HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Position Description : Position Overview

The Charter School of Educational Excellence Health and Physical Education Teacher will understand and promote the schools mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community. The teacher will assume professional responsibility for providing comprehensive health and physical education learning experiences and supervising students in a supportive and positive climate. This climate will foster the development of skills, attitudes, and knowledge in each student, utilizing the school's approved curricula, materials, and directives. Achieving excellence requires that the Health and Physical Education Teacher work collaboratively with other members of the school staff and with parents.

Responsibilities & duties (including, but not limited to)

Fitness Instruction -

Consistently ensure excellence in fitness instruction

Effectively research and design engaging and rigorous curricula for fitness for all students

Appropriately align learning activities and student tasks with students cognitive, emotional and physical development

Fitness Integration

Provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their success in fitness to peers and family members

Integrate literacy (e.g., labelling, responding to fitness in writing) and math (e.g., counting, patters) into fitness instruction

Health Instruction-

• Plan and implement instruction to ensure that all students comprehend health and physical education, specifically health promotion and disease prevention concepts and health-enhancing behaviors;
• Health-enhancing personal, interpersonal, and life skills; Effects of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs;
• Biological, social, cultural, and psychological aspects of human sexuality and family life;

Movement concepts and skills for life-long physical activities; and Health-related fitness concepts.

Demonstrate self-management skills; and apply safety standards.

Student Assessment

Measure student achievement and progress towards learning objectives using the schools formative and summative assessment tools

Provide ongoing and timely feedback to students on their progress towards meeting expectations and achieving goals

Conducts ongoing assessments of student growth and progress in health / physical educational activities, and modifies instructional methods to fit individual students needs, including students with special needs

Use student data to reflect on effectiveness of lessons and student achievement progress in order to improve instruction and personal practice

Learning Environment

Create, and manage a responsive learning environment that enables students to feel safe, to be creative, and to develop to their full potential

Ensure the safety of students in physical education activities by providing a comprehensive program in safety instruction, injury prevention and management, and physical conditioning prior to activity. Inspect facilities, grounds, and equipment regularly, and report immediately any irregularities. Provide appropriate supervision to prevent injury.

Establish, model, practice and reinforce age-appropriate rules and discipline using school approved procedures; create and consistently use individual behavioral management plans as needed

Student and Extracurricular Activities

Organize and supervise approved field trips to enhance classroom learning.

Student Support & School Culture

Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families, colleagues and administrators

Work closely with all members of school community modelling citizenship, collaboration and support of one another

Other tasks as assigned by the Administration

Academic & certification qualifications

Bachelors Degree required,

Masters Degree preferred

NY State Health / Physical Education Teacher Certification required

Hold and maintain CPR certification and first aid certification required

Work experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Minimum of 2 years of urban teaching experience required with a record of high student achievement

Experience working with at-risk student population in some capacity preferred

Working knowledge and comfort level with instructional technology

Knowledge of physiology, health and nutrition, biology and biological functions, anatomy, hygiene exercise to promote physical and mental well-being

Strong written, grammatical, presentation, and verbal communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required to develop rubrics, examine data and metrics that will enhance student knowledge and promote performance of superior work products

Proven ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with a diverse team of teachers and administrators

Knowledge of childhood development and demonstrated experience with executing planned lessons to meet the differential needs of each child

Personal qualities & behavioural traits

Passionately dedicated to schools mission

Driven educator with an unrelenting focus on organization along with a high level of student and school-wide performance in achieving / exceeding New York standards

Champions change, supports school leader in trying to apply new ideas and methods; actively motivates and encourages others to adapt to change

Demonstrates persistence in overcoming and removing obstacles that impact student achievement

Develops and maintains positive communications and working relationships with students, parents, and co-workers by being collaborative and maintaining a pleasant work attitude

Openness to feedback and willing to take responsibility for student success

Working knowledge of the charter school movement and culture

Compensation

A competitive compensation package including base salary and complete benefits is available.

Applying & selection process

After submitting your cover letter, and resume, CSEE will review your documents. Candidates with a track record of success will be invited to an interview with the Administration team of the school.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Charter School of Educational Excellence to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizen status, age, marital status, disability, prior record of arrest or conviction (except as provided by law), sexual orientation, gender (sex), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation as required by civil rights law.