Do I need experience teaching persons with disabilities to apply to the APE Teaching Minor?
• No prior experience teaching or working with persons with disabilities is necessary for admission. • The minor provides future teachers with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach persons with disabilities using a variety of physical education methods and interventions. • The minor provides a variety of sport, aquatics, physical fitness, motor development, and other physical activities to prepare future teachers for general and adapted physical education. • Hands-on experiences take place on campus, at areas schools, and in facilities such as YMCAs, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and other community sites. • The APE teaching minor relies on hands-on experiences in order to help teacher candidates obtain confidence and mastery of teaching skills.
