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Teaching P-12 Health and Physical Education, M.A.T.

Degree Offered: Available Online

Campbellsville University offers a Teaching P-12 Health and Physical Education Certification MAT program in both the traditional (39 hours) and Option 6 alternative certification (33 hours) program. It will be delivered by education and Arts and Science faculty in collaboration and partnership with area school district personnel. Candidates will acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be effective teachers. The outcome will be documented in several critical assessments, including a portfolio and variety of clinical experiences. Mentoring for alternative certification candidates is consistently and intentionally planned for the duration of the candidate’s employment on the temporary provisional certificate. Courses will be taught in an online, each designed in eight-week graduate terms.

The P-12 Health and Physical Education Certification MAT program consists of education and special teaching methods coursework, as well as an action research project proposal and a semester long student-teaching experience for traditional candidates. Content literacy program requirements for reading and writing (16 KAR 5:060) are addressed specifically in the ED 659 course and are required to be included in all instruction. The professor for ED 659 has a terminal degree in reading. Option 6 alternative route candidates will have a mentor while functioning in their own classroom setting.

CAP Document

CAP 6 is a mid-point check in the educator preparation program for graduate candidates and involves evaluation of cumulative GPA (3.0), disposition assessments, completion of at least 100 field experience hours and an application for student teaching for candidates in the traditional route, which includes a commitment to the Code of Ethics, and other EPSB and university based requirements (MAT Student Teaching Application).

CAP 7 is program exit. Candidates must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA, passed the PLT, passed student teaching and submitted the exit portfolio based on student teaching for traditional candidates, meeting all Kentucky Teacher Performance Standards. For students who are in the traditional MAT program, CAP 7 would be completed at the end of their student teaching placement with a grade of C or higher. For Option 6 candidates, full exit occurs.

Course Requirements

Traditional: Add Course:

Total Required Hours

Option 6: 33 hours

Traditional: 39 hours

Program Admissions

Candidates for the MAT program matriculate through the educator preparation assessment requirements in the same manner as all other candidates in initial certification programs. CAP 5 is admission to the program where all MAT candidates must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 as documented on official transcript for a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution (or 3.0 on last 30 hours). Candidates must also have passing scores on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exams and content exams. The transcripts will be reviewed by education and content faculty to determine that the content for the SPA standards have been fulfilled. Further, candidates must provide three dispositional assessments, a clear, state criminal background check, and sign the unit’s disposition assessment policy. They must also sign and commit to the KY Code of Ethics/Character and Fitness, complete a diversity survey, self-assessment, and interview by School of Education faculty.

Cap 5 Admission

Application to Graduate Studies and MAT Program

Passing Praxis Core Academic Skills

      Reading (156; )Writing (162; )Mathematics (150) 

      OR GRE (Graduate Records Exam): Verbal Reasoning, minimum score of 450;  Quantitative 

       Reasoning, minimum score of 490; Analytical Writing, minimum score of 4.0

Required PRAXIS: Health and Physical Education 5857  (Passing 160); Physical Education Content and Design 5095 (Passing 169)

Official Transcript: Cumulative GPA 2.75 (or 3.0 on last 30 hours)

Interview: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity Scores

Three (3) Disposition recommendations (recommended: immediate supervisor, colleague, self)

KY Code of Ethics

TB Risk Assessment

Character & Fitness

Diversity Survey

State Criminal Background Check

Statement of Acknowledgement/Commitment

Curriculum Contract/Guide sheet

Cap 6 Continuation

Transcript Review (min. 3.0 GPA)

GPA (minimum 3.0)

Credit Hours Completed (15 earned hours)

Updated Curriculum Guidesheet

Student Teaching Application: (Traditional Candidates)

Clinical Hours Review (100 minimum)

Code of Ethics

Federal Criminal Check

Dispositions (program professor and self)

Cap 7 Completion/Exit

Transcript Review: GPA (minimum 3.0)

Updated Curriculum Guidesheet

Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching:  Grades K-6  5622(Passing 160)

Or Grades 5-9 5623 (Passing 160); Or Grades 7-12 5624 (Passing 160)

 

Exit Portfolio

Graduation Application

Two Disposition Recommendations (self and faculty)

Exit Event Interview/Video (Traditional)

Exit/Completer Survey

CA-1 Form Completed and Attached

Clinical Hours Completed prior to student teaching - 200 field hours documented in KFETS (not required for Option 6)