Secondary Health/PE Teacher

Qualifications:

• Current MN teaching license in Physical Education, Health, and DAPE (preferred).
• Experience with teaming preferred.
• Experience and/or professional development with career academies is strongly preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work and lead positively and constructively within teacher teams.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Deliver engaging classroom instruction in physical education; implement lesson plans on instructional units; develop and determine methods, approaches and instructional units; maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning.
• Assess and evaluate student performance against lesson plans; determine the need for re-instruction and reassessment; reinforce information previously taught in the classroom; determine grades for reporting purposes; monitor student performance and behaviors and determine how to approach bad behaviors.
• Aid in the implementation of the Academy Model in grades 9-12 by participating on a pathway team and teaching pathway courses in health sciences and/or human service.
• Collaborate with colleagues using the BARR (Building Assets Reducing Risks) model to help all students have success at DLMS/DLHS.
• Develop and plan instructional activities; develop and implement lesson plans personalized for individual student needs; assist in the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEPs); implement student assessments and evaluate results; determine assessment process for instructional units; research topics and materials designed to improve instructional presentations.