reinforce student learning