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Physical Education Standards
California Physical Education Content Standards: In 2004, California passed content standards for physical education and these have been adopted by the Palo Alto Unified School District.
(Taken from the Physical Education Model Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (2004)
For high school there are three overall model content standards. They are:
Standard 1: Demonstrate knowledge and competency in motor skills, movement patterns and strategies needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2: Achieve a level of physical fitness for health and performance while demonstrating knowledge of fitness concepts, principles, and strategies.
Standard 3: Demonstrate knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies as they apply to learning and performance of physical activity.
The high school experience represents the culmination of physical education.
From kindergarten through fifth grade, the content is delivered in small pieces
to best facilitate learning at the appropriate developmental level. In sixth
through eighth grade, consolidation of content occurs and student skills are
refined, representing a natural progression of skill sophistication. When students
reach ninth grade, they are ready to integrate all that they know with all that
they can do. They experience higher order thinking and increased skill performance.
For this reason, the five elementary and middle school model content standards
have been combined into the three high school model content standards.
High School Course 1 (9th Grade PE) Standards
High School Course 2 (10th Grade PE) Standards
State Physical Education Standards (All Grades)
National Physical Education Standards