California Physical
Education Content
Standards
&
Common Core
Physical Education
Physical Education
One of the most important ways to maintain and
improve
One’s health
Mental health
Over-all well being
Integral part of the education program
Physical Education
Teaches
How bodies move
How to perform a variety of physical activities
Students Learn
Health-related benefits of PA
Skills to adopt a physically active lifestyle
Healthy lifestyle
Physical Education
Students Develop
Confident
Independent
Self-Controlled
Resilient
Develop social skills
Strive for goals
Leadership
Cooperate with others
Accept responsibility
Improve academic performance
PE Content Standards
Represent
Essential skills and knowledge that all need to maintain
a physically active healthy lifestyle
Provide
Opportunities for teachers to reinforce student learning
Link
Content in PE with content in English, Language Arts,
Science, Math, History, and Social Science
PE Content Standards
Assist
Schools in establishing learning goals and objective for
PE
Students in acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, and
confidence
Content Standards Elementary and Middle
School
5 Overarching Content Standards
Standard 1:
Students demonstrate the motor skills and movement
patterns needed to perform a variety of physical
activities.
Standard 2:
Students demonstrate knowledge of movement
concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the
learning and performance of physical activities.
Content Standards Elementary
and Middle School
Standard 3:
Students assess and maintain a level of physical fitness
to improve health and performance.
Standard 4:
Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness
concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health
and performance.
Standard 5:
Students demonstrate and utilize knowledge of
psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and
strategies that apply to the learning and performance of
physical activity.
Elementary School
Emphasize
Students move through space and in their environment
Way student and partner move through space together
Continuity and change in movement
Manipulation of objects
Accuracy and speed
Middle School
Emphasize
Working cooperatively to achieve a common goal
Meeting challenges
Making decisions
Working as a team to solve a problem
High School
3 Overarching Standards
Standard 1:
Students demonstrate knowledge of and competency in motor
skills, movement patterns, and strategies needed to perform a
variety of physical activities.
Standard 2:
Students achieve a level of physical fitness for health and
performance while demonstrating knowledge of fitness
concepts, principles, and strategies.
Standard 3:
Students demonstrate knowledge of psychological and
sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to
the learning and performance of physical activity.
Common Core
Establishes
Clear consistent guidelines for what students should know
and be able to do
Math
English
Language Arts
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
History
Social Studies
Common Core
Focuses
Developing critical thinking
Problem solving
Analytical skills
Provides
Way for teachers to measure progress and ensure success
http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
http://www.calstate.edu/capp/projects/docs/Improving_StandrsBase_Instruct-acc.pdf