Job description

Reports to: Building Principal

REQUIREMENTS

Standard Professional Educator License, with appropriate subject matter endorsement to meet state regulations, and other qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Specific Functions:

• To help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible adults

• To ensure, insofar as possible, that each student has a positive junior high educational and social experience

• To teach knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance, and individual, dual, or team sports, using a course of study adopted by the Board of Education, and other appropriate learning activities

• To work with other physical education teachers in planning a balanced physical education program

• To analyze, demonstrate and explain basic skills, knowledge and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms and fundamentals of body movement

• To provide for individualized and small-group instruction, in order to maximize participation and individual growth

• To provide for mainstreamed special education students

• To provide appropriate safety instruction, and to make safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure overall safety of pupils

• To maintain control of storage and the use of school-owned property

• To select and requisition uniforms, equipment and instructional aids, with the assistance of the building principal; and to maintain required inventory records

• Attend meetings, serve on committees,and perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as may be assigned by the principal or designee in accordance with the contract and Board of Education

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To implement the course of study adopted by the Board of Education, in the subject areas assigned

• To instruct students in citizenship and basic subject matter, as specified instate law and regulations, and as stated in district regulations, expectations,procedures and standards of performance

• To develop lesson plans and instructional materials and to provide a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of the students

• To translate lesson plans into learning experiences, so as to best use the available time for instruction

• To establish and maintain standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom

• To evaluate each pupil's academic and social growth, to keep appropriate records,and to prepare progress reports, as specified by the district

• To communicate with parents, through conferences and other means, to discuss pupils' progress and interpret the school program

• To identify pupils' needs and to cooperate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping solve health, attitude and learning problems

• To create an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards and instructional strategies appropriate to the subject

• To maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and/or self-selected professional growth activities,and to meet the district's policies for continuing university study

• To participate in the evaluation process with the appropriate administrator to improve performance, according to the district's evaluation plan

• To participate, with the principal, in selecting appropriate texts, materials and instructional aids, and to maintain required inventory records

• To supervise pupils in out-of-classroom activities during the working day, as assigned

• To administer group standardized tests, in accordance with the district's testing program

• To participate, as appropriate, in the development of curriculum programs

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $40,707.00 - $53,255.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Markham, IL 60428: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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