About this role
Job Title: Health and Physical Education Teacher - AHS & NHS
Contract Length: 188 days
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Summary The position is responsible for creating a classroom environment that develops competencies and an understanding of the assigned subject area as well as motivating students to apply knowledge, standards, and skills within that discipline. Essential Duties In order to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the duties herein described.
• Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythm and dance, and individual, dual, or team sports, utilizing curriculum designated by Accomack County Public Schools.
• Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law as well as administrative regulations and procedures of Accomack County Public Schools.
• Works cooperatively with other physical education teachers to plan and implement a balanced physical education program.
• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the division's instructional philosophy and aligned with the course and state standards; provides individualized and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and student subgroups.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas.
• Provides appropriate safety instruction and conducts safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure students' overall safety.
• Evaluates the academic and social growth of students, prepares report cards, and keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.
• Maintains control of storage and use of school property.
• Evaluates each student's physical skills, knowledge, and contribution to team sports.
• Communicates with parents and school counselors on student progress. May supervise students in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
Minimum Qualifications
• Must possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in physical education or a related field.
• Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with the appropriate endorsement to teach health and physical education.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements The individual must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone and enter data into a computer; see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone; speak clearly in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; lift up to 25 pounds; and bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Clearance Criminal History Background Check, Fingerprinting, Tuberculosis (TB) Assessment Supervision Exercised May include instructional assistants, volunteers, and tutors. Supervision Received Principal This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the principal or appropriate administrator. Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time. Accomack County Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, military status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, political affiliation, creed, marital status, age, or disability in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Section 504, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.