When registering this week, I noticed that athletics has now been added to the school schedule as a 7th period class. To get more details on how this is supposed to work, I have sent the following email to counselor Lisa Morales, with copies to Roman Renteria and Tommy Hancock.
Since athletics has been added back to the schedule as a 7th period class in the high school this year, I would appreciate knowing:
1. Will athletics count as a PE credit, and if not, is it an elective?
2. Who will be teaching this "class" and what standards/benchmarks are being applied?
3. What will students be doing when they are not in a sport?
3. Is it mandatory that student athletes enroll in athletics during the 7th period?
4. Is athletics still considered extracurricular?
5. Will student athletes be expected to practice on Mondays?
Thank you
Margo Whitt
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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One thing is certain, it decreases the amount of now very critical instruction time by 155 hours:
ReplyDelete155 school days x 1 hour for practice during school hours = 155 hours.
Now the total number of instructional hours has actually been reduced to 930 hours in the High School. This means that Cloudcroft students are in violation of the mandated 1080 instructional hours per year. I wonder how they justify the "athletics" class to the state, but then again, that would be easy, since the state isn't really looking out for our kids either.
Amanda Woeger
Margo, this may help to answer some of your questions, a quote from the STARS manual from the NM PED website found here:
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"3. Athletics – 3001~3099
This subject area encompasses courses that concern instruction in athletic activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, allows athletic classes to be segregated by sex and/or by team. Elective athletic classes must have written, delivered, assessed, and sequential curriculum, based on locally developed student expectations. A teacher of athletic classes needs 2 licenses: a K-12 or secondary license and a 501 coaching license. With prior approval of the local board, participation on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school day may count toward fulfillment of the high school physical education required unit."
And from this I take it that using valuable school time for practice is fully legal - contrary to my initial understanding.
We will just have to wait and see how this further affects our achievement in the future.
Amanda, Thanks for the input. I haven't heard back from the school yet, but I know that the first week of school is a hectic time.
ReplyDeleteI am very concerned about athletics showing back up in the curriculum, especially since the days and hours have been cut. None of these kids need 4 years of PE...and this certainly takes away other options when they are forced to take athletics during last period.
Meanwhile, I'll look into the link that you provided.
I spoke to PED about the STARS wording and having athletics count as PE. Apparently that wording is a relic from several years ago. However, there are other ways that athletics could count as PE, and would not require a certified PE teacher. My understanding is the school would have to roll the standards and benchmarks for PE into the athletics class and then submit athletics as an "alternative credit" for PE.
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