Summary

Belle Plaine Public Schools is seeking a Physical Education Teacher at Oak Crest Elementary (Grades 3-6)

Description

NATURE OF WORK

  • Designs and implements hands-on, instructional lessons to third through sixth grade students in physical education
  • Collaborates with grade level teachers to plan, integrate, and enhance grade-level standards in the physical education environment
  • Provides standards-based, structured project based learning that interconnects the standards and curricular tools

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • Four-year degree from a college or university
  • Valid MN teaching credentials  
  • Developmental/Adaptive Physical Education (DAPE) licensure preferred

IDEAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • Experience preferred

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

  • Maintains meaningful positive rapport with students and parents
  • Manages a physical space that includes effective classroom management
  • Encourages student behavior that promotes character development  

Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

  • Develops rigorous lesson plans that are driven by student assessment
  • Designs assessments that allow students to respond in a variety of ways to curriculum that's taught
  • Implements interdisciplinary units
  • Ensures that students display knowledge of grade-level content standards
  • Uses technology to promote learning, creativity, and collaboration  
  • Contributes to the development of the whole child by teaching transferable skills and integrating social and emotional learning opportunities.

Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

  • Consistently implements agreed-upon programs
  • Implements IEPs and 504 plans
  • Develops, implements, and assesses student learning with regards to their learning targets
  • Designs and implements activities that encourage higher-level thinking
  • Differentiates lessons to meet students' needs
    • Maintains regular communication with staff members & parents 
    • Respond to communication within 1 work day
    • Collaborate with faculty on lesson plans and objectives
    • Keep individual contact with parents
    • Generate newsletters and update website regularly
    • Communicates with students in an effective and appropriate manner
    • Builds positive relationships with parents
    • Handles confidential information in a responsible and professional manner

Co-Curriculars/Intersessions

  • Offers programs that extend beyond the general curriculum
    • Develops courses which align with standards in the area of focus 
    • Collaborates as a staff to offer a balanced variety of courses across subject courses and grade levels
    • Provides meaningful learning
    • Shares an area of teacher passion and/or supports others who do so 
    • Exposes students to a wide variety of skills and knowledge in topics ranging from initial exposure to a deeper understanding
  • Designs elective instruction to include important aspects of professional practice
    • Communicates initially and as needed with parents and homeroom teachers
    • Plans long term and daily
    • Integrates content across two or more subjects whenever possible
    • Manages classroom
    • Understands multi-age group and adapts approach
    • Formatively assesses and reflects to inform future lessons
    • As an option, shares learning in a variety of ways 
  • Provides instruction, support, and supervision as assigned beyond Physical Education if necessary

Continuous Inquiry and Improvement

  • Uses formative assessment to analyze progress toward student goals
  • Seeks feedback about one's teaching practice and use as formative assessment when designing instruction
  • Takes risks and seize leadership opportunities
  • Seeks information about recent research and current best practices
  • Collects and analyzes data to evaluate and improve teaching practice
  • Pursues professional development that supports improved classroom practice and/or contributions to the field
  • Incorporates newly acquired knowledge and skills into work
  • Collaborates with colleagues to increase student learning
  • Sets challenging goals that support improved student learning and reflect on progress towards your goals
  • Strives to improve the school as a whole
  • Uses pre-assessments to plan differentiated instruction
  • Self-assesses one's teaching practice

School Leadership

  • Researches and attends trainings that further ones' professional career and student success
  • Shares professional expertise and passion with the staff
  • Collaborates and be an open resource to others 
  • Participates and support in communal responsibilities
  • Seeks out leadership opportunities and ways to get involved with students and staff
  • Initiates new programs that support the vision
  • Contributes to a positive school culture for staff and students

Position start date is November/December 2024. To apply, please complete and submit AppliTrack online application.

Contact: Please contact Ben Tressel at btressel@belleplaine.k12.mn.us or 952-873-2402 for further questions.