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PE teachers present shift to physical literacy and proficiency-based grading to Missisquoi Valley board
Summary
District PE teachers told the board the new K–12 standards emphasize physical literacy, proficiency-based assessment and lifetime activity rather than traditional sport performance; presenters said Vermont has adopted grade-span performance indicators that the district is aligning to.
Tessa Masset, a seventh–through–12th-grade teacher, and Cameron Nielsson, a K–6 teacher, told the Missisquoi Valley School District board that the district is implementing newly adopted physical education standards focused on ‘‘physical literacy’’ and proficiency-based assessment.
The presentation, which the teachers framed as part of the district strategic plan on student well-being, said the new approach shifts PE from participation and standardized fitness tests to demonstrated skills, social-emotional learning and personal goal-setting. "PE is for all, not for some," Masset said, summarizing the presenters’ central message.
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