NAC391.280. Endorsement to teach physical education.

To receive an endorsement to teach physical education, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree and have completed:

     1. An approved program of preparation for teaching physical education in kindergarten through grade 12; or

     2. A course of study consisting of:

     (a) Forty-two 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) Testing and measuring the skill and ability of a pupil in physical education;

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

          (5) Motor learning or motor development;

          (6) Adapted physical education;

          (7) Movement activities for pupils in preschool and primary grades;

          (8) Movement activities for pupils in intermediate grades;

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

          (10) Methods and techniques of teaching:

               (I) Physical fitness;

               (II) Team sports;

               (III) Rhythms and dance or rhythmic activities for pupils in elementary school; and

               (IV) Individual sports; and

     (b) Twenty-two semester hours of credit in professional education which included:

          (1) Foundations of education;

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

          (3) Eight semester hours of credit as a student teacher in a composite program in elementary school, middle school or junior high school, and high school grades which includes 4 semester hours of credit in elementary grades and 4 semester hours of credit in secondary grades.

     [Bd. of Education, Certification Reg. § 391.390, eff. 10-23-81]—(NAC A by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, 9-13-91; R005-05, 10-31-2005)