Middle School Health and Physical Education

State Standards

• Washington State Health and Physical Education Standards
• SHAPE America National Standards - P.E.
• State Laws and Regulations surrounding Health and P.E.

What materials we use now:

Middle School Health

• Teen Health (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)
• Glencoe Health (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)
• Middle School F.L.A.S.H. - Second Edition

Middle School Physical Education

• Focused Fitness 5 For Life
• SPARK P.E. – Middle School

Adoption process and timeline

• Middle School Health and Physical Education Curriculum Parent Input Survey – (March 2019) Link to survey – results linked here when completed
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• Teacher adoption committee: May 14, 2019
• Teacher adoption committee meeting dates
  Each meeting date includes its planned main agenda item(s), then links to the specific meeting summary when available
  • May 14, 2019 - share goals and timeline/schedule, establish norms and consensus process, review, trends, research and parent survey results, share district vision and best practice, review of standards.
  • October 16, 2019 – Review district vision and best practice, review standards, curriculum and materials review, prepare for field test.
  • November 26, 2019 – Review district vision and best practice, review standards, curriculum and materials review, prepare for field test.
  • January 24, 2020 – Complete curriculum and materials review, Field test and Materials selection
  • March 17, 2020 – Materials adoption presented to IMC
  • Possible 6th Meeting if needed

Meeting Summaries

October 16, 2019

The adoption committee reconvened on 10/16 to continue their work to research and review curriculum resources for Middle School PE and Health. Norms and the consensus process was reviewed. Kris Coleman and Carly Hupp facilitated the meeting. After a Seesaw exercise that modeled integrating technology and reinforced teambuilding, the committee focused on creating a vision for PE/Health that included skills, knowledge and experiences that students’ gain in MS. They discussed equitable instructional practices in PE/Health and how Social and Emotional Health overlaps with PE/Health.

PE/Health state standards were examined and aligned with a 6^th, 7^th, 8^th grade scope and sequence for PE/Health was drafted. The next meeting is scheduled for 11/26.

May 14, 2019

The first meeting of the MS Health and PE committee was held on May 14 with Kris Coleman and Tracy Schellberg facilitating. The committee reviewed input from a district parent survey that focused on topics identified as priorities for the committee and the community. Research was introduced and examined as it aligned with National and State PE/Health Standards. Next meeting October 16, 2019.