| pedagogy/proposal |

The first day of the new school year at Mesa View Elementary is rapidly approaching. Last year's end of the school report suggest that students at your elementary school have been not been respecting the teachers or other students the way district personnel and parents expect. The physical educators and many of the other teachers have had to write referrals for student's behaviors. Students are showing a lack of self-control. In physical education you have noticed students refusing to participate, pushing and hitting others, and have heard some name-calling.

Last year you have attempted several collaborative problem solving activities with the forth and fifth graders and they did not work together well. A fight broke out during your last group activity in April. The majority of students are not directly involved in disruptive and uncooperative behaviors but a seemingly large number of students can be characterized as self-centered. All that seems to matter to them is being number one and better than somebody.

The principal Ms. Garcia, the 4th grade teachers, and the two physical educator have decided to focus on teaching all of the forth and fifth graders responsibility in the upcoming school year. The physical education team must submit a plan that includes specific lesson plans, guidelines and procedures that you will adopt in order to facilitate the learning of responsibility in the fourth and fifth grade physical education classes.

Available in the physical education office are the following:

Case study
Mission statement
Physical education rules
Class roster
Levels of responsibility
Goal setting sheets
Teachers lesson plans
Completed goal setting sheets
Sample Student Documents--Go to the physical education office at Mesa View Elementary

Media:

Clips of students demonstrating responsibility levels.

Mesa View Elementary

In addition, you have several textbooks including
Hellison, D. (1995) Teaching responsibility through physical activity. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
You have also been referred to the web site- hellison.com

Levels of Responsibility

Levels of Responsibility (Hellison, 1995; hellison.com)

Level 0- No responsibility
Blame others for your behavior
Call people names
Talk when teacher is giving directions
Push or hit others

Level 1 - Respect for self and others
Self control
Peaceful problem solving
Allowing others to listen and participate

Level 2 - Participation
Participate in new activities
A personal definition of success
Listen to teacher directions

Level 3- Self-direction
Set personal goals
Work to meet goals
Put equipment away-picking up after yourself

Level 4- Caring about and helping others
Help other students
Be willing to work with any classmate
Contribute when you can

Level 5- Outside of Physical Education
Be responsible at school, at home and everywhere you go!