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Health Certification

The teacher certification program for health at Missouri Baptist University is a part of a planned integrated system (pattern) of coursework designed to enable the student to acquire a strong knowledge base and core of subject competencies All students seeking a health teaching certification are expected to demonstrate their competency in ten areas adopted by the Missouri State Board of Education. Specifically, these ten competency areas include:

• Command of subject matter
• Knowledge of pedagogy
• Understanding of development and learning
• Curriculum and planning
• Instructional planning
• Classroom management
• Teacher as communicator
• Teacher as evaluator
• Teacher as reflective practitioner
• Learning communities

Students showcase their level of proficiency in each of the ten standards via an electronic portfolio and/or standard portfolio. To investigate the coursework specific to the health certification click here. To meet the faculty teaching in the Health Certification program click here.

Need More Information?

Contact: Dr. P. Greg Comfort-Division Chair Health and Sport Sciences