GRADING
Grades in Physical Education will be based on a point total determined by participation and rubric evaluation HEAVY emphasis is placed on participation. The categories are:
1. Protocol: This is basically procedure, including, but not limited to, the following...getting to the locker room before the late bell rings, changing, remembering to remove all jewelry, getting rid of gum, locking belongings in locker, getting into the gym by the time attendance whistle blows, using school appropriate language during class, making sure gym clothes are locked in basket before leaving gym, not leaving locker room before passing bell rings.
2. Effort: This is an effort assessment, not a skill assessment.
3. Progress Portfolios: This is an assessment of record keeping or other written work required of students. Portfolios are to remain in the gym and locker room area at all times.
4. Attitude: Includes general disposition and relationship with peers and instructors.
5. Judgment: Does a student think before he/she acts? This section focuses on personal and peer safety, and on proper use of equipment.
In each of these categories there will be a phrase on the rubric which best describes a student, and the point value of that statement will be what the student earns in the category for that term. The total points earned in all categories will determine the grade.
Opportunities for bonus points will occur occasionally, and will usually be performance based.
Grading Rubric
PROTOCOL
4 CONFORMS FLAWLESSLY TO ALL PROTOCOL OF P.E. CLASS
3 OCCASIONALLY VIOLATES ASPECTS OF PROTOCOL
2 FREQUENTLY VIOLATES ASPECTS OF PROTOCOL
1 CONSISTENTLY FAILS TO CONFORM TO PROTOCOL OF P.E. CLASS
EFFORT
8 PUTS FORTH EFFORT CONSISTENT WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS DURING
BOTH FITNESS AND ACTIVITY SEGMENT OF CLASS.
6 OCCASSIONALLY PUTS FORTH LESS THAN REASONABLLE EFFORT DURING BOTH
/ EITHER FITNESS AND/OR ACTIVITY SEGMENT OF CLASS.
4 FREQUENTLY PUTS FORTH LESS THAN REASONABLE EFFORT DURING
BOTH/EITHER FITNESS AND/OR ACTIVITY SEGMENT OF CLASS
2 DEMONSTRATES NO EFFORT DURING CLASS
PROGRESS PORTFOLIO
4 PROGRESS PORTFOLIO CURRENT AND ACCURATE WHENEVER CHECKED
3 PROGRESS PORTFOLIO INACCURATE IN SOME MINOR WAY WHEN CHECKED
2 PROGRESS PORTFOLIO SUBSTANTIALLY INACCURATE WHEN CHECKED
1 OBVIOUSLY NO ATTEMPT AT KEEPING PROGRESS PORTFOLIO CURRENT OR
ACCURATE
0 NO PORTFOLIO TURNED IN
ATTITUDE and JUDGEMENT
4 CONSISTENTLY EXHIBITS GOOD JUDGEMENT AND A POSITIVE AND COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE
TOWARDS INSTRUCTOR AND PEERS
3 OCCASIONALLY EXHIBITS POOR JUDGEMENT OR A LESS THAN POSITIVE AND/OR COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS INSTRUCTOR AND/OR PEERS
2 FREQUENTLY EXHIBITS POOR JUDGEMENT AND A LESS THAN POSITIVE AND/OR COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS INSTRUCTOR AND/OR PEERS
1 TYPICALLY NEGATIVE AND UNCOOPERATIVE WITH INSTRUCTOR
AND/OR PEERS OR TYPICALLY EXHIBITS POOR JUDGEMENT.
It is our belief that consistent and involved participation is essential for physical education to be effective, and this belief is reflected in our grading policy. When calculating grades, 4 points will be deducted from the term total for each class in which a student is unprepared and subsequently fails to make up during that marking term. If a student is removed from class for disciplinary reasons, 4 points will be deducted from the term total with no make up opportunity. Since the highest point total is 20, it is clear that non-participation has an enormous negative impact on a student’s grade.
20-19=A 18-17 pts=A- 16 pts=B+ 12-15 pts=B 11 pts=B- 10 pts=C+ 7-9 pts=C 6 pts=C- 4-5pts=D less than 4 pts= F
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