SCHOOL POLICY/ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS VS. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
TOPIC: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(Revised 10-24-07)
Green: Comments and votes made from UNC faculty at 9/12/07 meeting
Blue: Comments and votes made by SPI group at 9/27/07 meeting
INDICATOR
1. Instructi
onal
classes in
PE are
offered to
students
COMMENTS
0 Votes by UNC. Indicator would
need to be reworded so that when
principals or PE teachers answer
“yes” they are only talking about
structured, instructional PE (this
helps to ensure we’re talking about
quality PE –standards based, best
practices)
All schools
Evidenc
e-Based
(Related
to PA in
PE or
during
the
school
day)
Yes;
Commu
nity
Guide
REQUIRED
Feasible Sensitive
to collect to change
accurate
data
Yes
Yes
FLEXIBLE
Feasible for
schools to make
changes in this
area
May be difficult,
but not impossible.
Barriers: Cost,
availability of
teachers, fit
around state
requirements for
reading and math.
NICE BUT NOT NECESSARY
Surrogate
National
marker for other
reference data
changes
NASPE
-National
Council of
State
Legislatures?
WHO ELSE IS
INTERESTED
IN THIS?
CDE—School
Health Profiles
CURRENT
COLORADO
DATA?
COAPHERD
Wellness
Policy
Implementatio
n (WPI)
SEPS
SHP
(unweighted)
WPI
MDHWC School
Committee
COAHPERD
RMPRC
PE not included in No Child Left
Behind Act
0/7 votes
2. PE
quantity
(e.g.,
minutes/wk)
7 Votes by UNC. Be sure this is
about instructional PE and be clear
about what’s considered to be PE.
It doesn’t include recess, athletics or
waiver activities. It should be limited
to anything for which you get PE
credit (excluding waiver). This way,
Evidenc
e for
dose
respons
e
Provide
clear
tool for
collectin
g (SEP)
Yes
May be difficult but
schools have
successfully done
it
This is a
surrogate for #1
above because 0
minutes means
PE is not
offered.
NASPE
National
Council of
State
Legislatures?
COAPHERD
Survey
SEPS [PRC
has 3 yrs
random
elementary
we separate what’s physical activity
from physical education.
(low income)
and 2 yrs
DPS]
Elementary
7/7 votes
UNC
WPI (but lacks
specificity)
3. (NEW)
% or number
of students
currently
enrolled in
PE
4. PE
requirement
for
graduation
????
7 Votes by UNC
Middle and high school
This new item helps account for the
fact that not all students are taking
PE during the school year. While a
school may offer an acceptable
amount of PE time, not all are
necessarily taking PE.
6/7 votes
(This is
covered
Yes
(school
counsel
ors
should
have
this info)
Yes
Colorado is a local control state and
as such is the only state that doesn’t
have this as a requirement; this is
important to track for legislation
purposes.
DoseRespons
e (each
credit
earned
implies
an
amount
of
activity)
0 Votes by UNC (we think).
?
Students can get waivers for
participating in other activities such
as cheerleading, band,
sports/athletics, classes outside of
Yes
--
SHP –
Principal
Questionnaire
COAPHERD
Survey
WPI
CDE
COAHPERD
Survey
WPI
NASPE
Yes
May be difficult but
schools have
successfully done
it
--
National
Council of
State
Legislatures?
SHP –
Principal
Questionnaire
SHPPS – PE
Questionnaire
NASPE
National
Council of
State
Legislatures?
% of
students
may or
may not
be
difficult
CDE
SHPPS – PE
Questionnaire
4 1/2 Votes by UNC
Middle and high school
3/7 votes
5. Scope of
waivers for
PE
Yes with funding
Evidenc
e for
dose
respons
e
Yes
Yes
--
SHP
COAHPERD
(Rick Metz really
wants this for
lobbying
purposes!!!)
Colorado
Children’s
Campaign
CDE
COAPHERD
Survey (Does
your district
accept waivers
and what
under #3
above re: %
or number of
students
currently
enrolled in
PE. Don’t
say “offer”,
say “allow”.
Could modify
SHP if
necessary.)
(we’d
need to
ask
around);
policy
on
scope of
waivers
would
be
easier
school such as Karate, ROTC,
religious based exemptions.
