Physical Education Major

Course Requirements:

Participate in a 5K-road race for the experience of racing against other elite runners and to train for running a 3.1 mile race.

Participate in a community service - for a minimum of 2 hours.  As athletes we need to give back to the community who supports the Dallastown teams on the field.

Classroom Objectives:

Team teach an activity.

Teach an advanced skill.

Initiative problem solving-low ropes course

Advanced skills in individual and team sports

Skills testing in activities.

Creating new games.

Sledding, mountain biking, activities outside the PE curriculum.

Teaching in a coaching situation.

Sportsmanship, teamwork, and team teaching in activities.

Leadership roles as a teacher, captain, official.

Developing an individual fitness training program based on the Principles of training, health consideration, and goals of the Individual.

Instructional and practical experience in First Aid and CPR.

Practical experience in athletic taping and the and Rehabilitation of athletic injuries.

Methods of teaching strategies.

Developing a lesson plan to use to teach a P.E. class.

Researching Olympic sports and unusual sports-oral presentations.

Developing one's philosophy of coaching based on experience, research, and guest speakers.

Use the materials and experiences that the class has learned throughout the year in a Culminating Feild Trip to Genesee Valley Outdoor Center Ropes Course.

Developing one's integrity and efforts in teamwork interactions in planning, organizing and participating in a Mountain Bike Field Trip to Lake Redman.