Job Description
Professional Physical Education Teacher
Job Summary
The P.E. Educator is the primary instructional delivery person for student health and wellness, and fitness and growth. The educator also promotes and supports the center team’s health and wellness. The educator collaborates with school team members and provides strategies and supports for increasing student movement and fitness within the regular classroom. The position is demanding, varied and complex. The educator must be collaborative, a relationship builder, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be well trained in P.E. content knowledge, early learners, and effective and engaging teaching strategies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of
the following tasks. Other related duties may be assigned.
1. Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching young learners.
2. Demonstrate the ability to create a child-centered classroom.
3. Facilitates children’s physical, cognitive and social and emotional learning through lessons designed
to sequentially develop skills appropriate to their ability and confidence levels.
4. Provides engaging, fun, and effective instruction that helps build a health and wellness foundation for young children.
5. Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance utilizing
curriculum and other appropriate learning activities.
6. Provides maximum participation for all students; differentiates as needed to ensure all students
experience success.
7. Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge and strategies of games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
8. Develops engaging and effective lesson plans and supplementary materials.
9. Provides ongoing formative feedback to students.
10. Demonstrates a growth mindset individually and supports this development with all students.
11. Communicates in developmentally appropriate ways through a humane, sensitive approach that
clearly communicate that every child, regardless of ability, can succeed and will benefit from a
physically active, healthy lifestyle.
12. Implements and supports school-wide programs to include PBIS, Growth Mindset, etc.
13. Collaborates with school team members in providing ideas and support to increase health and
wellness, movement and activity within the classroom.
14. Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive
environment in the physical education areas that supports and aligns with the school-wide PBIS
Framework.
15. Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment to ensure the overall safety of students.
16. Evaluates fitness and social and emotional growth of students, prepares report cards, and keeps
appropriate records as necessary.
17. Maintains control of storage, PE equipment, recess equipment, and school property.
18. Evaluates each student’s growth in physical skills and knowledge and collaborates with center staff to share with parents.
19. Provides support for school-wide assemblies.
20. Actively supports and builds a strong positive culture and learning environment.
21. Work cooperatively and collaboratively with team members, parents, community members, and
partners to improve the instructional program and student success.
22. Effectively use technology to support effective instruction and student learning.
23. Communicates with parents and team members on student progress.
24. Supervises students in and out of classroom.
25. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
26. Maintains appropriate licenses and training hours as required.
27. Complies with applicable school, state, local and federal laws, rules and regulations.
28. Adheres to all standards established by Teachers Standards and Practices Commissions for
Competent and Ethical Educators.
29. Adheres to all PA Rules related to licensed educators.
30. Attends work regularly
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- PA Certification
Certificates/Licenses
Valid Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Instructional Certificate in respective grade level, and endorsements in respective subject area.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $41,050.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Physical education: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: Multiple locations