Counselors control the waivers. The
UNC group thought this was an
important issue but weren’t sure
how widespread waivers are at this
point. One possibility is we can
collect information about this in year
1 and then decide if we want to
keep/drop it in year 2. However,
SHP includes an item about this so
maybe results from SHP could
inform how to handle this in the
future.
types of
acceptions?)
Terry and Sue like this one and
would like the information. Waivers
are on the rise and trickling down to
middle schools. Often determined
by principal and teacher.
6. PE
teacher
endorsemen
t
7. Standard
Middle and high school; need
baseline to determine if worth
collecting
1/7 votes
1 vote by UNC
The UNC people would like to
believe that endorsement relates to
quality of teaching and quantity of
PA, but there is no evidence.
--Policy or %?
--CO law
--24 credits in PE for endorsement
Endorsement (undergrad with 24
credits and placement test; licensed)
vs. Highly Qualified (passed
placement test in any area but no
student teaching)
3/7 votes
1 vote by UNC
Trained
vs.
untraine
d PE
teachers
might be
linked to
student
MVPA—
see San
Diego
studies,
SPARK)
Spark,
If % of
teachers
, info
probably
would
not be
compile
d in
school
or
district
UNC is
Yes
Maybe
Small districts
have fewer options
for hiring
Yes with Board of
?
--
SHPPS (policy
for sure and
depending on
who this
survey
reaches, could
also get at %
of PE teachers
who are
certified,
endorsed, or
licensed –
Q.93)
SHP
COAHPERD
RMPRC
CDE
SHPPS asks if
COAPHERD,
Wellness
policies—
asked in a way
not sensitive to
change
COAPHERD
Survey
UNC (see Q8)
UNC (hard to
s-based PE
curriculum
8. NEW PE
Teachers’
use of best
practices for
increasing
moderate to
vigorous
activity
during PE
class
9. PE class
size
Instructional technique is more
important than curriculum. In
addition, when UNC asked this
question, PE teachers had a hard
time answering it accurately.
Teachers might choose bits and
pieces of various curricula and they
may not know the name of the
curriculum from which they
borrowed. Could ask Judy Rink &
Tina Hall or Ruth Earls (state
department) --all from South
Carolina-- about how to best ask this
question.
Sue: district may have curriculum
but that doesn’t mean PE teacher
follows it
Terry: unclear how much training a
PE teacher has around the
curriculum (so knowledge and skills
for implementing might be low)
0/7 votes
3 votes by UNC
UNC liked this for the most part but
we’d need to nail down the question.
Go for
Health,
Physical
Best
Per
Terry’s
convers
ation
with
Judy
Rink,
there is
no
evidenc
e.
Yes
Could ask about:
Does every 1-2 student have a
piece of equipment? (This will be
hard to ask in a survey because it
depends on the activity).
How long between the time PE
period starts and activity starts?
0/7 votes
6 votes by UNC
This is very key. It’s important to get
at student-teacher ratios as well as
how many students are in once
space at a time (e.g., 1:15 ratio but
Check
CATCH
or
SPARK
very
concern
ed about
PE
teachers
’ ability
to
accurate
ly
answer
this.
(could ask
as yes/no
or could
for more
sensitivity,
could ask:
do you
use Spark
all the
time,
most, half
of the
time, etc.)
but then
info might
be less
accurate
Ed implementation
and support
PE teacher is
provided with
a curriculum
and if so, if
they follow it.
But it doesn’t
ask for the
name/type of
curriculum
Concern
s about
honesty,
social
desirabil
ity.
Yes if
PE
teacher
is asked
directly
on a
survey
Yes (but
maybe
less
accurate
in high
Yes (could
do a count
of how
many best
practice
PE
teacher
routinely
does)
Yes with training
--
Yes
Yes with
Budget/FTE
support and caps
on class size
--
SHPPS – PE
Questionnaire
Metro Denver
Health and
Wellness
Commission,
CDE
RMPRC
get good info)
CDE
COAPHERD
PRC
Metro Denver
Health and
Wellness
SEPS- M3, Q3
(but doesn’t
really meet our
needs)
CDE
COAPHERD
SEPS- M3, Q4
WPI (but no
details about
type of
curriculum)
100 kids are in the gym where 4
classes are going on
simultaneously)
10. Number
of minutes of
recess
11. NEW
Balls and
other
equipment
available
during
recess
12. NEW
Teachers/mo
nitors
encourage
students to
be active
during
recess by
setting up
games and
activities
13. Integratio
n of physical
activity into
other
classroom
instruction
Sue: elementary is usually
consistent with class size; but in
secondary school…it’s a very big
issue (she is referring to large class
sizes)
2/7 votes
6 votes by UNC
5/7 votes
mobility)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
--
4 votes by UNC
1/7 votes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, with training
and funding
--
0 votes by UNC
If teachers/monitors REQUIRE
students to be active, then this will
likely lead to increased activity. But,
there are philosophical issues about
leaving recess to be unstructured
time. And, this probably won’t lead
to lifelong valuing of PE.
