The Instructional resources are designed to provide OPEN members with outcomes-based resources focused on engaging students in learning with positive communication, effective discussion, instructional flexibility, and responsiveness. Like all OPENPhysEd.org resources, these files are meant to be guiding models that can assist teachers best meet the needs of students within their teaching environment. OPEN contributors and national trainers continue to work hard to provide our members with resources that can be a starting point for teachers to best meet the needs of students and elevate teacher-student interactions.

Instructional Tools & Resources

  • Universal Design for Learning Strategies: [PDF]
  • Universal Design for Learning Best Practices: [PDF]
  • Strategies for Using Stations: [PDF]
  • Believe In You 5-Day Journals: [CLICK LINK]
  • Believe In You Leadership Program: [CLICK LINK]

OPEN Resources & Activity Examples for Instruction 

The resources included below are samples of best practices materials that are included in each and every OPEN module K-12. We have included examples from different modules and from a variety of different grade spans.

Cheers of Celebration Overview

You’ve seen our National Trainers perform cheers in workshops and conference sessions. We have compiled them all in one place with printable instructions and YouTube videos! Celebration cheers are culture and climate strategies that enhance instruction by providing a learning environment that is supportive and engaging. The targeted behavioral outcome is a class of students that are engaged and ready to learn.

Cheers of Celebration

Priority Learning Outcomes for Physical Education and Social and Emotional Learning

Physical Education

The OPEN Priority Learning Outcomes for Physical Education provide instructional focus through the lens of 4 umbrella standards and 16 instructional strands with 1 grade-level outcome per strand. This means that physical educators can now focus their planning to help students meet 16 learning outcomes per year with a clear focus on teaching the value of physical activity for good physical, emotional, and mental health.

  • Physical Education Priority Outcomes: [PDF FILE]

Social and Emotional Learning

The OPEN Priority Learning Outcomes for Social and Emotional Learning define 15 social and emotional learning outcomes that align with CASEL’s 5 core competencies. Each competency is unpacked into 3 trauma-informed content strands with an elementary and secondary outcome for each strand. This work is research-based and evidence-informed and is meant to guide the backward design of OPEN’s social and emotional learning resources focused on K-12 instruction and staff wellness.

 Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool

PECAT Standard Analysis 

The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) is a self-assessment and planning guide developed by the CDC. Schools and school districts working to adopt OPEN as their physical education curriculum can review our PECAT Standards Analysis Scorecards, view our content development outlook, and create systemic rationales for adoption.

Thank you to our partners from the SUNY Cortland AMP Lab for their work in completing and maintaining these documents.

PECAT by Grade Level 

  • Grades K-2 Standards Analysis: [PDF]
  • Grades 3-5 Standards Analysis: [PDF]
  • Grades 6-8 Standards Analysis: [PDF]
  • Grades 9-12 Standards Analysis: [PDF]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2019.