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HPHP - Physical Education / Physical Education Teaching Major

Results of Assessment

2002-2003 (submitted 10/20/03)

Physical Education Teaching Major Outcomes Assessment for 2002-2003:

The Physical Education Major’s Outcomes Assessment model was revised to meet the new NCATE/NASPE 2001 Initial Physical Education Standards – fifth edition.  The 2001 revised guidelines made a paradigm shift from “assessment based” system of program accreditation to “performance-based standards and outcomes” system of accreditation.  The ten standards and forty-three outcomes reflect the consensus among experienced physical educators at all levels as to what a teacher needs to know, believe, and be able to do.

 The standards to be addressed are: 

1. Content Knowledge
2. Growth and Development
3. Diverse Learners
4. Management and Motivation
5. Communication
6. Planning and Instruction
7. Student Assessment
8. Reflection
9. Technology
10. Collaboration

Suggested Revision Process:

1. Spring Semester 2003:

• Two faculty members attended the NCATE/NASPE Reports and Reviewers workshops at the AAHPERD Convention in San Diego, California, in April.
• The chair, assistant chair of the department , and the physical education program director will schedule a meeting with each individual faculty member responsible to participate in the accreditation process.  At this meeting each faculty member will receive a Guidelines Manual, a description of their responsibilities relevant to assessment/accreditation and a time-line for work to be completed.

2. Autumn Semester 2003:

• The NCATE/NASPE assessment report process will be an agenda item at the first faculty meeting Autumn Semester, where the entire faculty will be brought up to-date with the work that will take place.
• An Accreditation/ Assessment committee will be formed composed of the physical education faculty with the chair of the department serving as committee chairman.  This committee will meet on a regular basis throughout the semester to prepare materials for the revised NCATE/NASPE assessment/accreditation model.  This committee will address curricular changes, data analysis, timelines, materials needed, document preparation and editing.
• A rubrics for each standard will be designed providing descriptors of “target,’ “acceptable.” and “unacceptable” teacher candidate performance relative to each outcome.
• Evidence that the candidates meet the criteria at an acceptable level must be provided through a multitude of assessments.  The program report will be judged holistically for the standards and there must be strong evidence that the standard has been met know matter how many outcomes are addressed.
• The report will also include a statement of context, performance data, and artifacts.
• The new assessment model for physical education will be designed and made ready for implementation beginning Fall Semester 2003.

 3.  Spring 2004:

 Using the new model, data will be collected and analyzed, and results reported.

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