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Final Recommendations (July 2020)

At the June/July 2020 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting, the board asked the physical education content advisors to address guidance provided by the SBOE and finalize recommendations for revisions to the physical education TEKS. The document below reflects final recommendations for revisions to the physical education TEKS. Click on the item below to download a PDF.

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Work Group E

Work Group E met in March 2020 and completed draft recommendations in a series of webinars that concluded in April 2020. The work group’s charge was to review recommendations from Work Groups A, B, C, and D for vertical alignment and any redundancies or gaps in content. The work group made additional recommendations to finalize the draft.

Work Group E recommendations are provided below. Click on the item below to download a PDF.

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Work Group D

Work Group D met in February 2020. The charge for the meeting was to draft recommendations for three strands: lifetime wellness, performance strategies, and social and emotional health. Work Group D also reviewed and provided additional recommendations for the Work Group C strands, health and physical activities and movement patterns/movement skills as well as the proposed new high school courses. All Work Group D recommendations are provided below. Click on the items below to download a PDF.

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Work Group C

Work Group C met in December 2019. The charge for the meeting was to draft recommendations for two strands: health and physical activities and movement patterns/movement skills.

Work Group C recommendations are provided below. Click on the items below to download a PDF.

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Work Group B

Work Group B met in October 2019. The charge for the meeting was to identify the grade levels and/or courses at which the topics recommended by Work Group A should be taught.

Work Group A

The State Board of Education-appointed content advisors for physical education outlined a new framework for the physical education TEKS in their . Work Group A met in September 2019. The work group was charged with adding topics for the strands and substrands to the framework recommended by the content advisors. The work group also identified where student expectations from the current TEKS for physical education would fit in the proposed framework. 

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Physical Education TEKS Review Work Groups

The SBOE's review and revision process called for multiple, separate work groups. Nominations to serve on the TEKS review work groups were made throughout the review process. The following list includes individuals appointed by the SBOE to serve on the Physical Education TEKS Review work groups.

SBOE Physical Education TEKS Review Work Groups

Work Groups

Applications were submitted to SBOE members for review throughout the revision process. Based on that review, SBOE members made nominations for work groups. 7mÊÓƵ notified applicants of their nominations at each stage in the review and revision process. 

• Work group members were expected to complete an online orientation session prior to their work group meeting. Work group members were asked to complete an initial review prior to their meeting.
• Work groups convened in Austin for a minimum of one face-to-face meeting. Meeting times and dates for the different work groups were shared with the SBOE's members for each work group meeting. Additional meetings conducted by webinar were scheduled as necessary.
• Work group members were asked to provide invited testimony at SBOE meetings.
• Work group members were reimbursed in accordance with state travel guidelines for travel, meals, and lodging for meetings held in Austin.
• Questions related to the application for the health education and physical education TEKS review and revision process may be directed to teks@tea.texas.gov.

Physical Education TEKS Review Content Advisor Biographies

The following list includes individuals appointed by the SBOE to serve as content advisors for the 2019 review and revision of the physical education TEKS.
 

David C. Cantu     High School Athletic Director, Brownsville

Mr. Cantu is the head football coach and athletic coordinator at Veterans Memorial Early College High School in the Brownsville Independent School District, where he oversees the Veterans cluster’s athletic program. This program has been recognized as the Sub-6A Athletic Program of the Year for the Rio Grande Valley for the past three years and as a top program by both the Houston Chronicle and UIL Lone Star Cup. He has 23 years of teaching and coaching experience in science and physical education and has his master’s degree in Educational Administration. Mr. Cantu currently serves as the Region 7 Football Advisor for the Texas High School Coaches Association and is the 32-5A Director for the Rio Grande Valley Coaches Association.

Focus areas: Athletics

Rose Haggerty    Executive Director, Austin

Ms. Haggerty is currently the executive director of the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, a not-for-profit professional association of individuals in the allied fields of health education, physical education, recreation, and dance. She worked for more than 39 years in public education, teaching at the elementary, secondary and college levels. While serving as a manager in the Houston Independent School District, she oversaw prekindergarten through high school health and physical education programs.

Focus areas:  Physical education, health lifestyles

 

Mary Morris     Educator, Grapevine

Dr. Morris was the coordinator of physical education K–12 in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. In 2010, she was the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Administrator of the Year. She facilitated the development of the Texas PE Framework for K–12. Previously, she was a physical education teacher and coach for 11 years. While Dr. Morris taught physical education at Brandenburg Middle School in Garland, 7mÊÓƵ selected the physical education program as a "Demonstration Center," which was one of only two middle schools receiving the distinguished honor. Her scholarly interests include how movement affects brain development, specifically how memory and academic learning are developed, age-appropriate motor-development skills and activities, motor-skill evaluation, and utilizing technology effectively in physical education classes and curriculum.

Focus areas:  Physical Education K–12, curriculum, child development, and neuroscience

 

Cinnamon Sheffield     Assistant Athletic Director, Dallas

Dr. Sheffield is the assistant athletic director for the Dallas Independent School District, where she oversees the district’s athletic compliance program and has oversight over various sports programs. She previously worked at the University of North Texas as the senior associate athletic director, assistant athletic director for compliance, the deputy Title IX Coordinator, and as a professor. She has also served as an assistant track coach at Texas Christian University.

Focus areas: Equity and compliance in athletics, public school athletic programs

Kelley Sullivan    District Wellness Coordinator, Houston

Ms. Sullivan taught physical education for 18 years and has been the district wellness coordinator for eight years. For many of the 18 years she taught PE, she was the lead Physical Education teacher for K–12 PE for the Alief Independent School District. Ms. Sullivan provides yearly professional development for K–12 health and physical education teachers. She spent many years in the district actively promoting and developing health and wellness plans for all students and staff. Alief ISD was in the top 10 in 2013–2014 and 2018–2019 for Healthiest Employers.

Focus areas: All grade levels of physical education

Pam Tevis     Education Coordinator, League City

Ms. Tevis served as the coordinator for health, physical education, and wellness in the Pasadena Independent School District from 2010–2017. Prior to that assignment, she served as the assistant director for health, physical education, and athletics and as a PE campus coordinator from 1985–2010, all in Pasadena ISD. She began her career as an English teacher and tennis coach at Wheatley High School in Houston ISD. She was recognized as the 2017 Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD) Administrator of the Year and in 2010 received the Living Legacy Award for Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH).

Focus areas: healthy living lifestyles, K–12 health, action-based learning, and PE programs

Helen Wagner     Coordinator Physical Education/Wellness, Humble

Ms. Wagner is currently the physical education/wellness coordinator for the Humble Independent School District. She has been in public education in Texas for over 35 years as a classroom teacher, health and physical educator, and district administrator. She has been a member of the Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for 20 plus years and has served as chair of the K–12 Administrators Section and committee member on adaptive physical education. Ms. Wagner oversees the District School Health Advisory Council and is committed to promoting quality Coordinated School Health programs for students in K–12.

Focus areas: Physical Education, Health, Wellness

Consensus Recommendations in May 2020

The physical education content advisors convened in May 2020 to discuss their feedback for the draft recommendations and develop consensus recommendations.

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Content Advisor Reviews for Draft Recommendations

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Consensus Recommendations in August 2019

The physical education content advisors convened in August 2019 to discuss their initial feedback and develop consensus recommendations to guide the TEKS review.

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Initial Content Advisor Reviews

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