Saint Leo the Great School is seeking a certified Physical Education Teacher to fill a full-time teaching position for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year.
Physical Education Teacher (Grades K-8)
Job Description
The Physical Education (PE) teacher organizes physical games, mental and fitness challenges that promote physical activity and mental awareness among children and young adults from kindergarten through eighth grade. Their goal is to develop motor skills and physical development through proper exercise, nutritional instruction and introduction to proper physical hygiene. The PE teachers must adjust their curricula to adapt to a wide variety of physical abilities and disabilities. The PE teacher also coaches intramural, interscholastic, and recreational sports teams providing support and leadership to school athletic programs.
Qualifications
- New Jersey (K-8) Physical Education Teaching Certificate or Certificate of Eligibility (CE)
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Successful prior teaching experience for the appropriate grade level preferred.
- Excellent references
Essential Functions
- Develops and implements lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of Diocesan curriculum and show written evidence of preparation as required.
- Model Christian behavior and demonstrate the morals and values contained in the Gospels.
- Develops and administers Physical Education classes consistent with school goals and objectives.
- Teaches knowledge of, and develops skills and abilities in, physical fitness, rhythm and dance, coordination and agility, exercise, and sports.
- Develops students' concepts in leadership, teamwork, responsibility and social skills; providing a safe and optimal learning environment; and appropriate feedback regarding student progress, expectations, and goals.
- Advocates and provides instructional direction in coordination with principles recommended by the President’s Council on Sports, Physical Fitness and Nutrition.
- Encourages students to meet the challenge of being active and eating healthy.
- Assumes a leadership role in Field Days, Pep Rallies, and other special events as needed.
- Assists students in maintaining fitness development records and charts to help them measure improvement and progress.
- Conducts ongoing assessments of student growth and progress in physical educational activities, and modifies instructional methods to fit individual student's needs, including students with special needs.
- Assists in coordinating extra-curricular activities, including student performances, assembles, and athletic events.
- Encourages parental involvement in students' education and ensures effective communication with students and parents.
- Ensures that student conduct conforms to the school's standards and policies and establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere.
- Coordinates with other professional staff members and participates in faculty meetings and committees.
- Inspects equipment and field areas used to ensure they are in good and safe working order.
- Helps coordinate student dismissal and transportation pick up as needed.
- Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Administration.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Physical Demands
- Stand for most of the day.
- Sit with and lean over students, as well as bend, crouch, stoop, kneel, and crawl in an effort to assist individuals.
- Balance and walk around the gymnasium.
- Climb stairs to various rooms.
- Climb and stand on a short ladder.
- Push or pull equipment carts.
- Verbalize, listen, and hear.
Job Type: Full-time