PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES GUIDELINES

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES GUIDELINES

FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS

June 2011

State Board of Education

Mr. James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr., President

S. James Gates, Jr.

Guffrie M. Smith, Jr

Charlene M. Dukes

Donna Hill Staton, Esq.

Mary Kay Finan

Ivan C.A. Walks, M. D.

Madhu Sidhu

Kate Walsh

Sayed M. Naved

Luisa Montero-Diaz

Gayon M. Sampson, Student Member

Nancy S. Grasmick State Superintendent of Schools Secretary-Treasurer of the Board

The Honorable Martin O'Malley Governor

Maryland State Department of Education



Stephen Brooks Deputy State Superintendent

Finance

Mary Cary Assistant State Superintendent

Instruction

Robert Crawford Director

Business Services

Judy Jenkins Director

Curriculum

Barbara J. Bice Chief

School Facilities Branch

Michael Mason Specialist

Physical Education

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The Maryland State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or disability in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs.

For inquiries related to Department policy, contact:

Equity Assurance and Compliance Office Office of the State Superintendent Maryland State Department of Education 200 W. Baltimore Street, 6th Floor Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Ph 410-767-0433 TTY/TDD 410-333-6442 Fax 410-767-0431

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page

. . . . . . 3

Foreword - Message from State Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.0

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.0

Maryland Physical Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1 Physical Education Content Standards. . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 Elementary Physical Education Programs . . . . . . . . 7

2.3 Secondary Physical Education Programs . . . . . . . . 7

2.4 Adapted Physical Education Programs . . . . . . . . . 8

2.5 The Future of Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.0

School Design and Planning Considerations . . . . . . . . . 9

3.1 Smart Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2 PSCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.3 General Design Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.0

Elementary School Facilities Design Guidelines . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 Gymnasium/Instructional Space . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2 Teacher Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.3 Indoor Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.4 Outdoor Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.5 Outdoor Hard Surface Area. . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.6 Outdoor Playing Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.7 Equipment Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.7.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.7.2 Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.7.3 Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.7.4 Gymnastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.7.5 Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.8 Space Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.9 Typical Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.0

Secondary School Facilities Design Guidelines . . . . . . . . 21

5.1 Gymnasium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.2 Auxiliary gymnasium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.3 Specialized spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.4 Teacher Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5.5 Indoor Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5.6 Outdoor Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5.7 Classrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5.8 Locker Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.9 Bleachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.10 Outdoor Hard Surface Area. . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5.11 Outdoor Playing Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5.12 Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Table of Contents, cont.

Page

5.13 Indoor & Outdoor Spaces for Sports . . . . . . . . . 27 5.13.1 Synthetic Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.14 Equipment Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.15 Space Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Appendices A. Maryland Physical Education Content Standards . . . . . . . . . . . 29 B. National Standards for Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 C. Adapted Physical Education and Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . 31 D. Checklist for Facilities and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 E. Typical Space Requirements for High Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 35 F. Typical Outdoor Facilities for High Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 G. Outdoor Facilities Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 H. Sports Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-49

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Acknowledgements

Guidelines Advisory Committee

J. Kurt Buckler Assistant Administrator, Engineering

Baltimore County Public Schools

Lawrence Fryer Chief Operating Officer Prince George's County Public Schools

Betsy Gallun Health, Physical Education and Dance Coordinator

Prince George's County Public Schools

Kimberly Howe Supervisor of Capital Planning St. Mary's County Public Schools

Ken Lurz Program Manager Maryland Department of General Services

Ginny Popiolek Health and Physical Education Supervisor for Elementary

and Middle Schools Harford County Public Schools

Andrew Roper Supervisor of Health, Physical Education and Athletics

St. Mary's County Public Schools

Brett Stark Curriculum Specialist for Secondary Health and Physical

Education Frederick County Public Schools

Sue Strobel (retired) Coordinator of Health and Physical Education

Cecil County Public Schools

Kathleen Wack Curriculum Specialist for Elementary Physical Education and

Health Frederick County Public Schools

Amy Wiley Physical Education and Dance Supervisor

Prince George's County Public Schools

Sally Nazelrod Coordinator for Health, Physical Education, and Dance

Baltimore County Public Schools

We also thank:

Maryland Public Schools Supervisors and Coordinators of Physical Education, for their input and suggestions in the development of the guide and Trina Narivanchik, Administrative Specialist, School Facilities, Maryland State Department of Education

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