OAHPERD Return to School Resources

OAHPERD convened a task force in the Spring 2020 to develop resources and materials to support our members. Below are a set of resources from OAHPERD and our national organizations that would be helpful as you prepare for the upcoming school year.

OAHPERD's Coronavirus (COVID-19) position statement

Health and Physical Education Guidance

SHAPE America
School Reentry Considerations for K-12 Physical Education, Health Education & Physical Activity.
Society of Health and Physical Educators provides an overview of K-12 Physical Education, Health Education, and Physical Activity guidance.

OAHPERD Quality Health and Physical Education Guidance 
An overview to the health and physical education requirements outlined in Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Operating Standards. 

OAHPERD Physical Education Planning Materials

The purpose the toolkit is to help you plan for the school year by asking key questions to generate a plan that helps you be flexible and prepared for any possible changes that might happen throughout the school year. Please utilize state and local public health information to inform your decisions.

Begin your planning process by downloading the OAHPERD Planning Instructions.

Download the instructions to complete the OAHPERD Physical Education Matrix and the Physical Education Evaluation Planning Chart. 

OAHPERD Physical Education Matrix 
A planning tool to consider the instructional, curricular, and learning environment considerations to plan for the 2020-21 school year. The tool targets aligning local curriculum with the Ohio Physical Education Evaluation.

OAHPERD Physical Education Evaluation Planning Chart
A planning tool to consider how to implement the ODE Physical Education Evaluation during the 2020-21 school year.

OAHPERD Health Education Planning Materials

The purpose the toolkit is to help you plan for the school year by asking key questions to generate a plan that helps you be flexible and prepared for any possible changes that might happen throughout the school year. Please utilize state and local public health information to inform your decisions.

Begin your planning process by downloading the OAHPERD Health Education Planning Instructions 

OAHPERD Ohio Health Education Matrix 
A planning tool to consider the instructional, curricular, and learning environment considerations to plan for the 2020-21 school year. 

OAHPERD Health Education Model Curriculum
Click Here! to access the OAHPERD Health Education Model Curriculum. The model curriculum is a tool to help local districts develop a skills-based K-12 health education curriculum. 

School Resources

Ohio
Ohio Reset and Start Education: Planning Guide for Ohio Schools and Districts 

Centers for Disease Control 
CDC - Considerations for Schools & Childcare Programs

CDC - Youth Sport Considerations

ASCD
Coronavirus Crisis & Schools
Provides resources and archived webinars are the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach.

OAHPERD Covid-19 Task Force Members

Traci Grissom, OAHPERD President – Dublin City Schools
Kevin Lorson, Advocacy Chair – Wright State University
Adrian Turner, Higher Education – Bowling Green State University
Pam Bechtel, Higher Education – Bowling Green State University
Sasha Taylor, Physical Education- Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District
Kent Hamilton, Physical Education – Plain Local Schools
Julie Kenny, Physical Education – Chardon Local Schools
Maria Schneider, Health Education – Brecksville-Broadview Heights Schools
Sativa Banks, Advocacy Chair, Ohio Society for Public Health Education.