Syllabus

Syllabus for Health and Physical Education

Northwest Middle School

Health and Physical Education – Course Syllabus

Goal

The goal of Health education and Physical Education at Northwest is to develop physically literate students who have knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of health and physical activity.

To develop a healthy and physically active lifestyle, a physically literate individual

  • Has learned the skills necessary to perform a variety of physical activities,

  • Is physically fit

  • Participates regularly in a lifetime of health and physical activity,

  • Knows the implications of and the benefits from being healthy along with physical activities,

  • Values physical activity and its contribution to a healthy lifestyle.

It is our goal to facilitate students in improving their quality of life through the following health and physical activities:

  • Fitness (Pre-Test)

  • Nutrition

  • Physical Activity

  • Mental, Emotional, & Social Health

  • Injury Prevention

  • Sexual Education

  • Fitness (Post Test)

This will be accomplished by using a student-centered approach while teaching the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective aspects of health and physical fitness and demonstrating personal responsibility in all areas of the curriculum.


All instruction delivered during the duration of the class will be directed by five standard statements.

The eight standards statements represent the learning domains for the South Carolina Academic Standards for Health Education. The standards and indicators are written in a manner that is measurable and observable in order to facilitate the assessment and tracking of student learning.


Physical Education


Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.



standard 2: The physically literate individual demonstrates knowledge of concepts, principles,strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance.



Standard 3: The physically literate individual achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.



Standard 4: The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity.



Standard 5: the physically literate individual demonstrates awareness that physical activity provides the opportunity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction. .





Health Promotion


Standard 1: The student will comprehend concepts related to health promotion to enhance health.


Factors on Health Behaviors


Standard 2: The student will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.


Enhacing Health


Standard 3: The student will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.


Interpersonal Comm Skills for Health


Standard 4: The student will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.


Decision-making Skills for Health


Standard 5: The student will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.


Goal-setting Skills for Health


Standard 6: The student will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.


Health-enhancing Behaviors


Standard 7: The student will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and to avoid or reduce health risks.


Standard 8: The student will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and consumer health.






The standards/indicators and course content will be organized to meet the needs of Middle School Students.

The Northwest Middle School Health Education program is comprehensive, instructive and age-appropriate with Northwest Middle School Health Education Directives.

Teach

  • Skill

  • Model Proper Attitudes

  • Provide Facts

  • Reinforce importance of healthy and physically active lifestyle

  • Set expectations for students to acquire the skills and knowledge of physically literate individuals.

Student Goal

For the school year 100% of Northwest’s School Students will be led toward the achievement of South Carolina Academic Standards for Health Education.

Expected Student Outcome

Participation in Health Education shall require clothing appropriate to the activity, such as, tennis shoes, shorts, t-shirts and sweatpants. This promotes freedom of movement, safe participation, and builds a good hygienic practice. Should a student not wear tennis shoes to school, they can bring them in their book bag or store them in their locker and change before class. Should a student have any special needs, they should see their coach to make arrangements. Each unit varies with its duration of time.

Students who do not participate in health education activities will lose points for that day determined by the instructor. Complete refusal of participation will result in failure of Health Education.

Grading

All grades will follow the Greenville County Schools grading scale:

A: 100%-90 % B: 89% – 80% C: 79% – 70% D: 69% – 60% F: 59% – 50%

Students will be able to earn up to 20 points each day: 10 points for participation in class and 10 points for dressing out in the appropriate gym attire. At the end of the week, the total points earned will be the weekly grade imported into PowerSchool.

If a student needs to be excused from participating, they must do the following:

  • Bring a signed and dated written note from a parent or guardian with a valid reason (illness/injury).

  • If the student has a serious illness or injury that will keep the student from participating for more than two days a doctor’s note will be required. The coach will then assign alternative work.

Locks and Lockers

Locks will be available upon request. Do not share your locker, you are responsible for your own lock and you are the only one who will be given the combination. Students will be held responsible for their lock and locker. If a rented lock is not returned, the that student will owe the PE/Health program with a replacement combination lock.



Behavioral Expectations

Gym, Locker Room, Weight Room, and Fields

You are to be in the health room or gym, lined up for attendance, when the bell rings or you will be tardy. The consequences for being tardy will follow the school-wide tardy policy. Dress out quickly and wait to be dismissed to go out to the activity for the day. Lock all clothes, books, and valuables in your locker. We are not responsible for your belongings.

Anyone caught defacing the locker room or any school property will be dealt with by administration.

  1. Profanity, fooling around and screaming are not allowed.

  2. Do not enter the Coaches office without permission.

  3. You will be dismissed at the end of class by the coach.

  4. Do not touch any locks or lockers unless it is your own.

  5. Do not share your locker with anyone.

  6. Be on time and dressed properly for P.E.

  7. Do warm-ups and exercises correctly.

  8. Respect equipment and property.

  9. Show good sportsmanship and play fairly.

  10. Set goals for individual improvement.

  11. Follow directions.

If anyone is caught intentionally damaging any part of the health and physical education facilities or equipment, they will be restricted from use and will be expected to pay for the damages.

*Coaches have the right to revise the above syllabus as needed at any time.