In order for a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program to meet its full potential, a director of physical activity (DPA) is needed. To train physical educators for this new role, a task force recently created a professional development program endorsed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education that certifies current teachers as DPAs, thus recognizing the physical education teacher as the local expert regarding such programming. This article describes the role and certification process of the DPA. (Contains 1 figure.)