To promote the amazing work that teachers and students are doing in physical education, the Arizona Department of Education would like to invite you to submit your student physical activity performance videos to be showcased at our 2021 Virtual ESSA Conference on Feb 23-24, 2021.

The videos will be shown as part of our Mindful Movement breaks throughout the two-day event.

Project submissions could include:

• Low/Moderate intensity seated workouts
• Low/Moderate intensity desk workouts
• High energy dance workouts
• Yoga
• Your imagination is the limit…

Submission Requirements:

• Videos must be original student work.
• Videos range from 5-7 minutes in length
• Final projects must be submitted in MP4 format.

Timeline:

• Submit Digital Content: Friday, January 15^th by 11:59 pm
• Selected Participants Notified: Friday, January 22nd by 5:00 pm

Student Showcase Application

Highlight innovative way ways performing arts & interdisciplinary classrooms are engaging students in learning by leveraging digital technologies at the 2021 Virtual ESSA Conference February 23-24.

Project submissions may include:

• Digital Music Submissions
• Media Arts: Animation/Film/Digital Design
• Digital Dance Submissions
• Performance Art/Spoken Word
• Your imagination is the limit…

Submission Requirements

• Virtual projects must be original student work created Spring or Fall of 2020.
• Projects range from around 2-5 minutes in length
• Final projects must be submitted in MP3, WAV, MP4, or MOV formats.
• Up to 3 five-minute submissions maximum per class
• Participating students must have a image/video release form on file at the school

Timeline

• Submit Final Projects: Friday January 15th by 11:59pm (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
• Selected Participants Notified: Friday January 22nd by 5pm (DEADLINE EXTENDED)

Showcase Application

For More Information Dowload the 2021 ESSA Conference Digital Student Showcase Flyer

Join the Arizona Department of Education’s Title IV-A Team as they celebrate creative educational programming taking place in Arizona schools.
These 15-30 minute podcasts will discuss education trends across the nation and spotlight subject areas supported by the Title IV-A grant.

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Season 1 Episodes

Season 2 Episodes

1. Food Guidance - Title I, II & IV-A
2. Chart of Accounts Videos – Micro-trainings
3. USFRCS - Charter Schools
4. USFR Download
5. USED Non-Regulatory Guidance: Fiscal Changes and Equitable Services Requirements under the ESSA
6. Safe Supportive Learning :: USED Questions & Answers
7. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965
8. ESSA, Title IV, Part A Statute
9. Overview of Allowable Activities, per USED - 1 page
10. Non-Regulatory Guidance, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
11. Supplement Not Supplant USED Guidance June 2019
12. A.R.S. Title 15 Education Look-up
13. FY27 Title IV-A Budget Addendum

1. FY27 LEA Title IV-A Workbook Template
2. FY27 Title IV-A Budget Addendum
3. Title IV-A Carryover Memo
4. School Security Request Memo
5. ISTE Fact Sheet: ESSA Title IV Part A
6. National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments website
7. Title IV-A Examples of Allowable Activities
8. Scope of Work Resource – Narrative Question 4
9. Title IV-A Supplement Not Supplant Resource 9-15-20
10. Budget Narrative Resources for Title I-A, I-D, II-A, IV-A, RLIS/V
11. LIAP and SIAP Principles
12. Education Commission of the States Special Report: ESSA's Well-Rounded Education

Title IV-A 20/20 Portion Rule Graphic

Physical Education Standards and Certification

Arizona K-12 Physical Education Standards- Standards are critical to developing physically-educated individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. The purpose of the Standards document is to provide a framework for quality physical education.

PreK-12 Physical Education Teaching Certificate- Effective July 1, 2015, PreK-12 Physical Education teachers will have the option to apply for a single PreK-12 Physical Education certificate. Under current Board rules, Physical Education teachers are required to apply for either an Elementary and/or a Secondary certificate and a Physical Education Endorsement in order to teach PreK-12 Physical Education. The establishment of the PreK-12 Physical Education certificate will help to streamline the certification process and reduce costs by removing the requirement to add an endorsement in order to teach PreK-12 Physical Education.

Physical Education Resources

SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators) is the largest organization of professionals involved in school-based health, physical education, and physical activity, who are dedicated to teaching and promoting active, healthy lifestyles.

SHAPE America ESSA Guidance The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes a flexible block grant program under Title IV, Part A, "Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants." This block grant program authorizes activities in three broad areas including providing students with a well-rounded education, supporting safe and healthy students, and supporting the effective use of technology.

Arizona Health and Physical Education Arizona Health and Physical Education is an educational organization that achieves its mission by supporting, encouraging and providing assistance to members statewide as they initiate, develop, conduct, and promote programs of health, physical education, recreation, dance, and other movement-related programs.

CDC's Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)- will help school districts conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of written physical education curricula, based on national physical education standards. The PECAT is customizable to include local standards. The results from the analysis can help school districts enhance existing curricula, develop their own curricula, or select a published curriculum, for the delivery of quality physical education in schools. 

Active Schools is a comprehensive program that empowers school champions—physical education teachers, classroom teachers, principals, administrators, and parents to create active environments that enable all students to get moving and reach their full potential.

OPEN Physical Education Curriculum- OPEN is an online physical education curriculum project. OPEN is based on SHAPE America's National Physical Education Standards and is aligned to Arizona's State Physical Education Standards.

Digital Catch- Digital CATCH is the newest version of the CATCH platform. Digital CATCH allows teachers to access the CATCH curriculum over the web in an extremely user-friendly format. Sign up for a free account to experience Digital CATCH for yourself and to access a sample of CATCH lessons.

Spark is a research-based organization that disseminates evidence-based Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, and Coordinated School Health programs to teachers and recreation leaders serving Pre-K through 12th-grade students. Check out the website for more information on the program, training, free resources, and even help with grants.

PE Central is a website with resources for physical educators whose goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children.

Sunbeatables Sun Safety Curriculum- The Sunbeatables™ Program is an evidence-based program that aims to educate teachers, parents, and children about sun protection. The preschool curriculum consists of five units. Each unit includes four activities. Activities include a puppet show, sun safety songs, science experiments, and more! Children meet superhero characters, Ray and the Sunbeatables, who have sun safe superpowers to protect against the harmful effects of UV rays.

Sun Smart U is a free program from the Skin Cancer Foundation that provides free lesson plans for middle and high school-aged students. Sun Smart U teaches about the most common cancer, melanoma. This lesson is aligned to the revised 2015 Arizona Physical Education standards.

Arizona Department of Health Services Extreme Weather and Public Health The Heat Illness Prevention School Project is a new project created by the Arizona Department of Health Services. The goal of the project is to educate students, school staff, athletic coaches, and parents regarding heat illness in order to prevent heat illness incidences and lower the number of heat caused/related deaths among students.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent School Health (DASH) promotes the health and well-being of children and adolescents to enable them to become healthy and productive adults.

For more information regarding Physical Education please contact:

Angela Budovsky-Robinson
Health and Physical Education Specialist
602-542-1454
[email protected]

Keri Schoeff
Title IV-A Safe, Healthy & Active Students Specialist
Educator and School Excellence
602-771-5718
[email protected]