Abstract: The article reviews documents in relation to the professional standards of pre-service PE teachers in America, aiming to reveal issues relevant to the professional standards of pre-service PE teachers in America, such as America’s pre-service PE teacher standards failing to play its function, the standards stressing the results rather than the process, and the input-output in the certification process being not in right proportion. On this basis, the current paper, with reference to the actual legislation situation in China, lists some issues that should be stressed in building the professional standards of PE teachers in China: (1) The power of professional PE teachers teams, (2) Efficiency and Timeliness of the standards, (3) Regional and ethnic difference, (4) Feedback of evaluation process.

Key words: PE Teachers, Professional Standards, Accreditation