Welcome Seminar Participants!

We are thrilled that you are here to take part in our seminar. We recognize physical education to be a highly debated topic, and we believe that inquiring about its value is important. Your participation is not only valued but necessary in the designing of an excellent physical education program on a budget.

Let’s get started!Please find your name, enjoy some pie, and take a few minutes to fill out a brief pre-assessment survey.

Thank you!

Schedule

Time Activity

3:30-3:35 -Seminar welcome-Enjoy pie. -Fill out a brief pre-assessment survey.

3:35-3:50 Seminar Presentation

3:50-4:10 Small Group Discussion

4:10-4:25 Participants create a physical education budget using a pie chart.

4:25-4:45 Participants share and discuss pie charts.

4:45-4:50 -Concluding remarks -Complete post assessment survey. -Participants provide feedback.

Designing a physical education program to meet the needs of elementary students, while sticking to a

budget.

Physical Education Budget

A seminar brought to you by: Amanda Marshall, Monica Gallagher,

Michael Chapman, and Sarah Willingham

Seminar Goals

Throughout the course of the seminar, we would like for all the participants to form opinions about the following questions: 

What is the value of a physical education program as reflected in the budget of a school?

 What aspects of it are the most important? (i.e. specialized teachers, equipment, monitoring equipment, facilities, curriculum, etc.)

By the end of the seminar, we want the participants to make informed decisions to create a good physical education program on a budget.

Role Play:Board Meeting

Sarah: President of the school board

Monica: Secretary Seminar Participants:

Members of the board Michael & Amanda:

Representatives from other schools here to share their physical education programs.

Evaluate the proposed physical education programs.

Analyze the pros and cons of each.

Create and propose a physical education program.

Roles Goals:

School Background

Barbara Vygotsky Elementary School

Current Program Outline: Gymnasium Upkeep One part-time parent

volunteer Sports-centered curriculum

We are looking to make a better curriculum for our “Khirallah-Bears” while spending the same or less money than we currently spend due to district wide budget cuts.

School Background

Barbara Vygotsky Elementary School

Overall School Budget: $550,000

PE budget: $5,900 (about 1.08% of total budget)

Goal: beginning next school year, we are looking to revamp our current physical education program.

Things to Consider:

Specialized Teachers

Sports Equipment Monitoring

Equipment Facilities Curriculum

What are the most important aspects?

Are some more important that others?

In considering a budget, are there aspects that can be done without?

Questions to Consider:

Aspects of a Good Physical Education Program:

Providence Academy

Scenario 1

Providence Budget

Overall School Budget: $540,000

PE budget: $5,850 (about 1.08% of total budget)

Specialized Teacher Salary Equipment Monitoring Equipment (i.e

heart monitors) Facilities Curriculum

Providence Specialized Teacher Salary

$5,000 part-time certified teacher

$240 Dance Instructor

UWL college physical education students

Providence Equipment

The Basics: bats, balls, parachutes, hula hoops etc.

Box Tops and Campbell’s soup Labels

Few Donations

Monitoring Equipment

Don’t use heart rate monitors No money

Use Stopwatches

Providence Facilities

$600 on upkeep of our gym $500 for waxing

floor $100 for incidentals

(i.e light bulbs, score board maintenance etc.)

Providence Curriculum

Teacher designates curriculum Goal: Get kids to develop healthy lifestyle

habits. Make physical activity apart of their everyday lives.

No textbooks: $100 for printed handouts

The Providence PE Budget

Red: Facilities

Purple: Sports Equipment

Green: Specialized Teacher

Blue: Curriculum

Orange: Monitoring Equipment

Good Luck!

Faux-Naperville Elementary School

Scenario 2

Faux-Naperville’s Budget

Overall School Budget: $560,000PE Allocation: $6,000 (1.07% of total)

This $6,000 is divided five ways:

1. Specialized Teacher Salary

2. Equipment3. Monitoring Equipment4. Facilities5. Curriculum

Faux-Naperville’s Specialized Teacher Salary

We have a few parent volunteers, pro bonum.

Pros: Frees the budget upCons: Lesser caliber teacher; not as good at handling students.

Faux-Naperville’s Equipment

Annual allocation: $500

We spend a limited amount on sports equipment every year. It is distributed among classes and used for recess as well as physical education classes.

Pros: Students are given more options to fit their physical needs.

Cons: It sacrifices a large portion of our small budget.

Faux-Naperville’s Monitoring Equipment

Here is what makes our school unique.

25 Heart Rate Monitors - $40 each for 25 students = $1,000

Students are assessed on effort.

Since we have started using these, obesity rates at the school have plummeted.

Standardized testing scores have increased.

Pros: Academic excellence, healthy students, fair assessment in PE classes.Cons: Expensive, with potential for further expenses.

Faux-Naperville’s Facilities

Our facilities suffer due to a lack of funds.

We have no gym, but we have a football field and a baseball field.

Pros: Frees up budget for our famous curriculum.

Cons: PE classes can be hindered by inclement weather. Students often complain about the lack of a multi-purpose gymnasium.

Faux-Naperville’s Curriculum

We use a specialized curriculum based on the famous Naperville model (no association with Faux-Naperville elementary).

We allocate $4,500 a year to maintain this curriculum. This includes annual renewal of our program and equipment.

Pros: This model has gained national fame for its impressive academic and social results.

Cons: Some students do not like heart-rate monitor based PE.

The Faux-Naperville PE Budget

Red: Facilities

Purple: Sports Equipment

Green: Specialized Teacher

Blue: Curriculum

Orange: Monitoring Equipment

Despite the occasional complaint, our results speak for themselves!

Small Group Discussion Questions

Scenario 1:

3:50-4:00

Scenario 2:

4:00-4:10

Please spend approximately 10 minutes per scenario discussing the pros and cons of each.

Guiding Questions: What aspects of a good physical education

program are the most important? Are some more important that others? In considering a budget, are there aspects

that can be done without? Which scenario has the best program for its

budget? How can you incorporate aspects of both to

create the best physical education program to meet the needs of students?

Developing and Proposing Pie Charts

Please spend the next 15 minutes designing a pie chart that reflects how your group thinks the budget should be distributed. You do not need to include every aspect, but you will be expected to present your reasoning.

Your group should be prepared to present your pie chart for 5-6 minutes. After all three groups have presented, all members of the school board will vote individually on the budget allocation they think would best benefit the students of Barbara Vygotsky Elementary.