Instructor: Carla Shearer

Carla Shearer
Carla Shearer is an accomplished educator, professor, author, and professional golf instructor whose career has focused on physical education and health. She earned a BS in Physical Education with a minor in Biology from the University of New Mexico, where she also competed on the women's golf team, and later completed an MEd in Education Administration from the University of San Francisco. Carla began her teaching career at New Life Jr. High and High School in Fresno, California, before joining Fresno Pacific University, where she taught physical education and health and supervised student teachers. She also founded Fresno Pacific's women's basketball program and served as its first coach. Beyond education, Carla is a USGTF professional golf instructor who enjoys helping others improve their game. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in publications such as Stories for the Heart. Originally from Jackson, Minnesota, Carla now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Roland. They have two grown children and one granddaughter.

Classes by this instructor


Teaching Golf
The Teaching Golf course will prepare you to teach golf to yourself, small groups and your entire class. Participants in the course will learn to create an effective golf curriculum or program for teachers and coaches. Although golf is a game of physical skill, it is also one of the more mentally demanding sports.

Teaching Indoor Team Sports
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.

Walking for Fitness
Walking for Fitness is an online professional development course that is designed to stress the importance of cardiovascular, muscular and mental fitness development for maintaining a healthy lifestyle for you and your students. The course will help teachers and administrators acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for physical fitness through participation in a carefully monitored walking program.

Learning From the Legends
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?