Fitness Instructor - Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy

Position:
Fitness Instructor

Location:

Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Toledo, OH)

Why Your Work Matters Here

• Educating the Whole Child:
  Students participate in daily structured physical education - including martial arts, tennis, and soccer - as part of our whole-child approach to education.
• Character-Driven Culture:
  We teach daily lessons on respect, responsibility, and teamwork, reinforced by a structured uniform policy.
• Impact-Focused Environment:
  Our smaller, supportive classrooms ensure no child slips through the cracks, allowing you to truly personalize learning.
• Supportive Leadership:
  Our school leaders are highly visible and focused on helping teachers succeed through coaching, collaboration, and responsive support.

• Plan and deliver engaging physical education lessons aligned with state standards and the school's fitness curriculum.
• Teach sport-specific skills with an emphasis on soccer, tennis, martial arts, and overall physical fitness.
• Maintain a safe, structured, and positive learning environment.
• Assess student progress and maintain accurate records of student performance.
• Prepare students for school fitness competitions and tournaments.

• Supervise students at all times and ensure student safety.
• Implement positive behavior management strategies and school discipline policies.
• Support the needs of students with IEPs, 504 Plans, and behavior plans in collaboration with intervention staff.
• Foster an inclusive environment that encourages respect, teamwork, and healthy habits.

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe fitness space.
• Manage and maintain fitness equipment inventory.
• Assist with school-wide events, fitness competitions, and assigned duties such as lunch or bus supervision.

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Valid Ohio teaching license.
• Successful completion of required state and federal background checks.

• School hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Attendance at staff meetings, professional development, conferences, and school events as required.

• Three comprehensive medical plans to choose from with significant company contribution towards premium.
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company-Paid Basic Life, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospitalization Coverage available.
• STRS participation for all school-based positions.
• Multiple scheduled holiday breaks.
• PTO & personal days.
• Competitive salaries and annual cost of living adjustments, as well as performance bonus potential (based on enrollment and academic performance).

If you're passionate about helping students achieve academically, grow in character, and discover their potential, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of a team that's making a lasting impact in the lives of students every day.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.