Personal Fitness
Course Description:
A fitness reward awaits—students experience personal change, both physically and mentally, from the Personal Fitness course journey. The course begins with an assessment of each student’s current physical condition. Workout logs enable students to measure individual progress. Realistic goals, set with the guidance of a training instructor, help students reach their personal fitness goals.
Students travel through the virtual town of Wellville and learn about exercise, conditioning, managing stress, diet, and nutrition. A fitness program is developed and tailored to each student’s needs. By following personalized training principles, students feel energy levels increase and gain confidence from personal success. Engagement in exercise and physical activity according to personal plans leads students toward developing healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
The best way to live a healthy life is to prevent health problems before they occur—this course helps students do just that. And the best time to start is right now.
Course Details:
| Course Title (District): |
Personal Fitness |
| Course Title (NCES SCED) : |
Physical Education—Other |
| Course Provider : |
Ann Arbor Public Schools |
| Content Provided By : |
Florida Virtual School |
| Online Instructor Provided By : |
Ann Arbor Public Schools |
| Standards Addressed : |
None |
| Academic Terms : |
Accelerated, Semester, Trimester |
| NCES SCED Code : |
| Subject Area : |
Physical, Health, and Safety Education |
| Course Identifier : |
Physical Education—Other |
| Course Level : |
High School (Secondary) |
| Available Credit : |
0.5 |
| Sequence : |
1 of 1 |
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How To Enroll:
Students and Parents: It is important to work closely with your local school counselor or
registrar to follow the school's enrollment procedures. By clicking the "Start Registration
Request" button below, you will be able to notify the school of your interest in registering for
the online course. However, it is the responsibility of the district or school to review the
registration request and approve or deny the request. Please make a note to follow up with
your school after submitting a registration request.
Start Registration Request
Additional Course Information:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 734-997-1208
Additional Cost: $0.0
Additional Cost Description: None
Outcomes of the Personal Fitness Course:
- Give students the knowledge and desire to establish personal health and fitness programs.
- Educate and motivate students to want to stay physically
active and make healthy lifestyle choices far beyond their high school
years.
- Help students realize that regular physical activity will increase their energy level and productivity.
- Provide safe, challenging, and enjoyable activities that will allow students to assess and evaluate their lifestyles.
- Help students to realize that personal fitness is just
that -personal-and that their bodies will not be compared to others in
any way.
- Help students understand the value of participating in physical activity to promote psychological well-being.
- Help students develop positive attitudes about their
physical self-images because they will be making improvements in their
programs and lifestyles.
- Give students the confidence to take control of many aspects of their lives
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses
| Academic Content Standards and Assessments |
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| The goals and objectives clearly state what the participants will know or be able to do at the end of the course. The goals and objectives are measurable in multiple ways. |
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Found in Course Information |
| The course content and assignments are aligned with the state’s content standards, Common Core curriculum, or other accepted content standards set for Advanced Placement® courses, technology, computer science, or other courses whose content is not included in the state standards. |
Fully Met
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Found in Course Information |
| The course content and assignments are of sufficient rigor, depth and breadth to teach the standards being addressed. |
Fully Met
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All State Standards are addressed. |
| Information literacy and communication skills are incorporated and taught as an integral part of the curriculum. |
Fully Met
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Essays as well as Dissussion boards are used. |
| Multiple learning resources and materials to increase student success are available to students before the course begins. |
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Found in Course Information (Welcome box) |
| Course Overview and Introduction |
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| Clear, complete course overview and syllabus are included in the course. |
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Found in Course Information |
| Course requirements are consistent with course goals, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. |
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Found in Course Information |
| Information is provided to students, parents and mentors on how to communicate with the online instructor and course provider. |
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Found under Instructor Introductrion. |
| Legal and Acceptable Use Policies |
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| The course reflects multi-cultural education, and the content is accurate, current and free of bias or advertising. |
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| Expectations for academic integrity, use of copyrighted materials, plagiarism and netiquette (Internet etiquette) regarding lesson activities, discussions, and e-mail communications are clearly stated. |
Fully Met
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Found under Course Information and Ann Arbor Public Schools Policies. |
| Privacy policies are clearly stated. |
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Found under Ann Arbor Public Schools Policies. |
| Instructor Resources |
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| Online instructor resources and notes are included. |
