Physical Education Teacher – High School

Responsibilities:

• Possesses sound knowledge and understanding of the subject matter and the pedagogy it requires by consistently engaging students in learning experiences that enable them to acquire complex knowledge and skills in the subject.
• Possesses knowledge of the developmental levels of students in the classroom and the different ways these students learn by providing differentiated learning experiences that enable all students to progress toward meeting intended outcomes.
• Ability to design units of instruction with measurable outcomes and challenging tasks requiring higher-order thinking skills that enable students to learn the knowledge and skills defined in state standards/local curricula.
• Ability to design well-structured lessons with challenging, measurable objectives and appropriate student engagement strategies, pacing, sequence, activities, materials, resources, technologies, and grouping.
• Assess movement performance and communicate progress.
• Develop and implement cooperative and competitive activities appropriate to the developmental levels of students that are designed to utilize and improve performance in basic motor skills.

Qualifications:

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Physical 8-12 - Required.
• Proficiency as evidenced through transcripts of undergraduate and/or graduate work in the fields in which candidates apply. Preference will be given to candidates who furnish evidence of academic accomplishment and strength in the content areas.
• Successful experience or practice teaching in the secondary grades.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent of Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.