1. Teaching and Coaching Careers in Physical Education and Sport
Chapter 12
Teaching and Coaching Careers in Physical Education and Sport
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2. Teaching and Coaching Careers
What are the benefits and drawbacks of pursuing a teaching career?
What are the similarities and differences between teaching and coaching?
What is the effect of burnout on teachers and coaches?

3. Teaching Careers
School and non-school settings offer many different opportunities to teach people of all ages.
What are some of the reasons that people go into the teaching profession?
What are your reasons for entering the teaching profession?

4. Benefits and Drawbacks
Salary
Teach diverse activities
Offers job tenure
Intrinsic rewards
Opportunity to coach
Lack of financial support
Inadequate facilities
Discipline problems
Overpopulated classes
Academic demands
Non-subject related duties (lunch duty, etc.)
What are some other benefits and drawbacks that come to mind?

5. Benefits and Drawbacks Non-school Setting
Clients are voluntary
Opportunity to specialize in an area
Variety of settings
Lack job security
Various work hours
Salary could be dependent on number of clients
What are some other benefits and drawbacks that come to mind?

6. INTASC Competencies Content knowledge Systematic reflection
Diverse learners
Instructional strategies
Motivation
Active engagement
Positive learning environment
Planning
Assessment strategies
Systematic reflection
Professional development
Learning community

7. NASPE Beginning Teacher Standards
Content knowledge
Growth and development
Diverse learners
Management and Motivation
Communication
Planning and Instruction
Learner Assessment
Reflection
Collaboration
Technology

8. High Quality Program Characteristics (NASPE)
Develop health-related fitness, physical competence, and cognitive understanding
Meet the developmental needs of students and foster acquisition the skills, knowledge, and attitudes essential to adopting a healthy and physically active lifestyle
Essential features
opportunity to learn
incorporation of meaningful content
appropriate instruction

9. Conducting Quality Programs
Opportunity to learn
Qualified, physical education specialists
Developmentally appropriate content and instruction
Sufficient instruction time
150 minutes/week elementary level
225 minutes/week middle and high school level
Adequate facilities and equipment

10. Conducting Quality Programs
Meaningful content sequenced and organized
Variety of motor skills
Fitness education
Enhancement of learning in three domains
Helps students incorporate regular physical activity into their lives

11. Conducting Quality Programs
Provision of appropriate instruction
Inclusion of all students in developmentally appropriate physical activity
Physical activity is valued for it’s contribution to health and life
Assessment of student learning conducted on a regular basis

12. Developmentally Appropriate Physical Activity Experiences
Curriculum
Development of movement concepts and fundamental skills
Cognitive development
Affective development
Concepts of fitness
Physical fitness tests
Calisthenics
Fitness
Assessment
Regular involvement
Active participation
Activities
Equity
Success rate
Time
Facilities
Equipment

13. Teaching Responsibilities
Instructional Tasks (related directly to teaching)
Explaining or performing a skill, or strategy, and evaluating students’ performances.
Managerial Tasks (related to the administration of class)
Taking attendance, dealing with discipline problems, supervising the locker room, handling equipment.
Institutional Tasks (related to the setting in which teaching occurs)
Hall duty, lunch room supervision, attend curriculum and department meetings, conduct parent-teacher conferences.

14. Teaching Careers School Setting Non-School Setting
PreK-12 (public or private)
Higher education
Basic instruction
Professional Preparation
Adapted physical education
Clubs
Community organizations
Centers for the elderly
Resorts
Military

15. Teaching Certification
Each state has minimum requirements prospective teachers must attain before they become legally certified to teach.
Complete standardized tests and/or videotape analysis of teaching
general knowledge
communication skills
professional knowledge
specialty area (physical education or health, etc.)
Public schools require certification, but private and non-school settings may not.

16. Adapted Physical Education National Standards
Human development
Motor behavior
Exercise science
Measurement and evaluation
History and philosophy
Unique attributes of learners
Curriculum theory and development
Instructional design and planning
Teaching
Consultation and staff development
Student and program evaluation
Continuing education
Ethics
Communication

17. Coaching Responsibilities
Instructional: conducting practice, coaching a game
Managerial: recording statistics, dealing with equipment, giving interviews, recruiting
Institutional: teaching or department duties/meetings
Represent organization
Counseling athletes
Professional development

18. Benefits and Drawbacks of Coaching
Intrinsic rewards
Excitement of winning
Respect
Help athletes learn and grow
Long hours
Salaries vary greatly
High turnover rate
Pressure to win
Role conflict
Burnout
What are some other benefits and drawbacks that come to mind?

19. Securing a Coaching Position
Requires expertise gained through:
Playing experience
Attending clinics and workshops
Being an official in your sport
Taking advantage of certification/licensing programs
May require teaching certificate or master’s degree
Consider gaining expertise in a second sport to increase marketability.
Gain practical experience.

20. NASPE Domains of Coaching Competency
Philosophy and ethics
Safety and injury prevention
Physical conditioning
Growth and development
Teaching and communication
Sports skills and tactics
Organization and communication
Evaluation

21. Coaching Certification Programs
American Sport Education Program (ASEP)
Training in coaching the young athlete, coaching principles, sports first aid, drugs and sport, and teaching sport skills.
National Youth Sport Coaches Association (NYSCA)
Program for Athletic Coaches Education (PACE)

22. Burnout Defined:
Overwhelming exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from the job, and a sense of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment.

23. Burnout Prevention and Remediation
Provide meaningful in-service programs
Increased feedback about performance by administration
Participation in professional organizations
Revitalize oneself on time off with hobbies or non-work related activities
Maintain good health

24. Increasing Professional Marketability
Build on skills and talents
Need for bilingual educators.
Additional coursework
Adapted physical education
Dual certification
Become certified to teach more than one subject or even driver education.
Practical experience
Join professional organizations and network.
Demonstrate use of technology