Physical Education Teacher

About This Role

This teaching position focuses on planning and delivering engaging physical education lessons that promote students' physical fitness, motor skills, teamwork, sportsmanship, and healthy lifestyles. The teacher creates a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment where students of different abilities can participate in physical activities and develop lifelong healthy habits. Working in an open, small classroom environment, the teacher must demonstrate a high degree of flexibility in serving the individualized instructional needs of students and collaborate with other teachers, special education staff, counselors, and social workers.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver physical education lessons aligned with the school curriculum and educational standards
• Teach fundamental movement skills, sports techniques, fitness exercises, and recreational activities
• Organize individual and team sports, games, tournaments, and physical fitness programs
• Assess and monitor students’ physical development, participation, skill acquisition, and progress
• Promote teamwork, discipline, fair play, leadership, and sportsmanship
• Ensure student safety during physical activities and enforce appropriate safety procedures
• Maintain sports equipment, facilities, and instructional materials
• Adapt activities to accommodate students with diverse physical abilities and learning needs
• Encourage healthy habits, physical wellness, and active lifestyles
• Maintain accurate attendance, assessment, and performance records
• Collaborate with other teachers, school administrators, parents, and coaches
• Support extracurricular sports activities, school athletic events, and fitness initiatives
• Follow school policies, child safeguarding procedures, and emergency response protocols
• Develop a classroom culture where the educator is viewed as a facilitator of the learning process
• Plan, prepare and implement lesson plans that facilitate active learning
• Provide personalized support to each student to develop learning plans that match each student’s needs and abilities
• Utilize Project-Based Learning (PBL) techniques
• Leverage technology to support and differentiate instruction
• Develop a multi-sensory learning environment
• Assign and grade class work, homework, tests, and assignments
• Monitor the progress of individual students and use information to adjust facilitation strategies
• Maintain accurate and complete records of students’ progress
• Build positive, compassionate classroom communities that engage learners
• Find and exchange tips for coping with disruptive behaviors and managing distraction