The Training You Need to Stay Current and Advance Your Career
Now, earning your academic units is easier than ever with Cal State East Bay’s self-paced online teacher education courses that can be completed from your home or classroom.
Learn the latest strategies and techniques to improve the quality of your classroom performance.
With academic credits from Cal State East Bay, you’ll fulfill state requirements for professional development, obtain credits for salary advancement, or simply satisfy a desire to grow professionally and obtain new knowledge and ideas for your students.
Expand Your Expertise
Learn the latest strategies and techniques to improve the quality of your classroom performance or coaching practices. You’ll enjoy receiving practical lessons that you can directly apply to any of your K-12 classrooms or help train your roster of athletes. Course offerings include topics such as:
Behavior in the Classroom
Classroom Management and Teaching Strategies
Sport Performance
Disorders and Disabilities
Early Childhood
Educational Therapy
Health and Safety
Language Arts Skills
Math Skills
Special Student Needs
Please note: all courses must be completed within one year. You should also check with your own district or institution for applicable policies to ensure acceptance of academic credits earned.
Sport Performance Program
Whether you’re a coach, trainer, therapist, or sport scientist, our Sports Performance courses help you strengthen your skills with a well-rounded look at human performance. Our courses blend exercise physiology, nutrition, psychology, and biomechanics so you can turn research into real results. You’ll explore everything from movement analysis and environmental stressors to recovery strategies and performance planning. You’ll also take a closer look at the social and ethical issues shaping sport today—from global events to questions of equity and inclusion.
The program covers the physical, psychological, social, and cultural sides of sport and exercise. You can take courses individually to focus on a specific topic or combine them to build broader expertise. Course areas include:
- Human Performance & Physiology: Evidence-based insights into nutrition, biomechanics, training, and recovery.
- Psychology and Mental Training: The mental skills and psychological factors that influence performance.
- Coaching and Skill Development: Practical, research-informed tools for teaching and coaching.
- Health, Wellness, and Education: How physical activity supports long-term health and well-being.
- Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Sport: How sport reflects and shapes our communities and global society.