Department of Health, Recreation, and Kinesiology
Physical and Health Education Teacher Education (PHETE)

The PHETE program at Longwood University prepares teacher candidates to meet State licensure requirements to teach both health and physical education from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Teacher candidates can also elect to become certified to teach Driver Education. Our program is a competency-based, fieldwork intensive curriculum that ensures students obtain hands-on teaching experiences throughout their academic career. As a result, graduates tend to enter the workforce confident in their ability to deal with the many challenges faced by public school teachers in today's world.

Longwood University PHETE Majors regularly work with the American Heart Association to correlate their  Educational Kits with the Virginia Standards of Learning.