Bachelor of Arts in Education in Health & Physical Education/Elementary

Health and Physical Education/Elementary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)

This major satisfies the endorsement for prek-12 (PE) and 6-12 (Health) and K-8 classroom (with additional elementary education certificate requirements).

Major Requirements–while in the Health and Physical Education Program, the student must:

• attend all EWU Health and Physical Education Majors' meetings;
• attend an advisor-approved Health/PE conference each year; 
• be a member of a Health/PE professional organization (preferred is SHAPE, WA);
• complete 30 hours of advisor-approved professional development per year;
• take an average of 15–16 credits a quarter for more than 12 quarters;
• successfully complete the program folio.

Grade Requirements

• earn a minimum ≥B- in each required health and physical education course;
• earn a minimum cumulative GPA ≥2.8 in all university courses.

Students who earn a BAE in Health & Physical Education from EWU should be able to:

• demonstrate the knowledge and application of discipline-specific scientific and theoretical concepts critical to the development of physically educated individuals;
• demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate competent movement performance and health enhancing fitness as delineated in the WA State and National K–12 Standards;
• demonstrate the ability to plan and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences aligned with local, state, and national standards to address the diverse needs of all students;
• demonstrate the ability to use effective communication and pedagogical skills and strategies to enhance student engagement and learning;
• demonstrate the ability to utilize assessments and reflection to foster student learning and inform instructional decisions;
• demonstrate dispositions essential to becoming effective professionals.