Senior Health and Physical Education provides opportunities for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and habits that support healthy, active living, well-being, positive relationships, and informed decision-making. Educators play an important role in creating learning environments where all students can participate, experience success, build confidence, and see themselves reflected in learning.
In this course, you will explore professional knowledge, instructional practices, and leadership considerations that support effective Senior Health and Physical Education programming in Ontario schools. Drawing on curriculum, policy, research, and professional experience, you will examine how learning supports active living, movement competence, healthy living, and transferable living skills. You will also consider how equity, accessibility, Indigenous peoples’ perspectives, student voice, and culturally responsive practice shape planning, instruction, assessment, and engagement.
Through reflection, inquiry, collaboration, and application, you will develop practical resources and professional learning products that support meaningful, inclusive, and responsive programs for diverse learners in Ontario’s Senior Division.
Program Information
What you’ll learn and do in Senior: Health and Physical Education:
- Analyze the relationships among curriculum, policy, research, and professional standards that inform Senior Health and Physical Education programming in Ontario.
- Evaluate factors that influence student participation, engagement, achievement, safety, and well-being in Health and Physical Education learning environments.
- Design learning experiences that support active living, movement competence, healthy living, health literacy, and transferable living skills.
- Integrate assessment and evaluation practices that promote learner growth, student agency, and meaningful evidence of learning.
- Apply equitable, accessible, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approaches to planning, instruction, assessment and learning design.
- Examine how identity, lived experience, relationships, and social contexts shape teaching, learning, and participation in Health and Physical Education.
- Create safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments that foster belonging, positive relationships, leadership and student well-being.
- Synthesize curriculum expectations, professional knowledge, and evidence-informed practices into a coherent professional practice plan.
- Collaborate with families, colleagues, community partners, and other professionals to enhance H&PE programs and support student success.
- Reflect critically on professional practice to strength
Prerequisites
- 1) OCT MEMBERSHIP confirming you are an OCT member with an undergraduate degree.
- 2) YOUR UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPT(S)*
- Your transcript(s) must show the equivalent of 2.0 full undergraduate/graduate credits in Kinesiology, Health, Physical Education, etc.
OR
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- Intermediate Basic Qualification in Health and Physical Education in lieu of 2.0 university degree credits.
Materials
There are no additional resources required for this course.
Technology
- Laptop/PC: Windows 10 or higher or equivalent operating system with recommended 8 GB of RAM and at least 16 GB of free hard disk space and Wi-Fi capabilities.
- Access to reliable high-speed broadband internet access (Cable, DSL, LTE) with a minimum bandwidth of 15 Mbps is recommended.
- Included integrated webcam and microphone recommended.
This is an asynchronous, cohort based, instructor-led course with defined start date, end date and specific module due dates. Learners are not expected to be online at a certain time of day, but they are expected to work through the material alongside other learners. Learners should expect to spend 16-18 hours on coursework throughout each week to stay on track.
To successfully complete your program, you will complete all assignments, activities and discussions by the posted deadlines in the program.
Your progress will be continuously evaluated using a variety of formative and/or summative assessments to receive a final mark. Information about these assessment methods will be provided in the Learning Management System on the first day of the program.
| Course Detail | Course Info |
|---|---|
| Course Code | EDUC 9N722 |
| Course Name | Senior: Health and Physical Education |
| Category | ABQ Senior |
| Price | $725 |
| Delivery Mode | ASY - Asynchronous Online |
| Duration | 8 weeks |
| Registration | More Info |
| OSAP Eligible | Yes |
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Important dates:
| EDUC 9N722 | Spring | Late Spring | Summer | Late Summer | Fall | Late Fall | Fall-Winter | Winter | Late Winter |
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| 0. Availability | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 1. Start Date | Mar 23, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Nov 16, 2026 | Jan 18, 2027 | Feb 22, 2027 |
| 2. End Date | May 17, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Aug 16, 2026 | Sep 13, 2026 | Nov 8, 2026 | Dec 13, 2026 | Jan 24, 2027 | Mar 14, 2027 | Apr 18, 2027 |
| 3. Withdraw deadline 100% | March 29, 2026 | May 10, 2026 | June 28, 2026 | July 26, 2026 | September 20, 2026 | October 25, 2026 | November 22, 2026 | January 24, 2027 | February 28, 2027 |
| 4. Withdraw deadline 50% | April 12, 2026 | May 24, 2026 | July 12, 2026 | August 9, 2026 | October 4, 2026 | November 8, 2026 | December 6, 2026 | February 7, 2027 | March 14, 2027 |