Job Title: Physical Education Teacher (Brown's Ferry Elementary School for the Creative and Performing Arts & Plantersville Elementary Digital Immersion School)

**Position eligible for the Rural Incentive - remain at a qualifying school for three (3) years to be eligible to receive a $1,500 incentive**

Supervisor: Principal/Department Head

FLSA: Exempt

Term of Employment: 190 days

Job Summary:

Creating and implementing flexible strategies in a classroom environment favorable to student learning and personal growth; to promote healthy habits that will serve and motivate students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge for an effective educational foundation in accordance with each student’s ability.

Qualifications:

• Degree(s) from an accredited college or university
• South Carolina Teacher Certification in appropriate area
• Prior job experience preferred
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as district administration may find appropriate and acceptable

Essential Duties:

• Teaches knowledge and skills utilizing standard courses of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities
• Works cooperatively with other physical education teachers in planning a balanced physical education program
• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement
• Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student, to the extent feasible
• Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure the overall safety of students
• Assesses accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports to principal, parents, and district as required
• Maintains attendance records on each student taught as required
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas
• Evaluates each student’s growth in physical skills, knowledge, and contribution in team sports
• Participates cooperatively with the principal or designee to develop the method by which the teacher will be evaluated in conformance with district guidelines
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education provided by the district, and in self-selected professional growth activities
• Selects and requisitions uniforms, equipment, and instructional aids; maintains required inventory records
• Communicates with parents and school counselors on student progress
• Identifies students' needs, and cooperates with other professional staff members in helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems
• Cooperates with school administration in providing specialty performing groups for special occasions, PTA meetings, assemblies, and interscholastic athletic events
• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day
• Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs
• Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities
• Supervisor may assign other duties as needed

Other Duties:
Perform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 40 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.

Salary Scale - salary based on years of experience and degree level

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This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. GCSD reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.

The deadline is for the convenience of the District. The District reserves the right at any time to extend the deadline date without notice and without final consideration of any pending applications.

GCSD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Last Update: 8/23