PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The Physical Education Major at BHSU focuses on understanding how the human body moves in order to help others develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to live active, healthy lifestyles.

Well qualified faculty help students develop performance and teaching skills needed to create, teach and assess physical education lessons in any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve. Graduates are well prepared for classrooms.

Why earn a physical education degree from BHSU?

• • Study in the state-of-the-art Young Center facility
  • Live your passion for an active lifestyle that allows you to be outdoors in the Black Hills
  • Share your experiences in play, games, sports, and adventure activities
  • Positively impact the lives of youth

INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES AT BHSU

The Nationally Recognized and Accredited Physical Education Major at BHSU focuses on experiential development of your skills, knowledge, and dispositions enabling you to help K-12 students live active, healthy lifestyles.

Teacher candidates and faculty engage in collaborative learning that develops performance and teaching skills needed to create, teach and assess standards-based physical education lessons. Graduate placement is nearly 100%!

• FOCUS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• ACCESS TO THE ONLY KINESTHETIC LEARNING LAB IN THE REGION
• GAIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
  • National Association of Sport and Physical Education
  • Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation
• MULTIPLE NATIONAL PE MAJOR OF THE YEAR WINNERS
• PRESENT COLLABORATIVELY teacher candidates and faculty present at state or regional conferences

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES

Learn it! Teach it! Live it! Gain formal experience by teaching in school systems. Every teacher candidate receives guided and supervised opportunities in a variety of school settings with diverse populations, varied technology, and expert clinical educators K-12. These opportunities are a critical component of BHSU’s Physical Education program, which was the first in South Dakota to earn and retain National Recognition and Accreditation.

Physical Education faculty teach by example and model expectations of teacher candidate physical literacy. Physical Education teacher candidates are known personally by faculty enhancing collaborations that support and develop a team mentality leading all candidates to succeed.

Community collaboration is an integral part of the BHSU PE program. In addition to working with area schools to supply handson experiences with K-12 students, BHSU PE students are exposed to a variety of opportunities to build their experiences for future employment. A strong partnership between the BHSU PE program and the community provides a network that provides student opportunities such as coaching, refereeing, and working in schools and other entities while in the program.

GET REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE:

A Physical Education degree from BHSU provides a plethora of practical experiences. Additionally, BHSU students receive field experiences at three different times during their education: the pre-admission teaching practicum (EDFN 395), the pre-student teaching practicum (SEED 495), and the semester of student teaching (SEED 444). Each of these experiences enables you to provide input regarding placement, but we will create the school-site opportunity for you!

GET INVOLVED ON AND OFF CAMPUS:

• • SDEA: South Dakota Education Association
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
  • SHAPE: Student Membership
  • Lunch PALS program at West Elementary (physical activity during lunch recess)
  • The programs Jump Rope for Heart, Ropes Course Day, and Fitness Fun days are available at local public schools.
  • Many of our students are either coaching at local middle schools and high schools or are athletes at BHSU

Contact us today to learn more!