Key Resources
Washington State Health and Fitness Requirements - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Includes Essential Academic Learning Requirements, Draft Grade Level Expectations, and WAC/RCW Requirements for physical education.
Appropriate Practices for Physical Education - National Association for Sport and Physical Education
Guidelines for curriculum design, learning experience, fitness activities, fitness testing, assessment, participation levels, forming groups, competition, and others topics. Available for elementary, middle school, and high school physical education.
Moving
Into the Future: National Standards for Physical Education
Six standards to provide the framework for a quality physical education.
Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People
Strategies most likely to be effective in helping young people adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle developed by CDC in collaboration with experts in the field.
What's Happening in Washington
Success-Oriented
Physical Education - Seattle
Public Schools
Seattle Public Schools curriculum stresses cooperation, integration of other subject areas, and motivation to succeed regardless of gender, size, age, and current level of ability or interest.
Looking for More Information
Bright
Futures in Practice: Physical Activity
Provides developmental guidelines on physical activity for the periods of infancy through adolescence.
Community Guide Review: School-based Physical Education
A systematic review found that physical education (PE) classes taught in schools which enhance the length or activity levels, are effective in improving both physical activity levels and physical fitness among school-aged children.
Position Statements and Guidance Documents - National Association for Sport and Physical Education
More than 20 documents provide guidance on physical education teachers, facilities, activities, program structure and quality, and other topics.
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