Physical Education Curriculum

Guidelines

Teachers will use the following guidelines to fulfill the Physical Education curriculum at NAA:

• Modeling enthusiasm for fitness and physical activity.
• Demonstrating respect for one another that is desired in the behavior of students.
• Meeting the same qualitative standards held for all other curricula and educators.
• Developing student understanding of the benefits of health-related physical activities.
• Designing lessons and units focused on health-related physical activities that ensure students are active for an optimum amount of time.
• Designing lessons that result in students gaining an appreciation, an understanding, and an enjoyment of health-related physical activities
• Designing lessons and units that develop personal responsibility in students through setting and monitoring realistic personal goals.
• Modeling and teaching students sportsmanship, respect for others, and the skills and attitudes necessary for teamwork.
• Providing students choices within and among activities.