How Do You Become A Sports Teacher?
Few school districts, especially those with declining enrollment, have slots for instructors who teach only physical education or sports training classes. This means that sports teachers must also hold a subject area teaching credential. Sports training requires instructors to be informed about sports training requirements and health and safety, and so most schools also prefer to hire credentialed teachers with the health and science courses required for the physical education certification. How to Become a Sports Teacher Step 1 Apply to a certificate program and register for teacher credentialing courses. Coaching and sports teachers are required to pass a number of science and health courses. To begin working as a walk-on coach while finishing the credential, take the required science, emergency first aid and health classes first. There is a nationwide shortage of science teachers, and it may be possible to work with an emergency teaching credential as a long- or short-term science s
