HOPE - Health, Outdoor, Physical Education
The HOPE teacher preparation program is a developmental learning experience that is place-based, experiential, multi-sensory, and interdisciplinary.Using education through health, physical, and outdoor practice, the program exemplifies and reflects the importance of personal wellbeing, a responsibility for contributing to social justice in the domains of both culture and natural ecology, and the significance of understanding and appreciating the integral nature of all things.
The self-reflective, learner-centered program provides continuous mentored professional support, a complex blend of theoretical understanding and practical skill, and a course of study which contributes to the understanding and implications of positive change in re-orienting teacher practice to address sustainability.