Physical Education
Core Beliefs
Physical Education and physical activity are essential to child development.
Every child deserves high quality physical education which gives them the ability, confidence and desire to be physically active for life.
Physical Education is for all students, not just the gifted few.
The Physical Education learning environment is safe, affirming, and respectful of all students, regardless of ability, race, background, language, or identity.
Tier 1 Curricular Expectations
Consistent implementation of high-quality instructional materials is the first step toward ensuring every student's success. It is expected that schools and classrooms use the following materials as the foundations of classroom instruction:
Grades K-5:
Comprehensive RCSD Physical Education curriculum focused on movement concepts, skill themes, locomotor, and manipulative skills.
NYSAHPERD Curriculum & Assessment Guidance Document for Physical Education
Grades 6-8:
Comprehensive RCSD Physical Education curriculum focused on student’s being physically active for life.
NYSAHPERD Curriculum & Assessment Guidance Document for Physical Education
Core Instructional Actions
The Core Instructional Actions below are high-leverage, research-based strategies that will support student achievement in this discipline. This is not an exhaustive list, but a prioritized one - they are actions and strategies we expect teachers to implement in class with students.
Core Student Practices
The Core Student Practices identified below delineate the most important disciplinary practices in which we believe students should be engaged. They are actions, practices, and types of thinking that we should see evidence of students doing in class on a regular basis.