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Advocacy Resources for Physical Education

Unfortunately quality physical education is not happening everywhere. While some of this is due to ineffective teaching practices, we believe the large bulk of responsibility lies with inappropriate education policies (ie. contact hours, class sizes, etc.) and lack of support (ie. professional development opportunities, facilities, etc.). Use the resources on this page, and our other advocacy pages, to help advocate for quality physical education.
Stone Soup Fable (from our No Excuses Documentary)
SPARK Advocacy Webinar
Advocacy Guidelines
  • Be proactive rather than reactive. If you wait until your program needs advocacy, it may be too late.
  • Start with easy advocacy strategies such using a school bulletin board and building a support team.
  • Have a prepared "elevator speech"; you never know when when an opportunity will present itself.
  • Share what you do with parents (example 1 and example 2) and participate in Take Your Parent to PE Week.
  • Communicate to stakeholders via school functions, class website, newsletters, presentations, videos, social media, etc.
  • ​Collaborate with class teachers and involve their content in your classes (examples).
  • Get local support via petitions and ​invite the community to your classes.​
  • Write blog posts and post advocacy comments on online articles related to physical education.
  • Respond to state and national legislation initiatives.
  • Provide testimony at local, state, and national forums (ie. SPEAK Out! Day).
  • Involve people who fight for social justice (articles on PE and social justice).
  • Pledge your commitment to quality physical education (REAL Pledges).
advocacy Resources for Physical Education

Advocacy Advice
  • 5 Ways to Change How Other Teachers View Physical Education​
  • Advocacy ABCs
  • Steps for Creating a Live or Virtual Advocacy Day
  • Using Evidence to Advocate for High Quality Physical Education

Advocacy Resources and Toolkits
  • ​#QualityPE Social Media Toolkit
  • ​​Active Living Research - Tools and Resources​
  • ​CAHPERD - Physical Education Advocacy Toolkit​
  • CDC - Strengthen Physical Education in Schools
  • GOPHER - Find Your PE Leader and "Demand a Seat at the Table"
  • ​​MOAHPERD - I'm Ready to Speak Up...​
  • ​​SHAPE America - Advocacy Homepage​
  • SHAPE America - Administrator Series​
  • ​​​​​SPARK - Advocacy for Physical Education and Physical Activity
  • ​​SPARK - Submit an Advocacy Alert and/or Speak with an Advocacy Expert
  • SportAUS - Physical Literacy Toolkit for Schools
  • ​​supportREALteachers - Directory of State and National Physical Education Organizations
  • Title IV-A Coalition Resources
  • UNESCO - How to Influence the Development of Quality Physical Education Policy: a Policy Advocacy Toolkit for Youth​​

Advocacy Letters (COVID)
  • ​CAHPERD - Advocacy During COVID​
  • Dan Dejager - A (Word doc) Template for your Administrators​​
  • Miss Teale - The Power of PE
  • SHAPE America - A Template Letter for your Administrators
RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH PARENTS
Articles
  • ​​5 Steps for Parents to Advocate for Better Physical Education
  • Dear Parents​​: A Passionate Plea for Support of Physical Education
  • Gym Class Is Dead—But Long Live Physical Education
  • ​Helping Your Child DEVELOP Physical Literacy​​​​

Websites
  • ​Active for Life - Resources for Parents
  • ​​CDC - ​Parents for Healthy Schools
  • ​​Health.gov - MoveYourWay​​​
  • ​​​Outside Play Tool
  • ​​Safe Routes to School​
  • ​​StartSchoolLater.net​
  • SHAPE America - Help Your Child Succeed

Campaigns to Increase Opportunities for Physical Activity
  • Active Schools - Active Schools Champion
  • PHIT America - Petition for Healthy Kids​​​
  • supportREALteachers - REAL Pledges
  • Voice for Healthy Kids Campaigns
LAWSUITS REGARDING MANDATED PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Be Careful What You Ask For​
  • Impact of Physical Education Litigation on Fifth Graders’ Cardio–Respiratory Fitness, California, 2007–2018​
  • The 2013 California Physical Education Lawsuit’s Impact on Physical Education in Elementary Schools: Summary of Research Study Results
  • The Impact of State Laws & District Policies on Physical Education & Recess Practices in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Public Elem. Schools
Advocacy Infographics from supportrealteachers.org
Exercise and Learning
Advocacy Brochure
Advocacy Figure 1
Advocacy Figure 2
Exercise and Learning
Physical Education Advocacy Infographic
Physical Education Advocacy Infographic

