Physical Education Teacher

The physical education teacher is the primary instructional delivery for student health and wellness, and fitness and growth. The educator collaborates with school team members and provides strategies and supports for increasing student movement and fitness within the regular classroom. The position is demanding, varied and complex. The educator must be collaborative, a relationship builder, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be well trained in physical education content knowledge, and effective and engaging teaching strategies.

Essential Functions:

• Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching all learners.
• Demonstrate the ability to create a student-centered classroom.
• Facilitates student's physical, cognitive and social and emotional learning through lessons designed to sequentially develop skills appropriate to their ability and confidence levels.
• Provides engaging, fun, and effective instruction that helps build a health and wellness foundation for students.
• Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness using the Oregon Core Standards.
• Implements Oregon Core Standards with rigor, purpose, and planning.
• Provides maximum participation for all students; differentiates as needed to ensure all students experience success.
• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge and strategies of games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Valid TSPC License with a Physical Education Endorsement.