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The Physical Education program is a sequential, cumulative program aimed at challenging each student regardless of physical ability. Fundamental, age-appropriate motor skills and concepts are progressively taught and refined and combined into more specific sport skills. Sportsmanship, teamwork, awareness of safety rules, and developing an active, healthy lifestyle are stressed in all areas of the physical education curriculum.

We are looking for someone with the energy, enthusiasm, experience, knowledge, and creativity to continue to move our wonderful program forward. He or she must enjoy and be comfortable working with young children, middle school students, and adults. A degree in physical education is preferred. This position entails teaching either Lower School( JK-5 classes). All members of the faculty instill our school's mission by helping their students to become responsible, honest, compassionate, respectful citizens. The successful candidate will be required to exercise professional judgment and responsibility in keeping with the expectations of the school's faculty.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and stimulating environment that facilitates learning.
• Maintain a palpably strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment through equitable and inclusive teaching practices, curricula, and programming.
• Develop, plan, and implement the curriculum through daily lessons.
• Differentiate for individual students based on their unique learning needs.
• Ensure all students are appropriately engaged and challenged.
• Manage classroom behavior.
• Respond promptly to communication from colleagues and parents.
• Maintain records of each student's progress.
• Report student progress to parents through a trimester narrative report card.
• Collaborate with grade-level teams to enhance teaching and learning.
• Attend and participate in meetings of all committees joined.
• Attend and participate in regular faculty meetings and interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Coaching Requirement of 3 middle school sports seasons and 2 upper school sports seasons as assigned by the director of athletics.

The School accepts candidates with the following minimal qualifications:

(1) Bachelor's degree in Physical Education or another relevant field; advanced degrees are strongly encouraged; state certification is not required.

(2) A strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment.

(3) A commitment to coaching 3 Middle School sports and 2 Upper School sports as assigned with a preference for background in one or more of the following sports: Volleyball, Tennis, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Field Hockey, and Basketball

(4) Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

(5) Previous teaching experience in a Lower School/Elementary

(6) Strong references who confirm the applicant's ability to exercise sound professional judgment.