Dr. LeRoy Seitz, Superintendent

292 Parsippany Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (973) 263-7200

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Health Education Curriculum

A health literacy program promotes:

  • Acceptance of personal responsibility and lifelong health
  • Respect for and promotion of the health of others
  • An understanding of the process of growth and development

Health Curriculum for Grades 1-5 and 9, 11 and 12

Health Curriculum Grade 1
Health Curriculum Grade 2
Health Curriculum Grade 3
Health Curriculum Grade 4
Health Curriculum Grade 5
Health Curriculum Grade 6
Health Curriculum Grade 7
Health Curriculum Grade 8
Health Curriculum Grade 9, 11 and 12

Physical Education

The physical education classes focus on preparing the students to lead an active and productive lifestyle. Physical education is essential and integral part of the total education program. Quality physical education programs promote the physical growth and development of all students contributing to their general health and well being.

Physical Education Curriculum Grades K-5
Physical Education Curriculum Grades 9-12

Physical education programs can:

  • Improve physical fitness
  • Develop motor skills that allow for safe, successful and satisfying participation in physical activities.
  • Provide an opportunity for children to set and strive for personal, achievable goals.
  • Develop the whole child by promoting good character by providing students with opportunities to assume leadership, cooperate with others, and accept responsibility for their own behavior.
  • Help children become more confident, assertive, independent, and self-controlled.
  • Reinforce knowledge learned in other subject areas such as science, math and social studies.

Standards and Strands

There are six comprehensive health and physical education standards, each of which has a number of lettered strands. The strands are an organizational tool allowing teachers to locate specific content and skills. Related cumulative progress indicators (CPIs) are clustered together at each grade level so that a teacher can easily identify what should be taught about a specific subset of health and physical education, such as movement skills, nutrition, or safety. The knowledge and skills outlined in the revised standards are cumulative; that is, the progress indicators begin at a foundational or basic level and increase in complexity as the student matures, requiring more complex interaction with the content. Since the indicators are cumulative, students at succeeding grade levels are responsible for the knowledge and skills taught in previous grade level clusters as well as that of their current grade. Smaller grade level bands, increased specificity, and content strands allow teachers to focus on developmentally appropriate content and skills.

The New Jersey Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards are essentially five “content” standards and one “integrated skills” standard. Standard 2.2: Integrated Skills focuses on decision-making, goal setting, and effective communication in situations that impact health and safety. The standard has been expanded to include character and leadership development, health careers and services, and health advocacy. All teachers should integrate the skills outlined in Standard 2.2 into every other health and physical education standard. In addition, every health and physical education standard supports interdisciplinary instruction in one or more of the remaining eight content areas.

The standards and strands for all students are delineated below:

2.1 Wellness

  1. Personal Health
  2. Growth and Development
  3. Nutrition
  4. Diseases and Health Conditions
  5. Safety
  6. Social and Emotional Health

2.2 Integrated Skills

  1. Communication
  2. Decision Making
  3. Planning and Goal Setting
  4. Character Development
  5. Leadership, Advocacy, and Service
  6. Health Services and Careers

2.3 Drugs and Medicines

  1. Medicines
  2. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
  3. Dependency/Addiction and Treatment

2.4 Human Relationships and Sexuality

  1. Relationships
  2. Sexuality
  3. Pregnancy and Parenting

2.5 Motor Skill Development

  1. Movement Skills
  2. Movement Concepts
  3. Strategy
  4. Rules, Safety, and Sportsmanship
  5. Sport Psychology

2.6 Fitness

  1. Fitness and Physical Activity
  2. Training
  3. Achieving and Assessing Fitness

For more information visit the State of NJ, Department of Education

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