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Eteacher Guide |
| Assessment and assignment answers and explanations are included. |
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Link to outside resourse for keys, rubrics included in course. |
| Instructional and Audience Analysis |
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| Course design reflects a clear understanding of all students’ needs and incorporates varied ways to learn and master the curriculum. |
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Videos, essays, discussion boards, personl activity logs, etc. are used. |
| Course, Unit and Lesson Design |
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| The course is organized by units and lessons that fall into a logical sequence. Each unit and lesson includes an overview describing objectives, activities, assignments, assessments, and resources to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content. |
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Description of lesson is included, and various methods for mastering content are used including, surveys, essays, quizzes, and discussion boards. |
| Instructional Strategies and Activities |
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| The course instruction includes activities that engage students in active learning. |
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Survyes, physical activites, discussions. |
| The course and course instructor provide students with multiple learning paths, based on student needs that engage students in a variety of ways. |
Fully Met
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Physical activities, essays, surveys, discussions. |
| The course provides opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking, critical reasoning activities and thinking in increasingly complex ways. |
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Students are required to apply knowledge to a real life situation. |
| The course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate students’ needs. |
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| Readability levels, written language assignments and mathematical requirements are appropriate for the course content and grade-level expectations. |
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Teacher is provided multiple resourses through the Eteacher Guide. |
| Communication and Interaction |
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| The course design provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student interaction, including opportunities for timely and frequent feedback about student progress. |
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| The course design includes explicit communication/activities (both before and during the first week of the course) that confirms whether students are engaged and are progressing through the course. The instructor will follow program guidelines to address non-responsive students. |
Fully Met
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| The course provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student and student-student interaction to foster mastery and application of the material. |
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Instructor feedback for each lesson as well as discussion board activities for student to student interaction. |
| Resources and Materials |
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| Students have access to resources that enrich the course content. |
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Each lesson provides links to outside resources. |
| Evaluation Strategies |
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| Student evaluation strategies are consistent with course goals and objectives, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. |
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| The course structure includes adequate and appropriate methods and procedures to assess students’ mastery of content. |
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Activities, essays, quizzes, exams, discussion boards are all included. |
| Feedback |
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| Ongoing, varied, and frequent assessments are conducted throughout the course to inform instruction. |
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See #2 above. |
| Assessment strategies and tools make the student continuously aware of his/her progress in class and mastery of the content. |
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Students are immediately aware when they've submitted an assignment, and are immediately aware through their grade book when the teacher has graded an assignment. |
| Assessment Resources and Materials |
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| Assessment materials provide the instructor with the flexibility to assess students in a variety of ways. |
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See #2 abve. |
| Grading rubrics are provided to the instructor and may be shared with students. |
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Rubrics are provided within the lesson, or through instructor. |
| The grading policy and practices are easy to understand. |
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| Course Architecture |
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| The course architecture permits the online instructor to add content, activities and assessments to extend learning opportunities. |
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Instructor can add content. |
| The course accommodates multiple school calendars; e.g., block, 4X4 and traditional schedules. |
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| User Interface |
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| Clear and consistent navigation is present throughout the course. |
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| Rich media are provided in multiple formats for ease of use and access in order to address diverse student needs. |
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| Technology Requirements and Interoperability |
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| All technology requirements (including hardware, browser, software, etc...) are specified. |
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Found in Welcom box. |
| Prerequisite skills in the use of technology are identified. |
