Summary

A SRMCS Physical Education Teacher understands and promotes the school’s mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community. S/he is responsible for ensuring the Physical education and health needs of the school and its students are met.

Description

Swan River Montessori Charter School Job Description: Physical Education Teacher

Reports To:  School Director   FLSA Status:  Exempt

Summary:  A SRMCS Physical Education Teacher understands and promotes the school’s mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community.  S/he is responsible for ensuring the Physical education and health needs of the school and its students are met.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned. 
 

  1. Planning and Instruction:
    1. Plan, prepare and execute education supporting the development of the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth of the whole child – body, mind, and spirit.
    2. Monitor talents, special abilities, disabilities, and/or deficiencies of every student.  Document and report student issues/concerns to administration as appropriate.  This includes referrals for intervention and special education services.
    3. Use formal and informal assessments tools, including observation, to monitor academic proficiency and growth.  Provide differentiated instruction based on the needs of the individual child.
    4. Ensure that all state academic standards are included and executed via direct instruction. 
  2. Classroom and School Environments:
    1. Maintain a clean, organized, and prepared classroom environment.  Ensure furnishings and materials are complete, in good repair, and correspond to the needs of the group.
    2. Oversee and facilitate the general safety of the classroom environment and its activities, including outside play.
    3. Train/supervise/manage all classroom support staff and volunteers effectively.
    4. Create and/or order new materials as needed and remain within the confines of the classroom budget. 
  3. Student Interaction:
    1. Positively promote and foster each child’s self-esteem and individual development toward fullest potential in the areas of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
    2. Actively supervise students at all times (whether or not under your immediate care).
    3. Consistently model and reinforce positive, healthy behavior as well as appropriately model conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
  4. Parent/Guardian Interaction:
    1. Demonstrate ability to work effectively with families, showing flexibility, cultural sensitivity, and compassionate care.
    2. Provide parent education and other appropriate resources to support carry over within the home and community. 
    3. Remain available and approachable to parents/guardians via telephone, email, etc.  Respond promptly to parent/guardian communications within 24 hours.
    4. Participate in parent/teacher conferences bi-annually and additional conferences as requested.
  5. Professional/Ethical/Workplace Expectations:
    1. Establish and maintain a positive interpersonal relationship with all children, fellow staff, parents/guardians, and the community.
    2. Maintain valid, professional license(s) and certification(s), including first aid, CPR, and Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI).
    3. Maintain and promptly submit accurate daily attendance, academic records and other administrative paperwork as directed.
    4. Promptly meet all deadlines and commitments.
    5. Maintain student/family confidentiality at all times. 
    6. Adhere to Montessori theory/philosophy to the greatest degree possible.
    7. Adhere to all established school policies, procedures, and plans, including all contents of the SRMCS Employee Handbook.
    8. Demonstrate effective team participation, interpersonal communication, and conflict resolution skills within and across departments.
    9. Attend and participate in all required meetings, including but not limited to lead teacher meetings, department meetings, and special education related meetings.
    10. Attend all in-service training, teacher workshops, school events, parent/family education nights, conferences, staff meetings and parent meetings as required.
    11. Maintain strong daily attendance on all school days (approximately 173 school days per academic year on average).  Uses appropriate procedures if unable to come to work at any time.

To apply:  send resume and cover letter to director@swanrivermontessori.org