FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES:Knowledge and respect for the cultural norms and language of the Deaf community.Create and deliver a health and physical education curriculum that creates and maintains a positive learning climate that incorporates rigor and relevance. Plan, develop, and execute lesson plans and provide instruction in health and physical education for individual students, small groups, and remedial instruction to meet the needs of identified students or subgroups. Assess student learning by using a variety of appropriate formal and informal methods. Apply knowledge of best practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and methods of supporting and extending instruction and student learning.Services shall include preparing and correcting examinations, proctoring, and substituting. Assess student learning to inform their instruction. Apply knowledge of School policies and City and State laws. Services shall also include the customary conferences with students and parents; individual guidance of students; and service on school committees.Expected to participate in appropriate professional development activities to stay current in their assigned teaching fields, programs, and discipline, as well as in the delivery of remote learning. Attendance at professional development as mandated by the Principal.Expected to provide synchronous and asynchronous remote learning instruction when directed by the Principal or per teaching assignment. Participate in the IEP process as needed. Expected to manage daily, the recording and publishing of student attendance and grading on the school platform. Participate in the communication of policies as a member of the certified instructional team and communicate school and District programs, policies, and procedures to students, staff, parents, and community, as directed by the Director. Participate in Professional Development/Professional Learning Communities (PLC), New Staff Orientation (as applicable): to provide exceptional student achievement; to establish the foundations for successful classrooms: ambitious vision and goals, purposeful long-term plans, and unit plans, rigorous assessments, strong relationships, and positive classroom cultures. Use student data to inform decision-making, develop and modify curriculum, and develop targeted and differentiated instruction (interventions/enrichment).Implement school-adopted curricular resources. Assist with the creation, completion, and presentation of school reports, as well as required reports for the district. Determine the need for curricular materials, assessment materials, and instructional resources; communicate ordering needs with the Principal. Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.