Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (2006). Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping: Facilitator Guide . Retrieved from https://appservice.caiu.org/GetDocument?folderPath=CP%5CResouceBank%5C&… Canadian Education Association. (2014). Collaborative...
The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Sample Unit Plans illustrate how educators may organize instruction to support students in developing their physical literacy. The focus of the learning in these sample units is on fundamental and transferable movement competence skills, concepts...
Unit Length: 7 Periods Learning Goals We are learning to follow rules for our own safety and the safety of others. (A3.1) We are learning to use social skills as we participate and interact positively with others. (1.4, A1.3) We are learning how to develop our personal fitness by actively...
The Assessment and Evaluation Tools have been developed to support implementation of the H&PE Secondary Curriculum and Ophea’s H&PE Secondary Resources. The 12 resources are recordable PDFs and consist of teacher and student resources that may be used to gather evidence of learning, to record...
The Effective Planning in H&PE resource has been developed to support secondary educators with the planning for and implementation of the H&PE Curriculum. Effective Planning in H&PE provides educators with a summary of key information, which includes practical examples to assist planning for...
Key Components of a Quality Program The goal of Ontario secondary schools is to support high-quality learning while giving individual students the opportunity to choose programs that suit their skills and interests. Quality programs help students develop their critical and creative thinking to...
Effective Unit Design Effective unit design involves several important elements. Teachers engage students in learning by: activating their prior learning and experiences, clarifying the purpose for learning and making connections to contexts that will help them see the relevance and usefulness of...
The vision of the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) Curriculum is that all students will develop physical and health literacy, which in turn will help them acquire the competence, confidence and therefore, the commitment to lead a healthy active life across their lifespan. Becoming physically...
The Assessment, Planning and Instruction Cycle The primary purpose of assessment is to improve student learning. Students benefit when they clearly understand what they are expected to learn, when and how they will be assessed, and are provided with ongoing, descriptive feedback about their...
Triangulation When teachers use a variety of assessment strategies to gather evidence of student learning, this increases the reliability and validity of assessment. This is called triangulation. Teachers can collect evidence of student learning from three sources: Conversation: Providing...
Differentiated instruction is responsive to the learning preferences, interests and readiness of individual learners. Teachers can respond to students’ strengths and needs by differentiating: The content students explore; The process for learning; The products students create to demonstrate their...
Considerations in Designing a Final Performance Task The task(s) should: Focus on the evaluation of overall expectations and allow students to demonstrate their comprehensive achievement of overall expectations; Represent individual student learning (not team/partner learning) towards the end of a...
Teachers should plan with the end in mind, and base instruction and assessment on what it is students are expected to learn. The assessment, planning, and instruction cycle can be summarized as follows: Determine what students are expected to know and be able to do by the end of the course by...
This tool comes in two versions: The intent of the sample, pre-populated version is to provide an example of how a quality program may be structured to meet the vision and goals of the H&PE Curriculum, and support students in becoming health and physically literate by providing a holistic, balanced...
Amos, S., & Orchard, S. (1998). Getting Assessment Right: Health and Physical Education: Grades 1-8 . Ontario: Data Based Directions. Gallahue, D., & Donnelly, F. C., (2007). Developmental Physical Education for all Children. Ontario: Human Kinetics. Goodwin, D. (2000). Inclusive Physical Education...
We are working towards an Ontario where all 2 million children and youth have the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices about their health and well-being. As connectors, providers, and leaders we are committed to supporting our audiences and having the greatest positive impact on...
For 100 years, Ophea has helped Ontario teachers teach students Health and Physical Education (H&PE) and how to make healthy choices for their bodies and minds. Your donation goes directly to providing teachers with the supports they need to make teaching Health and Physical Education easier this...
