Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
Rule 97. 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.
