Course Details

School Health (K-12) Option

120 credits

This program is certified at both the state and national level by the New Hampshire Department of Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Graduates who complete this Teacher Certification Option are eligible for K-12 teacher certification in the state of New Hampshire. Because of New Hampshire’s membership in the Interstate Certification Contract, Plymouth graduates are eligible to earn a certificate or license in another Contract state upon application to that state’s department of education. For further information, please see the Teacher Education and Clinical Experiences section. Students have a short teaching experience their junior year and complete a student teaching experience in the elementary/middle school and high school level their senior year.

Admittance into the School Health Option is based on the following criteria:

  • minimum 42 credits earned
  • minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50
  • minimum grade of C in each of the following courses:
      HE 1970 Introduction to Health Promotion
      PE 2415 Introduction to Physical Education and Health Instruction
  • passing Praxis I
  • up-to-date electronic folio
  • meeting with the Coordinator of Teacher Education for Health Education, Physical Education and Physical Education/Health Education.

    All teacher certification candidates who interact with students in public school settings through course-related field experiences, including Student Teaching, are subject to New Hampshire law that requires all persons who come into contact with pupils on a regular basis for a period of time to undergo a full disclosure criminal records check, including fingerprinting. The processing of the criminal records check is conducted at the site school before the field experience begins. The fee for this processing is the responsibility of the teacher candidate and is paid directly to the school district. Each new site will require a separate fingerprinting and background check.

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    Degree Requirements

    Credits
    Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface.
    HE 1970 Introduction to Health Promotion 3
    HE 2500 First Aid and CPR/AED 1.5
    HE 2900 Disease, Safety, and Environment (WECO) 3
    HE 3105 Teaching Strategies, Methods, and Resources in Health Education 3
    HE 3200 Stress Management (WECO) 3
    HE 3220 Applied Nutrition for Healthy Living (TECO) 3
    HE 3330 Evaluation and Research in Health Promotion (QRCO) 3
    HE 3660 CPR and First Aid Instructor 1.5
    HE 3700 Drug Behavior (WECO) 3
    HE 3710 Sex and Family Living Education 3
    HE 3750 Wellness Skills for Health Professionals (WRCO) 3
    HE 3760 Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs 4
    HE 4530 Senior Seminar in Health Promotion 1
    HE 4640 School Health Clinical 1
    HE 4950 Student Teaching K-12: Elementary Component 6
    HE 4960 Student Teaching K-12: Secondary Component 6
    IS 4360 Cultural Diversity and American Society (DICO) (INCO) 3
    PE 2415 Introduction to Physical Education and Health Instruction 3
    PE 3260 Health Fitness Assessment and Programming 3
    PE 3310 Curriculum Design and Implementation 3
    SE 3090 Introduction to Special Education: Middle and Secondary 3
    Group A - complete one of the following: 3
    PS 2010 Introduction to General Psychology
    PS 2050 Life-Span Developmental Psychology
    General Education:
    EN 1200 Composition 3
    IS 1111 The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3
    MA Mathematics Foundations 3
    CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6
    PPDI Past and Present Directions 6
    SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6-8
    SSDI Self and Society Directions 6
    GACO Global Awareness Connection 3
    Electives 18-16

    Several required courses for this Option have prerequisites. HE 4640 requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.60. HE 4950 and HE 4960 require a minimum grade of C in HE 4640 and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.70.

    *All course information is from the 2012-2013 Catalog.