Elementary School Pe Teacher

**Position Responsibilities**

**Elementary School Educator Responsibilities**
- Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the Elementary School.
- Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in the classroom, taking into account the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students.
- Utilize the principles of Responsive Classroom to build a community where students feel valued, respected, and motivated to succeed.
- Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
- Design and implement engaging learning experiences that are collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated.
- Employ high-impact instructional practices based on current pedagogical approaches to teach the curriculum.
- Design and deliver engaging, differentiated lessons that align with curriculum standards and meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all students.
- Regularly assess student progress through formative assessments and other data-driven tools.
- Accurately and regularly assess student progress through formative and summative standards-based approaches.
- Continuously monitor student learning and make appropriate modifications of goals and strategies to meet students’ needs.
- Group students flexibly based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets, using data to inform grouping decisions.
- Design quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate their growth and achievement.
- Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning.
- Respond to learners’ diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions.
- Demonstrate experience with current best pedagogical practices, teaching materials, and instructional strategies.
- Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
- Work closely with team members, PLC teams, and school administration to develop cohesive curriculum materials and establish common instructional goals and assessments.
- Engage in team planning, curriculum review, budgeting, and other school-required activities as needed.
- Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection.
- Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles with Professional Learning Community Coaches and Principals.
- Engage in co-teaching practices with other members of the PLC and utilize learning community spaces with intention and flexibility.
- Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
- Strive for continuous self-improvement as a lifelong learner.
- Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community.
- Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the school program as needed.
- The Elementary School PE teacher will also co-teach swimming units in partnership with the Elementary School Aquatics teacher.

**Position Requirements & Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (General Education or Physical Education/Health preferred)
- Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
- Experience teaching elementary school PE preferred
- Understanding of child development and experience addressing social-emotional needs.
- Experience working with diverse learners, including learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL).
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills.

**Working Requirements**
- Sponsoring and/or coaching after school activities are part of the responsibility of the professional educator. Therefore, faculty shall be available to coach and/or sponsor an athletic team or other extra curricular activity. Each faculty member is expected to do a minimum of one category 1 activity or sport per year.
- Mandatory attendance of school orientation, chaperone and participate in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including "Back-to-School Night").
- Attend Responsive Classroom professional learning (virtual), specified by the school, in the months prior to the official start of employment.