Teacher-Physical Education PK

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Teacher-Physical Education PK-12 (Anticipated) – Job

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 5,100 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

Our strategic plan, “Moving Forward Together,” builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support students’ well‑being. We are an anti‑racist, inclusive, and culturally responsive community dedicated to ensuring that students, families, and staff receive the support they need to be successful.

• Meet and instruct assigned classes at the designated locations and times.
• Plan a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students and employs a variety of instructional techniques and media.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and in harmony with the district’s goals, establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and related activities.
• Strive to implement instruction and action in accordance with the district’s philosophy of education, instructional goals, and objectives.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Make provision for being available to students and parents for education‑related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested.
• Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for teacher aides and volunteers and, cooperatively with department heads, evaluate their job performance.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as assigned.