Component 1: Physical Education
Component 2: Physical Activity During School
Component 3: Physical Activity Before and After School
Component 4: Staff Involvement
Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: A Guide for Schools
Step 3: Create a Vision Statement, Goals, and Objectives
Step 4: Identify Intended Outcomes
You are a physical education teacher and a member of the School Health Team at Jefferson Middle School. You now have a better understanding of the components of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. Working with the School Health Team, you have gained approval to establish a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program at Jefferson Middle School and are ready to begin the process.
Read the following statements to select the most appropriate response.
You know there is a seven-step process to establish, implement, and evaluate a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. The following list describes the correct sequence:
STEP 1: Establish a team/committee and designate an individual to be the Physical Activity Leader.
STEP 2: Conduct a needs assessment.
STEP 3: Create a vision, goals, and objectives.
STEP 4: Identify intended outcomes.
STEP 5: Develop your CSPAP plan to identify and plan activities.
STEP 6: Implement.
STEP 7: Evaluate.
Congratulations! You have successfully participated in the initial steps to develop a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program as a member of the School Health Team. Other goals and objectives would be identified in the same way to determine activities, necessary resources, and communication strategies to outline what will be done, by whom, when, and how to chart a course for increasing daily physical activity behaviors of students.