Driver Education Endorsement

This course provides the student with the basic knowledge of athletic training principles and skills. The main focus is on the prevention and immediate care of common, acute, and chronic athletic injuries. This course covers basic sports medicine concepts and CPR but does not cover all areas necessary for athletic training certification. (Offered fall semester.)

History, philosophy, and psychology of safety and accident prevention with emphasis on safety related to: athletics, farm, home, fire, industry, school, and traffic.

This course is designed to prepare teacher candidates to be able to teach Driver Education in the classroom setting. Classroom content will follow the Drive Right textbook, which is used in high schools across Illinois. This course will prepare teacher candidates to cover the following fundamentals of driver education; the driving task, controlling your vehicle, driving in different environments, and being a responsible driver.

This course is designed to prepare teacher candidates to be able to teach Driver Education in the Behind the Wheel setting. Course content will follow the Drive Right textbook, which is used in high schools across Illinois. This course will prepare teacher candidates to cover the following fundamentals of driver education; Stops and turns, braking and turnabouts, multilane roadways, city driving, higher speed roadways, limited access roadways, night driving and adverse conditions.

This course is designed to help prospective driver education instructors to understand the importance of teaching defensive driving in their curriculum and to have a plan on how to incorporate defensive driving into a driver education course. (Offered every semester.)

The course is designed to provide information for driver education instructor candidates that will prepare them to address substance use/abuse with students as it applies to driver education issues. Candidates will explore issues related to legal consequences of alcohol and drug use/abuse classification, identifying the impact of substance use and abuse as it pertains to driving, and applying critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills concerning methods used to incorporate drug education into driver education.

The course is designed to provide information and resources which will prepare driver education instructor candidates to address issues and accommodations related to teaching students with disabilities how to drive safely. Candidates will explore topics associated with the challenges related to driving with disabilities, locate information related to specific developmental disabilities and their impact on the novice driver, develop a resource base of information concerning driving strategies to be used in teaching students with disabilities, identify driving adaptations necessary to accommodate the individual challenges of students with disabilities, evaluate adaptive driving products, implement teaching techniques used to address accommodations necessary to assist students with disabilities, and provide information to parents of students with disabilities concerning parent directed intervention materials used to conduct effective supervised driving practice.

The student is introduced to a variety of topics pertinent to health-related fitness. These include methods of training for cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, strength and flexibility, nutrition, stress management, and chronic disease. This course also engages students in activities that afford health-related fitness. Students plan and execute a personal cardiovascular training program and participate in student based discussions of current wellness literature. Offered: Every semester.

The aim of this course is to engage the student to contemporary theories and concepts about nutrition. This will include diet and exercise, pathology of eating disorders, and the effect of diet on emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Students will also begin analyzing the source of information. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired and discussed a number of current issues and be able to have an informed and logical view, and will understand the fundamentals of nutrition across the lifespan. Meets the general education laboratory science requirement. (Offered every semester.)

Teacher candidates work to integrate prior coursework experienced into the context of real classrooms. Teacher candidates develop a teaching philosophy and an operational "professional identity." Candidates consider the impact that various factors have on the learning environment, develop teaching strategies that promote active learning and which engage students with diverse abilities, cultures, and ethnicity. Candidates explore methods specific to their subject areas under the additional guidance of the program coordinator. Teacher candidates will engage in preparing for the edTPA. Candidates complete a minimum of 15 hours in the clinical setting completing pre-mini student teaching assignments. Students must take EDUC 409 and 410 (Offered Interterm) during the same academic year. Meets the general education upper division writing intensive requirement. Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; EDUC 316 and 333, (Offered fall semester.)

This course provides future educators with the knowledge and skills to effectively deliver physical education in middle and secondary (grades 6-12) settings. This course will focus on the developmental needs and interests of grades 6-12, focusing on the design of engaging relevant and inclusive physical activities and overall well-being. Students will learn various classroom management techniques for middle and high school students. Students will gain insights into how to adapt physical education to accommodate diverse learning requirements.