Abstract: The cultivation of excellent PE teachers plays an important role in promoting the construction of high-quality PE teacher workforce and the development of school PE work. But the connotation of excellent PE teacher as a fundamental issue remains unclear, which not only hinder the attempt to outline the basic profile of excellent PE teachers, but also affects the effect of excellent PE teacher cultivation. Moreover, the cultivation of excellent PE teachers has not kept pace with the requirements of relevant policies, such as the construction of teacher workforce, the cultivation of excellent teachers, and school physical education. Therefore, this paper, by means of literature review and comparative analysis, first defines the connotation of excellent PE teachers, on that basis, traces the problems in promoting the excellence of PE teachers, and finally puts forward the strategies to promote the training level of excellent PE teachers. The research shows that the concept of excellent PE teachers has rich dynamic or static connotations under different contexts and perspectives. In view of the problems faced by PE teachers, such as the stigmatization of excellent teachers, the hardships to maintain excellence under policy changes, and the lack of standards of excellence, it is proposed to create a culture of excellence in education and consolidate the foundation of social recognition; to improve the supporting system to guarantee and enhance the confidence of excellence in cultivation; to accelerate the development of standards of excellence and set up a reference for excellence in cultivation to promote the cultivation of excellent PE teachers, to raise the quality of cultivation and increase the effectiveness of the program.

Key words: excellent PE teacher, professional standards of excellence for teachers, construction of teacher workforce, school physical education