Physical Education Teacher Education

Students successfully completing the teacher education program in physical education will be recommended for a Georgia Teaching License in Health & Physical Education (P-12).   This license will qualify the student to teach both health & physical education from pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade.   Before NGCSU can recommend a student for a teaching license the student must provide evidence of passing scores in both parts of the GACE II examination.

All teacher education programs at NGCSU adhere to the Metacognitive Model in preparing students for a career in education.  The model represents the core values of the NGCSU teacher education program.  The model depicts the roles of a quality teacher and the skills necessary to excel as a quality teacher.   A quality teacher is a leader, a facilitator of learning, and a decision maker.  

The skills needed to fulfill those roles are planning, monitoring, and assessing.   One can not separate those roles from the essential skills; therefore a student in the NGCSU teacher education program will have numerous opportunities in classes, labs, and internship settings to develop those qualities and skills essential to becoming an exemplary teacher.