Advocacy Goals:
These have been my personal advocacy goals and the goals of the Advocacy Committee of SHAPE PA.
For more information and resources, please visit the Advocacy section of the SHAPE PA website or the Issues and Advocacy section of the SHAPE America website.
These have been my personal advocacy goals and the goals of the Advocacy Committee of SHAPE PA.
For more information and resources, please visit the Advocacy section of the SHAPE PA website or the Issues and Advocacy section of the SHAPE America website.
"Everyone in our profession is an advocate. It is not a choice. The choice is how well you choose to advocate." ~ Jeff Jacobs 
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Goal 1: Maintain the Health and Physical Education Advisor Position at the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Status: PDE has reinstated the position and Nick Slotterback became the full-time HPE Advisor on January 3, 2022. We need to make sure that PDE keeps this position. Goal 2: Approval of the proposed Pennsylvania Academic Standards and Outcomes for Health and Physical Education. Status: Hopefully, Health and Physical Education will be the next subject area chosen for review and approval by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. Meanwhile, the proposed Pennsylvania Academic Standards and Outcomes for Health and Physical Education currently called the PreK-12 Knowledge and Skill-based Outcomes are available on the PDE SAS Portal under "Shared Content." Chapter 4 allows for their use as a curriculum resource. Goal 3: Pennsylvania Department of Education's enforcement of "waivers" or "substitutes" for Physical Education nor the permitting of programs often referred to as "alternative" Physical Education. Status: Discussions have taken place with the new HPE Advisor and higher level administrators at PDE. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has continued to support our position against waivers for Physical Education for participation in interscholastic sports. |
