Enhanced School-Based Physical Education

Classroom-based Physical Activity Break Interventions

Classroom-based Physical Activity Lesson Interventions

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: A Guide for Schools [PDF-6.2MB]
This tool gives step-by-step guidance for schools and school districts to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive school physical activity programs.

Inclusive School Physical Education and Physical Activity*
This site gives schools and school districts information they can use to create an inclusive culture for physical education and physical activity in schools.

Increasing Physical Education and Physical Activity: A Framework for Schools [PDF-3.1MB]
This document provides school health professionals, school administrators, physical education teachers, other school staff, and parents with detailed information on the components of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program framework. It identifies key opportunities and resources for professional development to help schools implement the framework.

Infographic: Benefits of school-based physical activity
This graphic explains how 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity can benefit a student’s health and directly impact teachers and the community.

Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
This self-assessment and planning guide helps school districts and schools conduct clear, complete, and consistent analyses of physical education curricula based upon national physical education standards.

Strengthen Physical Education in Schools [PDF-766KB]
This data brief helps schools and school districts define physical education, gives a snapshot of current physical education practices in the United States, and highlights ways to improve physical education through national guidance and practical strategies and resources.

Healthy Out-of-School Time Assessment*
This assessment helps school districts and school staff create healthier out-of-school time environments for kids. People can use this tool to track what they are already doing to support health and wellness at their site and to highlight opportunities for growth and improvement.

Integrate Classroom Physical Activity into Schools: A Guide for Putting Strategies into Practice [PDF-4.1MB]
This guide provides key questions, activities, and practical templates that teachers and other leaders can use to help them adopt, promote, enhance, or sustain the strategies identified in Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools.

Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools [PDF-3.3MB]
This document describes 10 evidence-based strategies school staff can use to promote and plan classroom physical activity.

Strategies for Recess in Schools [PDF-2.6MB]
This document shares evidence-based strategies that school district leaders and school staff can use to plan and provide recess in schools to increase physical activity participation and improve academic achievement (e.g., performance, behavior, attention).