Physical Education Standards and Resources
Grade 11 / 12 (Elective)
Elective physical education courses provide students with the opportunity to participate in physical activities for specific purposes. Students in elective physical education demonstrate the knowledge and understanding necessary to analyze movement performance in an activity of choice using scientific principles, and implement effective practice procedures for skillful performance in specialized movement forms. Students apply advanced movement-specific information so that they develop the ability to learn, self-assess, and improve movement skills independently. Options for offering specialized-movement courses can be configured by quarter, by semester, or on a full-year basis. Students should be offered the opportunity to self-select an activity throughout the course. Students will select areas of concentration to study. Examples of activity choices:
| Aerobics | Lifelong Activities | Team Sports |
| Aquatics (Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing) | Outdoor Pursuits | Weight Management |
| Cycling | Pilates | Weight Training/Conditioning |
| Dance | Self-Defense | |
| Individual Sports | Skating |
Physical Education Resources for All of Grade Eleven/Twelve
- Grade 11 and 12 (Elective) Physical Education Standards of Learning
- Academic Language Card Set Grade Eleven/Twelve (Elective)
- Essential Strand Glossary Grade Eleven/Twelve (Elective)
- Virginia Physical Education SOLs - EIP Goal Bank
- Creative Mode Fitness - Sample Instructional Module
- Tools for Learning Tai Chi (Grades 9-12)
- Tools for Learning Badminton (Grades 9-12)
- Tools for Learning Roundnet (Grades 9-12)
- Tools for Learning Plug and Play Fitness (Grades 9-12)
Motor Skill Development
- Unit 1 - Grade 11 / 12 - Frisbee Games pdf
Anatomic Basis of Movement
Fitness Planning
- Unit 1 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 2 pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 3 pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 4 pdf
- Unit 1 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 2 pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 3 pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 4 pdf
Social Development
Energy Balance
Additional Assessment
- Virginia SOL Grade Eleven/Twelve Holistic Performance Rubric
- Grade Eleven/Twelve Language Exit Slip
- Virginia SOL Grade Eleven/Twelve Academic Language Quiz
- Virginia SOL Grade Eleven/Twelve Academic Language Quiz Template (Word document)
- Virginia SOL Grade Eleven/Twelve Tiered Questioning Set
- Virginia SOL Grade Eleven/Twelve Student Energy Balance Portfolio
Personal Fitness I / II (Elective)
Personal Fitness is an elective physical education course that focuses on fitness, strength training, physical conditioning, and lifetime health concepts, activities and knowledge to promote health and wellness. This course is structured to develop individualized knowledge of weight training and physical conditioning for the beginning student and the advanced student. The course requires mastery of training principles and thorough understanding of fitness center safety rules prior to participation in weight room laboratory experiences. The course content is presented so that teachers may select strategies and instructional techniques designed to improve muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory endurance. Students will gain the necessary information and skills to plan and implement a personal fitness and conditioning program that includes skill- and health-related fitness components to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness for a lifetime. Various training models will be presented that allow flexibility of instruction among diverse student needs. Students will continue to implement and modify personal fitness and conditioning programs.
Physical Education Resources for All of Personal Fitness I/II (Elective)
- Personal Fitness I/II (Elective) Standards of Learning
- Academic Language Card Set Personal Fitness I/II (elective)
- Essential Strand Glossary Personal Fitness I/II (elective)
- Creative Mode Fitness - Sample Instructional Module
Motor Skill Development
Anatomic Basis of Movement
Fitness Planning
- Unit 1 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 2 pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 3 pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 11 - Fitness Planning Assessment 4 pdf
- Unit 1 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 2 pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 3 pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 12 - Fitness Planning Assessment 4 pdf
Social Development
Energy Balance
Additional Assessment
Fitness Instructor (Elective)
The purpose of the Fitness Instructor elective course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to become certified in personal training, strength and physical conditioning, group fitness, or in other health fitness specialty areas. Students will learn to develop individualized programs with goals that are based on a variety of factors that affect one’s overall health, to include genetic and chronic health conditions, sports injuries, age and gender, level of fitness, and lifestyle factors. Students will gain knowledge and skills to help improve posture, movement, flexibility, balance, core function, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular endurance and strength. Students will learn a variety of business skills, to include effective communication, leadership skills, marketing strategies, consumer advocacy, résumé writing, and interviewing skills. Students will also earn a certification in CPR and AED.
Physical Education Resources for All of Fitness Instructor I/II
- Fitness Instructor (Elective) Standards of Learning
- Academic Language Card Set Fitness Instructor (Elective)
- Academic Language Card Set Fitness Instructor Professional Responsibilities