Being a Professional

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Being a Professional
NASPE Sets the Standard
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Why are you here?

• I like sports
• I like to be active
• I like kids
• I like to teach
• I like to learn
• I want to provide kids with a positive
  experience
• I want kids to want to be active
• I want kids to learn how to move efficiently
• All/some of the above
• None of the above?!! ...

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TEACHING AS A PROFESSION

• Extensive preparation expertise
• Shared language not common to public
• Essential service
• High level of public trust
• Technical and ethical standards to enter
• Know and apply  Best practices 
• Accountability within the profession
• Rooted in a discipline
• Free from direct on-the-job supervision.

From Rink, J. (2006). Teaching Physical
Education for Learning. (5th ed), p.302, Boston
McGraw-Hill.
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What Does it Mean to be Professional?

• Teaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions
• Attending a quality university program and
  becoming a licensed, certified physical educator
  or coach
• Obtaining solid professional preparation and
  maintaining your commitment to doing this
  throughout your career.
• Physical and sport educators who do not exhibit
  the knowledge, skills and dispositions of a
  professional will damage the reputation of the
  program and colleagues and reduce the trust the
  public confers to the professions.

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NASPE Standards for Beginning Physical Education
Teachers

• Content Knowledge
• Growth and Development
• Diverse Students
• Management and Motivation
• Communication
• Planning and Instruction
• Student Assessment
• Reflection
• Technology
• Collaboration

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8 Domains of Coaching Competency

• Domain 1 Philosophy and Ethics
• Domain 2 Safety and Injury Prevention
• Domain 3 Physical Conditioning
• Domain 4 Growth and Development
• Domain 5 Teaching and Communication
• Domain 6 Sport Skills and Tactics
• Domain 7 Organization and Administration
• Domain 8 Evaluation

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How to Remain Professional?

• Join a Professional Organization
• AAHPERD/NASPE
• State AAHPERD
• Obtain State of the Art knowledge from NASPE
  position papers
• What Constitutes a Highly Qualified Physical
  Education Teacher, 2007
• What Constitutes a Quality Physical Education
  Program, 2003
• What coaches should know- 8 Domains of Coaching
  Competencies, 2006
• Physical Activity and Fitness Recommendations for
  Physical Activity Professionals, 2002

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How to Remain Professional

• Read Professional Journals
• Strategies JTPE
• JOPERD RQES
• Attend Workshops and Conferences
• Local, State, National!!!
• Consult websites and Listservs to stay up to date
• www.aahperd.org
• NASPE-Talk listserv
• www.pelinks4u.org/naspeforum

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Other Ways to Remain a Professional

• Maintain a teaching portfolio
• Collect objective data on your teaching
• student learning
• teaching process

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TEACHING PORTFTOLIO

• One of the most useful aspect of portfolios
• Deciding what is to go into it !
• Examples of Categories
• Philosophy of Education
• Résumé
• Professionalism and Professional Development
• Classroom Environment
• Planning, Preparation, Instruction
• Family and Community Involvement
• Technology in the Classroom
• Classroom Management Strategies
• Assessment Strategies
• Reflective Statements

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COLLECTING DATA

• Perceptions of what happened often not accurate!
• Most common concerns
• time spent organizing or how it is done
• amount of appropriate practice time Students get
• Teachers role during activity time
• Student off-task behavior
• Feedback (type quality)
• Teachers task presentation
• ...

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COLLECTING DATA

• Systematic observation and analysis
• Decide what to look for
• Define the problem and seek possible solutions.
• Chose an observational method or tool to collect
  data.
• audiotape lesson ? videotape lesson
• ask colleagues ?ask students

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COLLECTING DATA

• Systematic observation and analysis
• Analyze interpret the meaning of data
• what we know about teaching (conventional
  wisdom)
• Teachers own instructional goals
• Info on the Students
• Specific teaching situation of the lesson.

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In conclusion

• Being a professional means continuously educating
  oneself, remaining current with research,
  obtaining State of the Art knowledge, and
  maintaining commitment year after year
• Those who exhibit these forms of professionalism
  enhance the reputation of their programs and
  colleagues and increase the trust the public
  bestows on the profession.