APE Specialist Credential Preconditions Evidence Required

Candidates for the Adapted Physical Education Specialist Credential must hold a teaching credential in one of the following: 1) Single Subject: Physical Education; 2) Multiple Subject; 3) Education Specialist; 4) PK-3 Early Childhood or 5) teaching credentials issued under prior statutes with comparable authorizations to 1-4.

Evidence Required

• Direct link to the admissions criteria on the program website describing the requirements for program admission.
• Direct link to the tracking sheet or program checklist used to verify that the candidate has a valid Single Subject Physical Education teaching credential, a Multiple Subject teaching credential, a PK-3 Early Childhood credential, or an Education Specialist teaching credential.
• Brief description of the process the program uses to verify that this requirement is met, including the title of the individual responsible for verifying this requirement is met.

Candidates who hold the Education Specialist credential as the prerequisite credential must provide evidence of a minimum of 12 semester units (or equivalent quarter units) in physical education coursework including a minimum of 3 semester units (or equivalent quarter units) in both motor development and kinesiology, or must take this coursework as a prerequisite to or concurrently with the Adapted Physical Education Specialist Credential coursework. Candidates may pass all sections of the CSET examination in Physical Education in lieu of the coursework.

Evidence Required

Direct link to the requirement for 12 semester units of coursework in physical education, including a minimum of 3 semester units in both motor development and kinesiology to be taken as a prerequisite or concurrently with the Adapted Physical Education Specialist Credential coursework; or passage of all sections of the CSET examination in Physical Education, on a specific page in a handbook, program website, admission form/checklist, course descriptions, or other authentic program documentation that provides evidence of this requirement for Education Specialist credential holders.