Health & Physical Education
Get Kids Fit: Inspire the Next Generation
This nationally accredited program prepares you to teach PK-12 health and physical education and offers:
- Small classes that focus on you
- The chance to practice what you learn in peer teaching and real-life settings
- Service learning experiences working with disadvantaged children
- Opportunities that meet the endorsement requirements from the Virginia Department of Education
Experience That Counts: We offer a field-based approach that takes you into the local community and culminates in a semester of student teaching under the guidance of a master teacher.
Get Certified: If successful, you can become dually certified as a K-12 Health and Physical Education teacher.
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| "I have really enjoyed going out in the schools for practicum classes, having kids from Head Start coming to the college, and of course, doing student teaching." - Danielle Colbert '10 | "The courses not only prepare you to teach PE, but ... for much more." - Josh Walker '07 |
What Can I Do With This Degree?
Our graduates pursue graduate degrees or go directly to teaching:- Masters of Education in Adapted Physical Education, University of Virginia - Mike Santoro '09
- Teacher, Rustburg High School - Brandie Brown '08
- Masters of Education in Sport Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University - Dustin DuBois '07
