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What Does a Career in Health and Physical Education Entail?
While you might imagine a career in physical education-health (PE) to be all about exercising with kids, there is a lot more involved. Teachers in all states must hold a four-year bachelor's education degree and often must hold or be working on their master's education degree or at least earning continuing education credits in order to maintain their license, and those who teach physical education, health and fitness or physical fitness, and health promotion are no different. A health-physical education degree combines academics in teaching, leadership, health, fitness, athletics, a variety of recreation activities, the science of motion and the positive impact it has on the body are quite rigorous as they help current students develop a thorough understanding of all course content and prepare graduates to work as school faculty or staff as a health-physical education teacher after the successful completion of their college education.
Because you'll be working with children as well as interacting with parents and other instructors, you'll need excellent interpersonal skills. In addition, you'll need to be adept at scheduling, report writing, and record-keeping in order to meet the standard requirements of assessing and grading possibly hundreds of children in your health-physical education or health and fitness classes, whether they are at the elementary, middle school, or high school level.
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