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Chapter 4The Physical Education Environment
This chapter pertains to improving the physical education environment AND strategies for organizing the physical education department
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Facilities
Need for specific facilities is directly linked to curriculum.
You can expand your facilities by using alternative sites:1) Converting other facilities on-siteAre there empty buildings? Storage sites? Many wood shops are being converted into
physical education sites
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Community resources
2) Using community resources – swimming pools, tennis courts, climbing walls, golf courses, bowling alleys
If students learn a skill, they will return to the business as a paying customer – miniature golf, swimming.
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3) Use portable facilities Bowling lanes and balls In Los Angeles they have a portable
swimming pool
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If you can’t add facilities
Clean up what you haveUse the bulletin boardsAsk for a coat of paintApply for a PEP grant
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Equipment & Supplies
Equipment = costs more than $200Supplies = cost less that $200The curriculum will dictate what type of
equipment and supplies you needMake sure the equipment is appropriate
for middle school-size children
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Equipment & Supplies
To get more equipment:Share materials with other schoolsPartner with community recreation
programs and local businessesRent through in-line skating businesses –
PTA will often underwrite thisDon’t forget the free materials – USTA and
the Young American Bowling Association
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Creating a Safe Environment
In today’s society you have to make sure you protect yourself from law suits
Most law suits are from negligence
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Negligence
Has four parts and all must be present to prove negligence:
1) Duty – the teacher has a responsibility to ensure the safety of the participants
2) Breach – the teacher violated this responsibility by commission or omission.
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Negligence - continued
Injury –an injury must have occurred while under the care of the teacher.
The injury must be a result of the teacher violating the responsibility for safety of the student.
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Students can be the reason for the injury, but you must:
Provide adequate supervision Anticipate foreseeable risks and warn students
of any inherent risks Make sure the activity is suitable for the
students Ensure the activity takes place in a safe
learning environment.
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Adequate Supervision
Failure to provide adequate supervision is the most common reason for negligence suits.
Adequate supervision includes including: The ratio of teachers to students The teacher’s training The physical distance between the teacher and the
students The establishment and implementation of safety
rules
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Supervision Principles
Always be in the immediate vicinityIf you must leave the site, have an
appropriate replacement – not a student teacher, custodian, aid
Obtain and maintain training for emergency situations
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Supervision Principles - continued
Create written supervision procedures that designate responsible teacher – locker room, bus duty
Develop written procedures on what to do in an emergency
Have access to a phone and post emergency numbers
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Document
Any injuries and what you didCurrent levels of training from Red Cross
or Heart AssociationDocumentation and certifications are
strong defenses against law suits
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Selection and Conduct of Activities
Select those that tie to state and national standards.
If you just select things you like and a child is injured . . .
Daily written lesson plans and safety requirements noted will also help
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Safety Issues
Maintain the facility and equipmentEstablish, teach and reinforce safety
rules.If something has an inherent risk,
students must be made aware of itWeek ends: school should work to
minimize vandalism
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Organizing the Program
Things runs smoother when everyone is on the same page.
Students need consistency.
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The Physical Education Department
Chair should be facilitator not commander.
There needs to be a vision of where the program needs to go.
Share responsibilities – create a schedule
Only hire qualified people
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The P.E. Dept. - continued
Create a student handbook Include safety requirements – example no
loop ear rings.May have a behavior contract that both the
student and the parent sign (see page 50)
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To get students to dress out
1) Have attractive clothing for activity One school placed “Health Center” on the
back of uniforms
2) Everyone dresses every day – no exceptions
3) Loaner clothing
Treat refusing to dress out as an act of defiance and deal with it like any other act of defiance.
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Misc.
Encourage, but do not require, showering
There should be privacy for studentsMedical excuses:
Parent okay for 1-3 days, then need the school nurse or a doctor.
Students still dress-out and do what they can do. May need to have written work.