PETE 3500 - Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): “C” or better in PETE 1601 and PETE 1670; Provisional or full acceptance to Teacher Education

Corequisite(s): PETE 3510

Description: This course is a companion course to and must be taken concurrently with PETE 3510: Clinical Experience in Elementary Physical Education. The course teaches students how to convert content, theory and conceptual aspects of academic and professional teacher education into standards based instruction through assignments, assessments, management plans, and teacher work samples. Students plan and micro-teach lessons integrating Colorado Teacher Quality Standards and collaborate to develop interdisciplinary lessons that link physical education to reading, technology and mathematics. Students design a variety of models for instruction and approaches to classroom management to support learner’s growth toward Colorado Teacher Quality Standards.