SSPW - Physical Education

School Physical Education

School physical education curriculum, instruction, and assessment involves planning, implementing, and assessing a developmentally appropriate PreK-12 standards-based curriculum that covers critical physical education content, skills, and dispositions.

Concussion Law, Wis. Stat. sec. 118.293
The law requires all youth athletic organizations to educate coaches, athletes, and parents on the risks of concussions and head injuries, and prohibits participation in a youth activity until the athlete and parent or guardian has returned a signed agreement sheet indicating they have reviewed the concussion and head injury informational materials. The law requires immediate removal of an individual from a youth athletic activity if symptoms indicate a possible concussion has been sustained. A person who has been removed from a youth athletic activity because of a determined or suspected concussion or head injury may not participate again until he or she is evaluated by a health care provider, and receives written clearance from the health care provider to return to the activity. Click here for more info.

Considerations Regarding the Physical Education Requirement Change Option Resulting from 2011 Wisconsin Act 105
Guidance on the physical education requirement change option resulting from 2011 Wisconsin Act 105. This will provide you with some considerations as your district addresses this issue.

Tools to Help with Physical Education Curriculum Development

The following items were developed to help you build a standards-based K-12 physical education program.

Physical Education Standards

A copy of the new Wisconsin Standards for Physical Education vertical alignment section is now available for your use. The entire standards document, which includes instruction on varied physical education learners and a grade level learning continuum, is available for purchase for at DPI Publication Sales. If you are interested in discussing your physical education curriculum needs, contact Health and Physical Education Consultant, Jon Hisgen.

Standards Curriculum Checklist: This document makes it easy for you to build your school physical education curriculum by seeing where, if at all, you are implementing various parts of the learning continuum. This document is only available in an electronic format and is designed to serve as a guide only.

A National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Appropriate Instructional Practices grid is available at http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/standards/nationalGuidelines/upload/Appropriate-Practices-grid.pdf.

The web site for the Wisconsin Partnership for Childhood Fitness is located at http://fitness.pediatrics.wisc.edu/.

The DPI, along with the Wisconsin Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, has opened up an effective physical education practices site at www.dpi.wi.gov/sspw/phyedresources.html. You can submit items for review and placement on the webpage by filling out the template provided, along with any appropriate attachment to Jon Hisgen.

The DPI co-sponsors a symposium called Best Practices in Physical Education and Health each summer to help increase knowledge and skills on the latest information in these content areas. The 2012 event will be held July 24-26 at UW Stevens Point.

School Physical Activity

Strategies for Active Schools

The Department of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Department of Health Services and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, have created the Wisconsin Active Schools Project as part of the “Communities Putting Prevention to Work” initiative funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Active Schools Project is part of the state’s plan to support public health efforts to reduce obesity, increase physical activity, and improve nutrition among children - three important actions for preventing chronic disease and promoting health. The Active Schools Project will increase options for physical activity in schools and school-linked settings to help young people achieve 60 minutes of daily activity.

Funded schools will increase active time in physical education class, assess student fitness levels, increase active play during recess, increase intramural sports options, open facilities before and after school for physical activity, and increase activity in after-school programs.