Justification for Health & Physical Education Advocacy Justification for Health & Physical Education _________________________________________________ ESSA | Chapter 339
ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act – 2015 No Child Left Behind - 2002 ESEA – April, 1965 _________________________________________ Includes the subjects of Health and Physical Education in the definition of a student’s “well-rounded education”
ESSA ESSA addresses the concept of the “whole child” - mind and body (academic and physical) _________________________________________ What other subjects deal with the “physical” other than Health and Physical Education?
Chapter 339 of the PA School Code K-12 Career Planning Education ________________________________________ Technical skills a.k.a. hard skills Soft skills: problem solve, communicate, empathy, resilience ……… healthy lifestyle Where else will students learn the importance of and how to live a healthy lifestyle?