Quality Physical Education
How QPE Can Positively Impact Current Political Issues
Substitutions for Physical Education
Standards Based Physical Education
Physical Education Word Cloud
Physical Education Standards Infographic

Standard 1
Standard 2
Standard 3
Standard 4
Standard 5
Physical Education Standard 1
Physical Education Standard 2
advocacy infographics FROM Other WEBSITES
National Standards for K-12 Physical Education
8 Minion Reasons Why PE is Important
Promote Quality Physical Education Policy
Physical Activity for 5 – 18 Years
Why Schools Need a Powerful PE Policy

The Effect of Budget Cuts on P.E.
Healthy, Active Living Lives Here
I Believe in Quality Phys.Ed
Unfit to Serve
Healthy Living Starts Here
Unfit to Serve

What is Physical Literacy?
What is Physical Literacy?
Physical Literacy
Physical Education vs Physical Activity

High School Students Find Value in Health and Physical Education​
Why is it Important to be Active Everyday
P.A. Builds a Healthy & Strong America
The Many Rewards of Physical Activity

Your Brain on Exercise
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Benefits of a Quality Physical Program
Science Agrees: Kids Need Recess
Strengthen Physical Education In Schools
Your Brain on Exercise

Benefits of School-Based Physical Activity​
Physical Education Along with Physical Activity
Welcome Letter
High School Students Find Value in HPE
ADDITIONAL INFOGRAPHIC Collections
  • Active for Life
  • Active Living Research
  • America After 3PM
  • ​​CDC - Healthy Schools
  • ​CDC - Physical Activity​​​
  • ​Health.gov - Leading Health Indicators
  • National Health Education Standards​
  • ​​SHAPE America Pinterest
  • SHAPE America Download Library
RESOURCES FOR NEWSLETTERS, ADVOCACY VIDEOS, AND WEBSITES
It is important for physical education teachers to inform parents and administrators about the great things they are doing in their classes. Share what you do in your class, why it is important, and how they can support your efforts at home. These advocacy efforts can help garner support for your program from parents and administration if budget cuts become a threat.
  • Do I Need a Digital Teaching Portfolio
  • How to Use iMovie Trailers in Physical Education
  • Sparking Up Your School Website
  • Why No One Reads Your Classroom Newsletter
​Example Video Using MySimpleShow

  • ​Example Newsletter - Prairieland Elementary
  • Example Website - ​Rene Gordon Health and Physical Education
  • Resource - Google Sites Template for PE
  • ​Resource - Online Technology Resources​
  • Resource - Technology Guides for Physical Education
RESOURCES FOR PRESENTING TO A SCHOOL BOARD
  • Tailor presentations to the stakeholders you are addressing and collaborate with other education professionals.
  • Show evidence of student learning through personal case studies, assessments, and student testimonials.
  • Share local, state, and national guidelines and recommendations;  organizational position statements on physical education; and research studies that support physical education (see our page The Importance of Physical Education and What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like for these resources).
  • Be prepared for possible arguments that may be made for not following physical education guidelines and recommendations (ie. course substitutions/waivers).

  • Example Presentation - ​​Dexter Physical Education
  • Example Presentation - ​​How I Refused to Take "Cut" for any Answer
  • ​Example Presentation - Physical Education as a Valued and Essential Subject in the High School Curriculum: Should We Wavier?
  • Presentation Template
advocacy clips taken from our Documentary "no excuses!"
Physical Education Does Not Take Away from Academics
Healthy Children are Better Learners
 
Transformation in South Carolina Schools
Schools in California Sued for Not Meeting State Requirements
 
Promoting Physical Activity Through Collaboration
Getting Buy-In From All
 

​​Promoting Quality Physical Education through Advocacy and Free Access to Information and Resources
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