0/7 votes
Yes
Yes
Yes,
depending
on how it’s
asked
Yes with training
and funding
I think
so
Sue
thinks
this
would
be hard
to
collect;
too
subjectiv
e. She’s
Depends
on how
this is
collected
Yes
0 votes by UNC
Not sure how robust this will be.
Did STEPPs counties do Take 10?
(Elaine, Tara and Terry think this
might be worth asking because it
could be a growing trend and
something we could promote as a
CDE
COAPHERD
PRC
Metro Denver
PRC
Metro Denver
SEPS (M1, 34)
--
PRC
Metro Denver
SEPS (M1, 37
& 38)
--
CDE
PRC
WPI (yes/no)
SHPPS – PE
Question 60
SEPS (M1, 39
& 41)
low cost, easy intervention).
One 4th grade teacher might do it
but what about the other 4th grade
teachers? Rick agrees this would
be difficult. A more feasible
approach might be to ask if there is
a school policy around integrating
activity in the classroom? Do
teachers have opportunities or have
they had professional development
around integrating PA in classroom
instruction? Terry thinks question
has to be about actual
integration/adoption of something
like Take 10.
1/7 votes
14. Staff
wellness
We didn’t really discuss this as it’s
not exactly an environment or policy
feature. Maybe we should talk with
Joan Brucha about this.
1/7 votes
15. Facilities
for PE/pa
(playgrounds
, outside
areas, and
gym)
7 votes by UNC
(Some of this will overlap with #11)
3/7 votes
probably
right.
The best
would
be to get
this info
from
classroo
m
teachers
(e.g.,
how
many
times
did you
do this
this
week?)
Data
suggest
staff are
2nd to
parents
in
influenci
ng
children’
s activity
(people
will
forward
supporti
ng
citations
to
Elaine)
Variation
in type
Yes with training
SHP
CDE
RMC
COAFHK
Yes
Future buildings
SHPPS – PE
Questionnaire
CDE
SEPS
16. Equipme
nt for PE/pa
3 votes by UNC
0/7 votes
17. Fitness
testing for
students
0 votes by UNC
18. Professio
n-al
development
opportunities
19. Amount
of time
students
active in PE
20. After
school
sports
available
21. Link to
community
projects
22. Before/
after school
programs
Health-related, criteria based testing
such as Fitnessgram is better than
norm comparisons such as
Presidential Fitness.
0/7 votes
1 vote by UNC
(needs to be related to best
practices for PE, not just any type of
professional development)
1/7 votes (ongoing with follow up vs.
one shot training?) CDE and CDC
have this as part of their plans.
1 vote by UNC
This is critical but a survey is
probably not the best way to collect
this information. PE teachers can’t
provide accurate information.
In PE class only, or all activity during
the day?
0/7 votes
0 votes by UNC
In school? Community? Intramural?
Competitive activities?
It’s not just what’s available, it’s also
% participating which they won’t
know accurately.
0/7 votes
0 Votes by UNC
YMCA? Karate clubs? \0/7 votes
2 votes by UNC
Items 20 and 22 are related with 20
being an example of the kind of
Yes
Variation
in type
Florida
study
(Terry’s
conferen
ce)
Could be a
surrogate for
best practices
around MVPA
Yes with funding
and training
CDE
MDHWC
COAHPERD
Yes
Not
unless
we
observe
d (e.g.,
SOFIT)
SHPPS – P.E.
#60i
Yes with p.d.
Surrogate for
best practices
SHP
CDE
COAHPERD
SHP
CDE
COAHPERD
SHPPS 75 -79
SHP
SHP
SEPS
UNC
thing in 22.
1/7 votes