Overview of Professional Semester for Health & Physical Education

The Professional Semester for Health & Physical Education student teachers is structured to provide students with a full semester 's worth of experiences in two separate settings, as follows:

Assignment 1 - Health & Physical Education student teaching at the Elementary level for a total of 7 weeks;

Assignment 2 - Health & Physical Education student teaching at the Secondary level for a total of 8 weeks;

While all Messiah College student teachers are expected to comply with guidelines outlined in this handbook and in our policy statements, articulated on the Teacher Education Program website, the specific descriptions of the activities and expectations for Health & Physical Education student teachers are provided in a supplementary handbook. The HPE college supervisor will provide students and cooperating teachers with a copy of the Health & Physical Education Handbook for Student Teaching. Questions about the expectations for HPE student teachers should be directed to the HPE college supervisor.