Equipment: Selection and Purchase

Equipment: Selection and Purchase

Know What You Need • Review your curriculum. • Understand your students. • Inventory your equipment. Scope and Sequence = Your Curriculum

Vendors and School Resources • Make sure your selected vendor is School Board approved. • Establish a relationship with the vendor – it might result in “preferred” customer rates. • Check to see if the district has a warehouse with equipment you could use. • Check with other schools in your district to see if they have equipment they aren’t using any longer.

Variety and Flexibility • Pick equipment that you can use for a variety of situations. For example, if you purchase playground balls, you can use that to teach a variety of skills from striking to kicking. This will keep your cost down and flexibility up.

Storage and Organization • As you purchase equipment, remember you will need ways to store and carry it around. Be sure to purchase storage bins, racks, mesh bags, push carts. • Consider that your equipment can help you with your class organization. Use different colors to organize groups.

Size/Age Appropriateness • Make sure to purchase items in different sizes and targeted for different ages. • Evaluate your need for oversized equipment such as earth balls, large beach balls, etc. You may find them good for alternative activities such as team challenges.

Adapted Physical Education Needs • We must meet individual learner needs. Consider purchasing equipment for adapted P.E. purposes. • This might include T-ball T’s to strike a ball. You can use it in all classes.

Quality – Don’t Waste $ • Sometimes an investment pays off – don’t be afraid to buy quality and have it last. • For example, no kink hula hoops will last longer with less bend and gator skin balls are going to be tougher and hold up longer than foam balls.

Safety is #1 • Choose equipment that will maximize safety. • Think about softer material like gator balls versus leather ones or mats to cover hard surfaces.

How Much Do I Need? • Try to have a piece of equipment for each student. • Order a few extra to have when something breaks.

Integrate • Consider equipment with character statements and use to integrate with other subject areas.

Creativity – Thinking Outside the Box • Throwing –beanbags, scarves, rubber chickens, or frogs • Cooperative – several mini-parachutes rather than a single large one • Location/Direction – directional arrows to mark pathways • Visual cues - Hand placement markers on equipment

FLAGHOUSE Medium - Weighted 15" Cones Super Set (includes 24 cones and mesh carrying bag) $90.00 ****Buying in bulk might save you $$$$$$$$$

KEEPERS™ Spot Marker Set 48 in four colors $129.75 ****Remember shipping

FLAGHOUSE Active Series Rubber Basketball Set - #5 Special 18 + 6 = 24 + 4 mesh bags $205.00 Sets will often go on sale for a large savings VS Rubber Active Series Basketball #5 Price: $7.95 $8 balls x 24 = 192 $4 bags x 5 = 20 ($212.00)

AAI 2 1/2" - Thick Mats - 2 Sided H & L - 4' x 8' $365.00 Imagine that you could use this with 4 students – you have 30 students in your class – you would need 7 or 8 of these – 8 x $365 = $2920.00

Grants or Other Funding Avenues Look for grant funding by visiting websites like these: • eHow • Grant Wrangler

Grants or Other Funding Avenues • Administration (check out the large equipment budget) • PTA/PTO • Professional Organizations • New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance • U.S. Lacrosse • U. S. Tennis Association – school clinics

Equipment: Selection and Purchase