Yesterday afternoon, the PE curriculum adoption team met to develop a rubric to use when reviewing K-8 grade PE curriculum. Some of the items that are important to the team include: a scope and sequence for K-8 grade classes, unit plans and lesson plans containing all essential parts of a lesson, visuals, a home to school connection, a variety of activities for whole, small group, individual and team sports and a curriculum that is culturally relevant.
The team also participated in a demonstration regarding the SPARK curriculum. For more information, see https://sparkpe.org/.
The district plans on asking the School Board to adopt a new curriculum selected by the committee in the spring to be implemented next school year.
If you have questions or are interested in attending the next PE curriculum adoption team meeting as a community representative, please contact Dana Jarnecke at djarnecke@masd209.org.