PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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Physical Education Program Mission
NYS and NASPE Physical Education Standards
Community Information
Health and Fitness News and Updates
Curriculum Topics (Grades K-12)
Links and Resources

Mission
Provide a safe and welcoming environment for our students to create and  maintain a healthy lifestyle as well as succeed academically.

Standards

Standard 1:   Personal Health and Fitness

Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health.

Standard 2:   A Safe and Healthy Environment

Students will acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.

Standard 3:   Resource Management

Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.




Standard 1
 
1.1       Demonstrate personal competence in motor skill performance for a variety of physical activities and movement patterns           
1.2       Demonstrate personal competence in health enhancing fitness    
1.3       Demonstrate performance concepts related to skillful movement in a variety of physical activities
           
Standard 2 2.1       Describe and apply physiological and biomechanical concepts related to skillful movement, physical activity and fitness  
2.2       Describe and apply motor learning, psychological, and behavioral theory related to skillful movement, physical activity and fitness        
2.3       Describe and apply motor development theory and principles  related to skillful  movement, physical activity and fitness  
2.4       Identify historical, philosophical, and social perspectives of physical education issues and legislation       
2.5       Analyze and correct critical elements of motor skills and performance concepts 
 
Standard 3
Planning and Implementation    
3.1       Design and implement short and long term plans that are linked to program and instructional goals as well as a variety of student needs           
3.2       Develop appropriate (measurable, developmentally appropriate, performance based) goals and objectives aligned with local, state, and/or national standards that lead to student learning  
3.3       Design and implement content that is aligned with lesson objectives       
3.4       Plan and implement effective demonstrations, explanations, instructional cues and prompts to link physical activity concepts to appropriate learning experiences    
3.5       Plan for the management of resources to provide active, fair, and equitable learning experiences
3.6       Design and implement progressive and sequential instruction adapted to diverse student needs, adding specific accommodations for varying student ability       
3.7       Plan and implement lessons and units that demonstrate a respect and understanding for student diversity
3.8       Design and implement student learning experiences that integrate technology      
 
Standard 4 4.1       Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills across a variety of instructional formats           
4.2       Provide instructional feedback which results in skill acquisition, student learning, and motivation 
4.3       Recognize the changing dynamics of the environment and adjust instructional tasks based on student responses  
4.4       Utilize managerial rules, routines, and transitions to create and maintain an effective learning environment
4.5       Implement strategies to help students demonstrate responsive personal and social behaviors in a productive learning environment     
 
Standard 5 5.1       Select or create appropriate assessments that will measure students achievement of goals and objectives           
5.2       Use a variety of appropriate assessments to evaluate student learning before, during, and after instruction           
5.3       Utilize the reflective cycle to implement change in teacher performance, student learning, and instructional goals and decisions         
 
Standard 6 6.1       Demonstrate behaviors that are consistent with the belief that all students can become physically educated         
6.2       Participate in activities that lead to professional growth and development           
6.3       Demonstrate behaviors that are consistent with the professional ethics of highly qualified teachers           
6.4       Communicate in ways that convey respect and sensitivity          
6.5       Identify and use resources that enhance student learning, program development, and opportunities for physical activity

Community Information

Things to do in...
Holtsville, New York

The Holtsville Ecology Center


The Holtsville Ecology Site provides the community with a handfull of activites to entertain comminites all around.  The park is a place for people of all ages to enjoy outside activities by themselves or with friends or family.  Inside the park a fenced of area contains 3 swimming pools, 2 of which containing a diving board. There is an Olympic pool, a regular pool, and a kidy pool. There is an exercise fitness trail, nature perserve and ecology center, featuring mountain lions, bears, lammas, and even bald eagles. The zoo is open 7A.M.-4P.M. seven days a week, free admission.

Village Green Miniature Golf

Phone-631-732-8681

Located about a mile away in Ronkonkoma you can have a very nice mini-golf experience.  The course includeds 3 different courses that you could choose from, each having their own theme.  It is a great way to spend a couple of hours out of your day with some friends or family without spending too much money.

The Holbrook Country Club



The Country club not only has a gorgous 18 hole golf course, but a handfull of other outdoor facilities.  There is a fenced in area composed of three full court basketball courts.  There are 2 handball walls also used for practicing your tennis skills, as well as 6 gorgous tennis courts.  In the back of the country club there are 2 soft ball field and 3 baseball fields available for community youth teams as well as the public.  This is a great place to get in any type of workout you could imagine.

Phone-631-467-3417





Health/Fitness News and Updates

http://topofblogs.com/health_fitness/health_and_fitness_update_daily
Discusses many of the ways to stay healthy and maintain that healthy life style

http://www.healthandfitnessupdate.com/
New updates on things going on today


http://www.glencoe.com/sec/health/updateshome/update.shtml
See what these people have to say about the health issues

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
News about health and fitness on the global level

http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/
Eat and diet the correct way to keep your body healthy




C
urriculum Topics


        Grades 9-12
Grades 7-8
Grades K-6