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Back to School Resources for Health & PE

We know that health and physical education leads to student success. Active kids have more focus and concentration in school. They also behave better in class and get higher test scores.

Health and PE is also a critical component of a well-rounded education. It’s where students learn:

Fundamental motor skills needed to participate in physical activity, which is vital at all stages of life;
Critical personal and social skills needed to help manage daily tasks and challenges; and
Important character values such as resilience, fairness and respect.

SHAPE America’s new National Physical Education Standards and National Health Education Standards provide a comprehensive framework for educators to deliver high-quality instruction.

Use the new standards-based resources below to help make a positive difference in the health and well-being of your students!

Student-Friendly Standards Posters for Health and PE

These popular classroom tools for health and physical educators have been updated and redesigned to help students understand and use the new National Physical Education Standards and National Health Education Standards.

Each poster pack you select will include:

Student-friendly standards poster in English (available as 8.5x11 and 16x20)
Student-friendly standards poster in Spanish (available as 8.5x11 and 16x20)
Introductory guide to using the student-friendly standards poster, with suggested strategies for integrating standards-related language into daily lessons.

Poster packs are FREE for SHAPE America members and $4.99 for non-members.
Select the packs that best suit your needs!

Physical Education

Elementary PE Poster Pack (grades preK-5)
Secondary PE Poster Pack (grades 6-12)

Health Education

Elementary HE Poster Pack (grades preK-5)
Secondary HE Poster Pack (grades 6-12)

Bulletin board printables are now available for the new National PE Standards and National HE Standards.

Print, cut and laminate these printables and use them around your gym or classroom to enhance your instructional space — and reinforce what students are learning!

Each PE printables pack includes:

4 large printables of the National PE Standards (one per 14x8.5 sheet)
Large printables of the learning indicators for the selected grade span (two indicators per 14x8.5 sheet)

Each HE printables pack includes:

8 large printables of the National HE Standards (one per 14x8.5 sheet)
Large printables of the performance indicators for the selected grade span (two indicators per 14x8.5 sheet)

Printables packs are FREE for SHAPE America members and $9.99 for non-members.
Select the packs that best suit your needs!

Physical Education

Elementary PE Printables (grades preK-2 and 3-5)
Middle School PE Printables (grades 6-8)
High School PE Printables (grades 9-12)

Health Education

Elementary HE Printables (grades preK-2 and 3-5)
Middle School HE Printables (grades 6-8)
High School HE Printables (grades 9-12)

These crosswalks will help you see where your current program is in alignment with the new National PE Standards, while also identifying potential gaps. You can then use the appropriate crosswalk document to update your curriculum with the new national standards.

The crosswalks are available for elementary (preK-5), middle school (6-8) and high school (9-12).

Download Elementary PE Crosswalk

Middle School Physical Education Crosswalk

Download Middle School PE Crosswalk

High School Physical Education Crosswalk

Download High School PE Crosswalk

Use this comparison document as a reference to quickly identify some of the differences between the new SHAPE America National Health Education Standards (released in 2024) and the 2007 National Health Education Standards.

It includes the standards statements, along with their associated rationale statements and grade-span performance indicators (preK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

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Use these digital guides to prepare for instruction using the new SHAPE America National PE Standards and National HE Standards!

The PE pocket planner includes:

Suggested instructional opportunities — including skills and instructional concepts — broken down by standard and grade-span learning indicator;
Access to a blank pocket planner template, which can be customized to meet your own instructional needs.

The HE pocket planner includes:

Suggested skill cues for each standard, indicated for each grade span (preK-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12);
Access to a blank pocket planner template, which can be customized to meet your own instructional needs.

Both pocket planners are FREE for SHAPE America members and $4.99 for non-members.

Download PE Pocket Planner

Download HE Pocket Planner

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To support high quality physical education and grow opportunities for students to be active before, during and after school, GENYOUth, with the support of the NFL Foundation, developed NFL FLAG In-School, a turnkey approach to help America’s PE teachers build a foundation of healthy, lifelong physical activity for their students.

The 2024 edition of the NFL FLAG In-school Curriculum for K-12 is aligned to the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards, including the new grade-span learning indicators. The curriculum is available for elementary school, middle school and high school.