Section 340.1797. Teachers of students requiring adapted physical education; special requirements.

A teacher of students requiring adapted physical education shall possess a valid Michigan teaching certificate with an endorsement in physical education, special education, or both, and shall complete all of the following:

(a)    A minimum of 20 semester hours or equivalent hours in courses leading to the acquisition of all of the following competencies:

(i)   Knowledge of the causes of various disabilities and  the  effects  of those conditions on learning.

(ii)      Ability to assess physical education skills of individuals exhibiting various disabilities.

(iii)    Ability to use community and staff resources and collaborate with personnel within the education environment.

(iv)      Knowledge of measurement and evaluation, including standardized and nonstandardized assessments and functional behavior analysis.

(v)   Understand major components of federal and state legislation relating to physical education.

(vi)      Knowledge of the unique characteristics and implications of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective attributes of all learners.

(vii)       Ability to write in behavioral terms and assess cognitive, affective, and psychomotor instructional objectives for physical education for students requiring adapted physical education.

(viii)    Knowledge of motor characteristics, motor behaviors, motor control, and motor development sequences associated with various disabilities in relationship to typical motor development.

(ix)     Knowledge of anatomy, kinesiology, exercise science, biomechanics, and neurology that pertains to normal and abnormal motor control and sensory motor integration for teaching physical education  to  students  with disabilities.

(x)   Ability to adapt teaching methods, materials, and techniques to meet the needs of students with disabilities specific to health-related fitness, gymnasium and field use, fundamental motor skills and patterns, aquatic skills, dance, individual and group games, and lifetime sports skills for the needs of students with disabilities so that the individual can ultimately participate in community-based leisure, recreation, and sport activities.

(xi)      Ability to analyze, adapt, and implement physical education curriculum in providing appropriate programs for a variety of disabilities.

(xii)   Understand history and philosophy of physical education, recreation, and sports in terms of trends in education of individuals with disabilities.

(xiii)      Understand curriculum theory, curriculum development, movement education, fitness,  developmental  activity-based curriculum,  human,  and social development.

(xiv)    Utilize instructional design and planning focusing on systematic curriculum development and the spectrum of teaching styles for the purpose of promoting learning.

(xv)   Create and implement physical activity lessons with special emphasis on personal adjustment in respect to assistive devices and mobility devices for the purpose of creating successful learning opportunities.

(xvi)   Utilize technology applications in the preparation of lessons  and within lessons, as well as using technology as professional development.

(xvii)      Understand the value of program evaluation   measuring  student performance and  the  importance  of  monitoring the quality of  program operations.

(xviii)    Understand professional standards such as ethics, value appropriate professional conduct, and the need to advance the  knowledge  base  and  the profession.

(b)    A directed field experience of not less than 60 clock hours teaching adapted physical education in a school setting to students with disabilities.

(c)   As of the effective date of these rules, a teacher who has previously received full approval as a teacher of physical education for individuals with disabilities, or teaching of physical education for  students  with disabilities, shall be deemed to have full approval as a teacher of physical education for students requiring adapted physical education, if  the  teacher possesses a valid Michigan teaching certificate.

(d)  As of the effective date of these rules, a teacher who is a certified adapted physical educator accredited through the adapted physical education national standards process, shall be deemed to be qualified as a  teacher  of physical education for students requiring

adapted  physical  education,  if     the  teacher  possesses  a   valid  Michigan  teaching certificate.

History: 1980 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2011 AACS.