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Students are told what they need to do in order to be successful and where to go if they need help. |
| The course uses content-specific tools and software appropriately. |
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| The course is designed to meet internationally recognized interoperability standards. |
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| Copyright and licensing status, including permission to share where applicable, is clearly stated and easily found. |
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Found under Ann Arbor Public Schools Policies (computer use policies) |
| Accessibility |
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| Course materials and activities are designed to provide appropriate access to all students. The course, developed with universal design principles in mind, conforms to the U.S. Section 504 and Section 508 provisions for electronic and information technology as well as the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAg 2.0). |
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| Data Security |
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| Student information remains confidential, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
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| Accessing Course Effectiveness |
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| The course provider uses multiple ways of assessing course effectiveness. |
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| The course is evaluated using a continuous improvement cycle for effectiveness and the findings used as a basis for improvement. |
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| Course Updates |
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| The course is updated periodically to ensure that the content is current. |
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| Certification |
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| Course instructors, whether faceto-face or virtual, are certificated and “highly qualified.” The online course teacher possesses a teaching credential from a state-licensing agency and is “highly qualified” as defined under ESEA. |
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| Instructor and Student Support |
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| Professional development about the online course delivery system is offered by the provider to assure effective use of the courseware and various instructional media available. |
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| The course provider offers technical support and course management assistance to students, the course instructor, and the school coordinator. |
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| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, have been provided professional development in the behavioral, social, and when necessary, emotional, aspects of the learning environment. |
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| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, receive instructor professional development, which includes the support and use of a variety of communication modes to stimulate student engagement online. |
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| The provider assures that course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, are provided support, as needed, to ensure their effectiveness and success in meeting the needs of online students. |
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| Students are offered an orientation for taking an online course before starting the coursework. |
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Review Conducted By: Ann Arbor Public Schools
Date of Review:
09/02/2015
Baseline Fitness Levels
Flexibility Activities
Joints, Muscles, Tendons and Ligaments
Benefits of Flexibility
Principles of Overload,Progression and Specificity-
Proper Stretching Techniques -
Principles of Flexibility
Types of Stretching
Current- Trends in Health and Fitness
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Health Risk Factors
Health & Skill Related Fitness
Warm Up and Cool Down Importance-
Common Injuries
Importance of Exercising Safely
Stress
Warning Signs of Stress
Coping with Stress
Stress management
Short & Long Term Goals
Cardiovascular System
Monitoring the Heart
Heart Rates
Pulse Rate
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Activities
Principles of Cardiovascular Fitness
Benefits of Muscular Training
Muscular Strength & Endurance-
Muscular Safety Precautions
Weight Training Myths
Muscular Contractions
Muscular Strength & Endurance Activities
Principles of Muscular Fitness
Food Guide Pyramid
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Functions of Essential Nutrients -
Determining Serving Sizes
Reading Nutritional Labels
Importance of Water-
Classify Body Types
Components of Body Composition
Caloric Inputs & Outputs
Weight Management & Control
Weight Loss Methods
Eating Disorders
| Term Type |
Enrollment Opens |
Enrollment Ends |
Random Draw Date |
Enrollment Drop Date |
Course Starts |
Course Ends |
# of Seats |
Course Fee |
Potential Additional Costs |
|
Semester |
08/08/2023 |
09/08/2023 |
|
09/08/2023 |
08/28/2023 |
01/18/2024 |
33 |
$350 |
$0 |
|
Trimester |
02/15/2024 |
03/15/2024 |
|
03/15/2024 |
03/11/2024 |
06/12/2024 |
33 |
$350 |
$0 |
|
Semester |
11/01/2023 |
02/02/2024 |
|
02/02/2024 |
01/22/2024 |
06/12/2024 |
33 |
$350 |
$0 |
| Drop Policy |
Completion Policy |
Term Type |
Enrollment Opens |
Enrollment Ends |
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Students that do not earn a grade of at least 60% in the course by the end date of the course are not considered course completions. |
Semester |
08/08/2023 |
09/08/2023 |
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Students that do not earn a grade of at least 60% in the course by the end date of the course are not considered course completions. |
Trimester |
02/15/2024 |
03/15/2024 |
|
Students that do not earn a grade of at least 60% in the course by the end date of the course are not considered course completions. |
Semester |
11/01/2023 |
02/02/2024 |
Students are expected to complete weekly two way contact with the instructor via email or video conferencing.
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