Standard 3: Planning and Implementation

Physical education teacher candidates plan and implement

developmentally appropriate learning experiences aligned with
local, state and national standards to address the diverse needs
of all students.
As secondary educators it is important to make sure our students are
performing at the correct level of the development as they move through
their physical education. If that means working with students to correct basic
skills, then it is important that we take the time to do so.
Physical education is not about playing games and entertaining
students with a ball and court. But instead, it is important to provide
students with the necessary tools to live healthy active lifestyles outside the
classroom. We do this by making sure they understand the Motor skills and
movement patterns, the content knowledge, fitness and physical activity,
and personal/social behaviors and values required of them.
Teaching to the standards is an easy way to make sure all students are
completing the necessary requirements laid out in physical education
standards. By modeling activities to our students, demonstrating proper
form, and assessing their movements we can decide whether or not the
student is where he or she needs to be as far as physically and mentally
when it comes to the state and federal physical education standards.
The best way to teach to the required standards is to design lesson and
unit plans that incorporate the standards in the daily activities. Lesson and
unit plans should be made up on physical documents to show administrative
staff what students are learning in the classroom. Without proper planning,

the classroom would fall apart and the students would run wild. Planning is
key to maintaining a classroom and giving the students a safe area to grow
and learn in their education and should be done far in advance to the day of
the lesson.