Many educators are already implementing components of the new comprehensive health and physical education standards with fitness enhancing PE, bully prevention, and body systems. But there is so much more in these standards that is meaningful and relevant to students’ lives right now that will help them be successful and healthy adults! Below are a few resources to get you started. To find more, check out these instructional resources for educators.

Comprehensive health and physical education standards
View the standards by content area and grade level, including evidence outcomes to determine whether students from preschool through high school have mastered each standard.

At-a-glance implementation timeline
Find out when to transition and implement the Colorado Academic Standards – and get guidance. For example, by December 2011, local boards of education must revise their current standards to meet or exceed the new state standards in all content areas.

Comprehensive Health and PE Standards Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers specific to comprehensive health and physical education standards and implementation.

Standards Implementation Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers from CDE about standards implementation.

PowerPoint presentation for parents and community members
Download a ready-to-use PowerPoint presentation for communicating with parents, community members, and school administrators about the value, depth, and relevance of these standards.

Healthy Literacy – A 21st Century Asset
Access this 60 minute online professional development opportunity to understand how health literacy concepts and skills can be meaningfully integrated into other content areas with engaging and relevant strategies for 21^st century learning and living.

“Did you know?” data
Access health and wellness data about kids. For example, did you know that for the first time in history, U.S. children may have a lower life expectancy than their parents due to the increased incidence of obesity and related conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease?

The Colorado Legacy Foundation believes that increased student achievement for all Colorado students requires effective leaders in every school, effective educators in every classroom, and healthy and engaged students who come to school ready to learn.