Implementation Considerations

Policy

• Credits:
  Physical Education 20 = 1 credit (100 hours)
  Physical Education 30 = 1 credit (100 hours)

• Prerequisites:
  none required for Physical Education 20
  none required for Physical Education 30

Curriculum Documents

• Instructional Physical Education 20 and 30: A Curriculum Guide for the Secondary Level (one per teacher)
• Instructional Physical Education 20 and 30: A Bibliography at the Secondary Level (one per school)
• Instructional Physical Education 20 and 30: Information Bulletin for Administrators (one per school)

Additional copies of these documents are available from the Book Bureau.

Key Resources

Teachers are encouraged to review the complete Bibliography to select appropriate resources for their own and students' use. Key resources are listed in this bulletin in Appendix A. Note that a number of these resources are available from the Book Bureau.

Staff Development

Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment will provide inservice workshops for school division personnel implementing Physical Education 20 and 30. Teachers are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity during the first two years of the three year implementation window.

Workshops will consist of an initial day in June or early September of 1994 and a follow-up day later in the school year. Details regarding specific dates, locations, and agenda will be provided to your school division by your Regional Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction.

School divisions are responsible for providing teacher release time and for the expenses incurred by their staff members to attend the implementation sessions.

Role of Administrators

• To assist teachers in implementing Physical Education 20 and 30 by:
  • timetabling - ensuring access to a classroom as well as the gymnasium;
  • budgeting for instructional resources
  • promoting inservice.
• To support the development of a strong collection of resources to encourage resource-based learning. Teachers and students should be encouraged to use community-based resources as well.
• To support teachers who wish to work together to plan units, work on instructional strategies/ methods and assessment/evaluation procedures.
• To inform parents/boards/communities that these programs encourage teachers to use a variety of instructional approaches. These approaches will require a variety of assessment and evaluation procedures.
• To inform parents/boards/communities about Physical Education 20 and 30 and how the community may play an important role.