Develop an understanding of Kelly and Melograno's Achievement Based Curriculum (ABC) for creating or revising physical education curriculum. The ABC model is used to develop, revise and implement K-12 standards-based physical education curricula. This course is designed to satisfy The Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) National Standards and Grade-Level for K-12 Physical Education and various State standards for physical education.
Teachers will be provided a wealth of information and practical activities for movement-supported learning. Educators will earn 3 graduate-level PD units. Take up to one year to complete this online course!
This course assists teachers in modifying sports, games, and physical activities to make them appropriate for a person with a disability. There is a curriculum guide which evolved to assist teachers to effectively include students with disabilities in the least restrictive physical education program. Teachers will be directed to a site that links to current websites and a PDF file of a curriculum guide for adapted PE to complete the coursework.
Being a successful coach is an enormous challenge. School administrators, parents, athletes, and entire communities all have high expectations of today's coaches. Think about the various elements of successful coaching beyond simply the skill requirements of the respective sport. The coaching profession requires the coach to function effectively as an administrator, leader, and psychologist.
Examine gender differences and stereotypes of the female athlete in our competitive world. The National Standards for Sport Coaches (NSSC) as part of the NASPE national standards calls for coaches to be knowledgeable in the area of coaching methods relevant to understanding how to effectively work with various personalities and types of athletes, including the female athlete.
Effectively working with parents is a very common issue for coaches. This course is designed to help the coach build strong positive relationships with their sport parents. The content of this course is presented from an applied perspective, designed to be immediately useful. The activities are specifically designed to acquaint and strengthen the coach to parent to athlete relationship triangle so that the result is a positive, supportive experience for all.
Elementary physical education can do more than build fitness. It can build curiosity, connection, and classroom community through games for elementary students that invite cooperation and fun. The Elementary Sports: Games From Around the World course explores kids' games from around the world and the cultural stories behind them.
Discover how to promote and enhance the health and well being of your students and staff by providing coordinated health and support services. This course is dedicated to helping the nation's schools make healthier choices, which will benefit teachers and their students. The tips and strategies outlined in this course are a means to assist in creating a positive environment at the school site.
Addressing public health challenges in the 21st century requires that teachers, counselors, and students are familiar with current technology. There are many technical options available to engage students and open-up new possibilities for teaching, learning, and motivating. During this course, you will learn about developing informative presentations, engaging videos, and leveraging the latest health apps and websites.
Examine the history of games, play, sport and physical education using a chronological approach to discover their connection to Western thought and culture. The course takes a constructivist approach that is based on scholarly research using both primary and secondary sources, yet is made relevant, applicable and practical by being project-centered.
Whether you teach physical education, math, science, writing, history or any number of subjects, this course will help you to motivate your students to accomplish tasks as they are set before them. How many times have you heard a student complain about how running a mile, writing a research report or mastering algebraic problems will ever apply to life beyond school?
People often feel intimidated by the wilderness. Unique training is required to successfully provide for our needs without the aid of modern conveniences. Yet, the wilderness invites us to enjoy a lifetime of challenge, rest, and rejuvenation within its boundaries. This course is designed to equip teachers to teach students how to 'maintain meaningful physical activity throughout their lifetimes' by engaging in wilderness adventures.
Preparing students for success includes teaching health skills that empower them to make informed choices. Fresno Pacific University's Skills-Based Health Education course provides educators with the tools to build, teach and assess a comprehensive health program that meets national standards. This course emphasizes life skills in health education, helping students develop critical thinking, decision-making and self-management strategies for lifelong wellness.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is helpful to both children and adults, increasing self-awareness, academic achievement, and positive behaviors both in and out of the classroom. It is the process through which children and adults: Understand and manage emotions, etc.
Learn how to transition your teacher-focused classes to become student-centered by using Mosston's Spectrum of Teaching Styles. The Spectrum of Teaching Styles moves from the Command (Style A), where the teacher makes all the decisions to Self-Teach (Style K) where the student makes all the decisions.
This course is designed to support teachers in the vast ways in which to integrate content standards into physical activities. The Physical Education classroom provides many opportunities to reinforce core content and cross curricular activities and concepts. The key is to find creative ways to reinforce the core material while keeping true to the goals and standards related to developing lifelong movers.
Your classroom must be a place for the next generation of young Americans to develop appreciation for the joy of learning, as well as acquiring a solid foundation for a healthy lifestyle. The theme of the class is 'every teacher is a health teacher.' The objective is to help students establish life-long living habits and skills.
The Teaching Elementary Physical Education course will allow educators to enhance even the best elementary grades physical education programs. Students enrolled in the graduate-level course will learn about many introductory and fitness activities, along with numerous lead-up and lesson-focus games that they can incorporate into their curriculum. The course starts with physical education goals and objectives, leading participants through such innovative topics as movement learning, curriculum planning, class management and legal liability.
The Teaching Individual Sports course teaches educators the best practices for building quality individual sports units that encourage participation in regular physical activity for life-long fitness. Teachers completing the course earn professional development credit while exploring the history of sports, practice routines, strategies, rules, sport-specific physical conditioning exercises and selecting proper attire and equipment.
Studies have shown that exercise can benefit everyone in various ways, physically, mentally, and even creatively. By offering a quality curriculum with a spark of enthusiasm, you can kindle an interest in almost any sport! In this course, we will be focusing on volleyball, basketball and racquetball.
Teaching Lifetime Fitness covers applied information regarding components of physical fitness, exercise planning and behavioral changes to improve personal fitness and promote lifetime activity. You will learn content and strategies for helping your students assess their current levels of fitness, identify areas of improvement as well as understand and apply SMART goals to their fitness program.
Physical fitness, being outside, and developing a well-rounded education supports cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Physical fitness through team sports helps create lifelong well-being and good health habits. In Teaching Outdoor Team Sports, educators learn the techniques and structure required for building quality outdoor team sports activities.
Physical education has been undergoing significant changes and improvements in how it is perceived in academia and its place and how it is taught in those institutions. The importance of physical education in school curriculum is increasing as the public values fitness more, and in turn, how it is taught has also evolved.
Technology has become an infusive and pervasive presence in most aspects of today's culture; at home, at work, in the classroom, and on the athletic field. Technology has provided teachers and coaches with new tools and has opened up whole worlds of new possibilities for teaching, learning, coaching and managing competitions.
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