NAC391.096. Qualifications for physical education elementary license.

     1. To receive a license designated as a physical education elementary license, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and must have completed 58 semester hours of credit in courses in professional studies in physical education for kindergarten through eighth grade consisting of:

     (a) Eighteen semester hours of credit which includes course work in each of the following areas of study:

          (1) Anatomical kinesiology or mechanical kinesiology, or both;

          (2) The physiology of exercise;

          (3) The psychological aspects or social aspects of physical education, or both;

          (4) Motor development;

          (5) Testing and measuring skills and abilities in physical education; and

          (6) Advanced first aid or an equivalent course of study;

     (b) Eighteen semester hours of credit in teaching elementary physical education, including, without limitation, teaching:

          (1) Adapted physical education;

          (2) Rhythmic activities for pupils in elementary grades;

          (3) Movement experiences for pupils in preschool and primary grades; and

          (4) Movement experiences for pupils in intermediate grades; and

     (c) Twenty-two semester hours of credit in professional education including:

          (1) Foundations of education;

          (2) Methods of teaching in elementary physical education; and

          (3) Eight semester hours of credit in supervised student teaching of physical education for kindergarten through eighth grade.

     2. A physical education elementary license issued in accordance with this section authorizes the holder of the license to teach only physical education in kindergarten through eighth grade.

     3. A person is not required to hold a physical education elementary license to teach physical education in kindergarten through eighth grade. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a school district from requiring a physical education elementary license as a requirement for employment to teach physical education in that school district.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education by R086-09, eff. 5-5-2011)