Teacher Physical Education Ms; Dance

TEACHER PHYSICAL EDUCATION MS (0.1 DANCE)

• Position Type:
  Teacher Middle School/ Physical Education
• Date Posted: 5/4/2026
• Location:
  
  Tefft Middle School
• Date Available:
  
  08/24/2026

Position /

Title:

K-12 Physical Education Teacher

Bargaining Unit: ETA

Department/

Location:

PE/Wellness

Calendar Days: 184 Reports To: Student Wellness Coordinator/Building Principal

JD Revision Date: 06/02/2023 Supervises: K-12 Students in Physical Education

Elgin U-46 Adapted Physical Educators are results‑driven educators with experience in, and commitment to implementing a standards‑based curriculum and the use of data and assessments to drive instructional decisions for individual students. They are proven managers of classrooms who have established a culture of learning for all students with the effective implementation of strategies, structure, and high expectations to achieve measurable academic, physical and social emotional success.

• Assume personal responsibility for the academic progress of all students.
• Develop lesson plans to modify and accommodate physical education activities to meet individual IEP goals.
• Collect and track data aligned to IEP goals to report back to during IEP meetings.
• Assesses student's skills, knowledge and abilities pertaining to physical education for the purpose of providing formal and informal feedback to students, parents, administration and state reporting.
• Use consistent school‑wide practices and individualized methods to engage all students.
• Uses assessment and observation to identify students' physical, behavioral and cognitive needs to support the development and implementation of IEP goals and data tracking.
• Vast knowledge of specialized equipment and instructional strategies to support inclusion in general education physical education.
• Develop lessons, assessments and rubrics aligned to U-46 K‑12 curriculum.
• Manages student behavior for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment for all students.
• Communication and collaboration with parents and classroom teachers.
• Develop goals that are aligned to the district physical education curriculum.
• Participates in a variety of training, meetings and professional development for the purpose of gathering information to improve teaching and learning.

• Bachelor's degree required
• Certification in physical education required
• Adapted PE approval required
• Experience working with students in adaptive PE preferred

• Develop and implement a variety of assessments and data to refine instructional practices.
• Modifies curriculum, instruction, and equipment based on individual student needs.
• Able to assess individual student growth in physical, social, emotional and cognitive areas within the physical education classroom.
• Assessment, and development of IEP goals aligned to physical education curriculum and data tracking system.
• Ensure smooth operation of all classroom instructional functions.
• Data collection and reporting in Embrace system.
• Implementation of technology into the physical education classroom for student and teacher use during activity and assessment.
• Ability to adapt to changing work priorities, communicating with diverse groups, setting priorities, building collaborative relationships and implementing effective lessons in a variety of settings.
• Using movement as an intervention and/or strategy to support students' academic/behavioral success.
• Develop lesson plans to assist students based on IEP goals or for enrichment, and/or intervention support as needed.

• The job's functions require the following physical demands: lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling light to heavy objects or students. The job requires 95% standing/walking and 5% sitting when not with students.
• Must be able to provide own transportation between teaching assignments daily.
• Work in a variety of settings, gym, outside, multipurpose room or classroom.
• Work in a variety of settings with varied temperatures, lighting and ground.

• This is a 10‑month work year position. Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.