ELEMENTARY GRADES 3-4-5

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

You will have the opportunity to develop

and

access the Best Practices to the

Framework for

Effective Teaching.

As you go threw the 4 week course, you

should

continually reflect upon and access your

current practice.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

LE 1- DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE OF, INTEREST IN,

AND RESPECT FOR STUDENTS’ COMMUNITIES

AND CULTURES.

LE 2- FOSTERS A SUPPORTIVE AND RESPECTFUL

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AMONG

STUDENTS.

LE 3- MOTIVATES STUDENTS TO LEARN, TAKE

ACADEMIC RISKS, AND DEMONSTRATE

CLASSROOM LEADERSHIP.

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS FROM NON DOMINATE GROUPS ACHIEVE

AT HIGHER LEVELS WHEN THEIR LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT CONSISTS OF A

POSITIVE CLASSROOM CULTURE AND CLIMATE WHERE

STUDENTS FEEL RESPECTED, SUPPORTIVE, AND ARE

MOTIVATED TO LEARN.

GUIDING QUESTION #1

WHAT DOES A PHYSICAL

EDUCATION CLASSROOM

THAT DEMONSTRATES

INTEREST IN AND RESPECT

FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND

THEIR COMMUNITIES AND

CULTURES LOOK LIKE?

GUIDING QUESTION #2

HOW CAN I FOSTER A

SUPPORTIVE AND

RESPECTFUL LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT AMONG

STUDENTS?

GUIDING QUESTION #3

WHAT STRUCTURES AND OR

PROTOCOLS MOTIVATE

STUDENTS TO LEARN AND

TAKE ACADEMIC RISKS AND

DEMONSTRATE CLASSROOM

LEADERSHIOP IN PHYSICAL

EDUCATION?