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Health and Physical Education: Athletic Coaching Education Pre-K-Adult (B.A.)

Admission Process

  1. Pre-Admission

    The first part of the teacher education admission and retention process takes place when the prospective student applies for admission to WLU and indicates that he or she is interested in pursuing a teaching major or when the student changes his or her major to a major in teacher education from another major. The formal declaration of a teaching major on the admission form or with the Registrar's office gives the Teacher Education Program the ability to communicate with the student regarding items of importance to education majors.

  2. Formal Admission into the WLU Teacher Education Program

    Students who have completed the requirements for admission into Teacher Education apply for admission using an online form available through the Teacher Education website.

    The criteria for admission into Teacher Education are:

    See Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  3. Admission to Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)

    See the Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  4. Graduation and Certification

    During the period of the clinical practice, the student is required to follow the schedule of his or her cooperating teacher and of the school in which he or she is placed. The Student Teaching Syllabus lists all of the requirements and expectations that the student must meet in order to receive credit for the experience.

    Students who are pursuing the BA degree must submit an Application for Graduation to the Registrar's Office by the deadline established by that office. The Registrar's Office staff determines if the candidate has met the graduation requirements.

Teaching Certification

To qualify for West Virginia teaching certification, each graduate must also pass all of the required Praxis II tests for the subject area that he or she intends to teach. A list of the required Praxis II tests, along with the required passing scores, is available at the ETS website (http://www.ets.org/praxis) or the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) web site.

Graduates may obtain certification packets at the dean’s office or by requesting a packet from WVDE. Fingerprinting must be completed at a WVDE approved location.

Requirements

Required Courses

CEP 463Leadership in Community Educ

3
EP 299Strgth & Conditioning Prin

3
EP 325Exercise Physiology I

3
EP 450Biomechanics

3
HE 300Nutrition & Physical Fitness

3
HE 320Mental Hlth & Drug Use & Abuse

3
HE 340Human Sexuality & The Family

2
HE 360Community & Envrmtl Health

3
PE 120Intro To Health & Physical Ed

1
PE 211Group Fitness Leadership

2
PE 240Anatomy & Physiology

3
PE 258Motor Development

2
PE 308Invasion and Diamond Games

3
PE 317Net and Wall Games

3
PE 320Prin Coaching

3
PE 321Assessment in PE

2
PE 322Org & Ad Of PE, Ath, & Rec

1
PE 335Sport Officiating

1
PE 342Care & Prevention Of Ath Inj

2
PE 354

2
PE 355Sport Law

2
PE 365Psych & Soc Of Pe

3
PE 371Compliance

2
PE 395Kinesiology

3
PE 440Coaching Internship

1
PE 452Adapted PE I

2

Choose 1 hour from the following:

PE 115Beginner Swim

1
PE 225Lifeguarding

1

Choose 3 hours from the following: (a)

SDE 232First Aid-Emer Service

3
SDE 252EMT

3

Choose 3 hours from the following: (b)

PE 327

1
PE 328

1
PE 329Coaching Golf I

1
PE 331Coaching Baseball/softball

1
PE 332Coaching Football

1
PE 333Coaching Volleyball

1
PE 334Coaching Basketball

1
PE 336Coaching Wrestling

1
PE 337Coaching Track & Field

1
PE 338Coaching Tennis

1
PE 344Coaching Soccer

1
PE 339

1
PE 340

1