• UMD provides a quality learning environment for interested students to become qualified physical education teachers.  The program features frequent early learning experiences (ELE) that occur in authentic settings that will prepare teacher candidates for their first teaching position.  Early learning experiences begin with teaching peers and progress to teaching public school children at elementary and middle school sites.  The on-site learning experiences occur in cooperation with public school teachers and under the instruction and supervision of program faculty.  Additionally, teacher candidates will teach and manage a college level physical education experience.  All these experiences are sequenced to occur before a teacher candidate enters student teaching.
  • Early and frequent teaching experiences.
  • Upon graduation, students have spent 884 hours out in schools.
  • Work with a variety of students from diverse backgrounds.
  • Small class sizes allow for more individual attention.