Elementary PE/Health Teacher

St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Kansas City, Missouri is seeking a part time PE/Health Teacher who is responsible for creating a classroom environment that fosters, promotes and develops an understanding of the relationship of healthy body function and exercise; that motivates each student to cultivate physical fitness, and appropriate social and emotional adjustment; that discovers and develop talents of students in physical achievement; and that develops strength, skill, agility, poise, and coordination in individual, dual and team physical activities and sports, in accordance with each student’s ability.

Essential Duties:

• Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance, and individual, dual or team sports, utilizing the diocesan learning standards and other appropriate learning activities.
• Instructs students in citizenship.
• Works cooperatively with other diocesan physical education teachers in planning and implementing a balanced physical education program.
• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials that address diocesan learning standards and Missouri State standards.
• Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Prior teaching experience preferred
• Practicing Catholic in good standing is preferred, but not required.