What We Do!
Our Philosophy
Our Mission
The Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program promotes the highest quality of education to initial and advanced candidates and ensures they are prepared to achieve their full potential as effective teachers in physical education.
The Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Program provides the information and motivation necessary to prepare the initial and advanced candidate to embrace the challenge of becoming an effective teacher who implements 21st Century learning skills through best teaching practices in physical education.
The PETE program prepares reflective leaders who value and demonstrate 21st Century learning skills through respecting diversity of learning styles and promoting social awareness in their students.
The graduate program promotes the advanced candidates understanding of their educational advancement, and consequently, that of the students they serve requiring a personal commitment to professional development and life-long learning.
In order to develop effective teachers, the required curriculum will reflect the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for the daily rigors of effective teaching.
The physical education teacher candidates will:
-
Know and apply discipline-specific scientific and theoretical concepts critical to the development of physically educated individuals.
-
Be physically educated individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate competent movement performance and health enhancing fitness as delineated in the NASPE K-12 Standards.
-
Plan and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences aligned with local, state, and national standards to address the diverse needs of all students.
-
Use effective communication and pedagogical strategies to enhance student engagement and learning.
-
Utilize assessments and reflection to foster student learning and inform instructional decisions.
-
Demonstrate dispositions essential to becoming effective professionals
 Childhood Cancer Awareness |  11902310_1125965594088304_1438319770212452505_n.jpg |
|---|---|
 11889407_1125964220755108_6366155694529120941_n.jpg |  10402694_856837457667787_496920746880398382_n.jpg |
 10245407_856834827668050_5384505530626561458_n.jpg |  11889450_1125964090755121_8652789195347720081_n.jpg |
 11215824_1125964640755066_8899432323476907648_n.jpg |  11880352_1125964120755118_2790688620206135163_n.jpg |
 11143581_1125965644088299_3618767033451872898_n.jpg |  10015035_751238854894315_738046796_o.jpg |
 JSU at Alabama School for Deaf |  JSU @ Wellborn Elementary |
 JSU @ ASD Equestrian Center |  JSU Lunch Bonding |
 JSU @ Emma Sansom Middle |  JSU @ Spring Garden General Store |
 400 Block Fa13 Being Silly |  JSU @ NE Bama Special Olympics |
 JSU @ Helen Keller Blind School |  JSU at ASD |