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Fremont County School District #1

Lander, Wyoming 82520

HEALTH EDUCATION (HE410)

Instructor Dean Schaff Phone 332-3640 x2256

Classroom W-205 E-mail Dschaff@Landerschools.org

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LVHS Physical Education

Text: Health and Wellness

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Copyright 2001

Description:

Health education provides a meaningful and relevant context in which students can

develop knowledge and skills essential for success in college and career, and it provides

the foundation for leading healthy, productive lives.

Wyoming Standards:

1 Health and Information, Products and Resources: Students will access, analyze

and evaluate health information, products and resources.

2 Problem Solving and Decision Making: Students will use critical thinking and

systematic processes to examine health related problems and make decisions that

enhance health and reduce or avoid health risks.

3 Effective Communication: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal

communication skills to enhance health and reduce or avoid health risks.

4 Personal and Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to use

personal and social skills that are associated with taking responsible action for enhancinghealth and reducing or avoiding health risks.

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Requirements:

Students are required to complete projects, tests, study guides, quizzes, news

article reports and a written semester final.

Students are required to be in class and on time, have the appropriate learningmaterials (text and writing materials) and contribute to classroom discussions.

Late class work will only be accepted for reduced credit.

Grading Practices:

Grading Scale: 90-100 A

80-89 B

70-79 C

60-69 D

59 or lower F

This course is a semester class and will be graded accordingly. The semester grade will

be figured from the following items: final 20% , projects 30%, chapter tests 30% and the

remaining 20% of the grade will come from quizzes, study guides and news article

reports.

Attendance Policy

When a student exceeds ten (10) absence points, credit will be lost for Physical Ed /Health Ed classes. The student may recover credit by completing the following steps:

1. Contacting Instructor2. Developing an Attendance Performance Contract with the instructor3. Performance Contract may include: exercise plan, work out plan, and/or written

work covering information missed.

On completion of the above steps, to the instructors satisfaction, the student will

position themselves back into GOOD STANDING and re-establish credit for the course.

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BOE - Cut Scores

As adopted August 2006

Advanced Proficient Basic

Physical Education 95 75 55Health Education 95 72 55

Physical Education cut scores are figured on an average of the Level 1 Physical Education

course and the highest score earned from a Level 2 Physical Education Course (weight

training, advanced physical education or swimming).

Wyoming Performance Standards:

Advanced: Students at the advanced level demonstrate a comprehensive (in-depth)

understanding of developmentally appropriate health concepts within most health content areas

and health skills that are necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle and avoid preventable disease,

including the relationships within and among all the health concepts and health skills. They can

apply all health skills to multiple health concepts. Students usually explain complex relationships

between multiple health concepts within and among health content areas and make connections

with most of the health skills.

Proficient: Students at the proficient level demonstrate some depth in their understanding of

developmentally appropriate health concepts and health skills that are necessary to lead a healthy

lifestyle and avoid preventable disease, including the relationships within and among most the

health concepts and health skills. They can apply most health skills to multiple health concepts.

Students consistently explain relationships between multiple health concepts within and amonghealth content areas and make connections with most of the health skills.

Basic: Students at the basic level demonstrate limited depth in their understanding of

developmentally appropriate health concepts and health skills that are necessary to lead a healthy

lifestyle and avoid preventable disease, including the relationships within and among some of the

health concepts and health skills. They can apply some health skills to multiple health concepts.

Students inconsistently explain relationships between multiple health concepts within and among

health content areas and make connections with some of the health skills.

Below Basic: Students at the below basic level demonstrate limited or no depth in their

understanding of developmentally appropriate health concepts and health skills that are

necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle and avoid preventable disease. They have difficulty

understanding the relationships within and among some of the health concepts and health skills.

They rarely can apply some health skills to multiple health concepts. Students at the below basic

level require extensive support or provide little or no evidence in meeting the standard.

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Skills BenchmarksAssessments

Health Information, Products and

Resources1-4

Tests,Final, Quizzes, Study Guides

Decisions Making and Problem

Solving1-5

Test, Final, Quizzes, Study Guides

Effective Communication 1-7 Test,Final, Project Quizzes, Study Guides

Personal and Social Responsibility 1-12 Test,Final, Project Quizzes, Study Guides

Common Assessments:

Common Assessments are in bold print. (Chapter Tests, Projects and the Final Semester Exam)

Student and Parent Signature I have read and understand the requirements and content ofHealth

Education (HE410)

Parent______________________________ Student_____________________________

FCSD1 agrees to ensure equitable access and equitable participation in all

District courses/classes. All district schools will effectively manage and creatively

utilize resources necessary to support student learning. The Districts Board of

Trustees is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to race, gender,

age, national origin, color or disability in admission to, or access to, or treatment

in its educational programs or activities.