What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER - PACHECO HIGH SCHOOL position at Los Banos Unified?
PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER
Under the principal’s direction, and as part of a secondary teaching assignment, the Physical Education Teacher teaches one or more classes of physical education and assists in other school duties as assigned.
- I. Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- a. Performs duties in accordance with District and State school policies and\or laws.
- b. Teaches courses in Physical Education to secondary pupils utilizing the course of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities.
- c. Attends Physical Education Workshops and keeps abreast of new innovations.
- d. Sees that equipment is kept in good repair.
- e. Supervises all class activities.
- f. Provides instruction in the prevention of injuries.
- g. Provides first aid in injuries with compliance to State and District policy.
- h. Issues, collects and accounts for all equipment.
- i. Keeps a record of all fitness tests and compiles norms for year to year.
- j. Issues and keeps a record of locks and locker numbers, combinations and serial numbers.
- k. Promotes athletic and recreational programs.
- l. Requests equipment for physical education programs.
- m. Promotes recreation among the faculty and other adults.
- n. Promotes health campaigns
- o. Prescribes exercises
- p. Gives guidance to students in health, social, vocational and athletics.
- q. Keeps a record of all individual students’ results of each test, posts such results so it can be seen and examined by students.
- r. Works at improving school facilities for a continued improvement in Physical Education programs.
- s. Strives toward a good rapport with classroom teachers and the relationships with student’s class work and physical fitness obtained in Physical Education.
- t. Delegates responsibilities to class members and encourages leadership.
- u. Participates with the principal or his\her designee to mutually develop the system by which he\she will be evaluated in conformance with the District’s uniform guidelines for evaluation and assessments.
- v. Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive classroom environment.
- II. Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- a. Selects and requisitions books, instructional aides and instructional supplies, and maintains required inventory records; may request resource speakers and field trips.
- b. Communicates with parents and school personnel to discuss the individual pupil’s progress.
- c. Identifies pupil’s needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve health, attitude and learning problems.
- d. Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
- e. Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs within the school or assignment and\or on a District level. May teach under the module or flexible scheduling plan.
- f. Performs basic attendance accounting and business services as required.
- g. Plans and coordinates the work of aides, teacher assistant’s and\or other paraprofessionals.
- h. Attends all faculty, in-service, and articulation meetings.
- i. Performs other duties, such as, yard and bus duties as assigned by the school’s extra duty roster.
- j. Supervises co-curricular activities, such as, student’s supervision at athletic events, club sponsorships and dance duties as assigned.
- k. Assists in writing goals and performance objectives in his teaching assignment and relevant school and District levels as assigned.