Nev. Admin. Code § 391.281

Current through December 31, 2024
Section 391.281 - Endorsement to teach physical education and health

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

1. An approved program of preparation for teaching physical education and health to pupils in kindergarten through grade 12; or
2. A course of study consisting of:
(a) Fifty-one 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, or both;
(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;
(10) Sex education;
(11) Nutrition;
(12) Substance abuse;
(13) Personal health or personal hygiene, or both; and
(14) 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 includes:
(1) Foundations of education;
(2) Methods of teaching physical education to pupils in elementary and secondary grades; and
(3) Eight semester hours of credit as a student teacher in a composite program in elementary and secondary grades which includes 4 semester hours of credit in elementary grades and 4 semester hours of credit in secondary grades.

Nev. Admin. Code § 391.281

Added to NAC by Comm'n on Prof. Standards in Education, R077-17AP, eff. 6/26/2018
NRS 391.019