This endorsement requires an applicant to hold, or earn concurrently, a subject or field endorsement in: Health and Physical Education, Physical Education, or one of the Special Education endorsements.
Persons with this endorsement may teach physical education to children and youth in prekindergarten through grade 12 who have unique needs or verified disabilities. Persons with this endorsement may provide consultant services to teachers of students with unique needs or verified disabilities.
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 24 semester hours of course work. Applicants may apply up to 12 semester hours of course work completed as part of a subject or field endorsement in Physical Education or Special Education toward requirements of this endorsement. The hours will include the following:
- Course work in special education – six (6) semester hours; and
- Course work in the content areas of physical education instruction – six (6) semester hours; and
- A minimum of 12 semester hours in adapted physical education courses.
- Endorsement Program Requirements: Standard institutions of higher education offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24