Teacher - Physical Education​/Wellness (K-12

Physical Education/Wellness Teacher (K-12)

Instructs students individually and in groups using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. This position teaches elementary grades, middle grades or high school.

Reports to:

Principal and Supervisor of Coordinated School Health/Attendance

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Exempt:
Employees primarily performing work that is not subject to overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Overtime pay is not required by FLSA for exempt employees.

Supervises:
Students

Job Goal:
All students, as well as all subgroups of students, are expected to be physically active, and to enjoy numerous and varied physical activities which are age appropriate. Students must be encouraged to develop good, healthy habits of exercise and physical activity which will help promote healthy, productive lives.

Scope of Responsibility:
To provide physical education instruction to students in the school(s) where employed.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare lesson plans for the principal's careful and thorough review, which are correlated to the most current state curriculum standards, and then effectively use the lesson plans;
• Use appropriate grade level, data-driven, research-based teaching strategies to teach the appropriate curriculum standards to all student and subgroups of students;
• Analyze the most recent, appropriate, formal state assessment results (Value-Added and TVAAS Teacher Effect, when applicable) as well as the latest system and school-level Report Card, studying identified strengths and weaknesses, then try to integrate appropriate grade-level physical activities that support the academic program;
• Serve as a positive and active participant in the Professional Learning Community (at the school level and state level, when applicable);
• Assess frequently students' comprehension and application of expected curriculum standards;
• Take responsibility for all students' mastery of applicable curriculum standards and significant academic growth;
• Develop instructional plans and organize class time to provide a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and physical activities;
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly and productive learning environment;
• Instruct students in the proper use and care of equipment;
• Organize storage areas and control the use of materials, equipment, and tools to prevent loss or abuse and to maintain the time required for distribution and collection;
• Evaluate each student's performance and growth in knowledge and skills and prepare progress reports;
• Select and requisition appropriate instructional resources and maintains required inventory records;
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the system and/or in self-selected professional growth activities;
• Maintain a correct record of student attendance that can be audited and make daily reports of students absent each period (when appropriate);
• Communicate with parents and school counselors on student progress;
• Attempt to integrate physical activities with the academic disciplines; participate in curriculum and other developmental programs within the school of assignment or on a system level; and
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned by the Principal and/or Director of Schools.

Tennessee Teacher Code of Ethics: A Cannon County Schools Teacher
- Physical Education/Wellness (K-12) will adhere to the Tennessee Teacher Code of Ethics with fidelity.

Temperament (Personal Traits):
Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity. Adaptability to dealing with people. Adaptability to construct generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

Capacity and Ability Requirements:
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

Terms of Employment:
The employee is expected to complete a minimum of the two hundred (200) day work year of certified employees

Salary:
Teacher Certified Pay Scale
- General Purpose School Budget line:

Evaluation: TEAM General Educator Rubric

Physical Demands:
This job may require lifting or carrying of objects that exceed fifty (50) pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. This job requires physical engagement with groups of students from age five through eighteen on a daily basis. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: pushing and/or pulling, stooping and/or kneeling, reaching and/or handling, talking, hearing, seeing, and climbing.

Work Conditions:
Normal school environment with the majority of time spent on a playground or in a gymnasium. May be assigned to more than one school.

General Requirements:
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