What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Education Teacher position at Mokena Elementary School?
Title: TEACHER, Physical Education, Art, or Music
Minimum Qualifications:
- Appropriately licensed/certified by the Illinois State Board of Education.
- Teachers in grades 6-8 must have Middle School Endorsement in Content Area
Accountable to:
- Building Administrators
Primary Objective:
- Instructs students in physical education, art, or music activities in educational institution by performing the following duties.
Major Areas of Accountability*:
- Plans physical education, art, or music program to promote development of student’s physical attributes, social skills, and life-long activity skills.
- Teaches individuals utilizing knowledge of sports, art, or music techniques.
- Organizes, leads, instructs, physical games, art activities, or music performances.
- Teaches and demonstrates the use of equipment related to physical education, art, or music.
- Confers with students, parents, and school counselor to resolve student problems.
- Selects, stores, orders, issues, and inventories equipment, materials, and supplies used in physical education, art, or music program.
- Supervises classroom, students, and volunteers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bending, carrying, climbing, must be able to travel between job sites, lifting, pushing-pulling, reaching, sitting, standing and walking.
- Must be able to occasionally lift, move, or push items of 50 lbs such as assisting children or moving/rearranging furniture.
- Must be able to supervise students in all types of weather, meet multiple demands from several people, and interact with the public and other staff.
- Must have Adaptive Physical Education Approval if a Physical Education Endorsement is
Working Conditions:
- Includes extremes of temperature and humidity.
- Hazards include stairs and communicable diseases.
Benefits:
- Per MTA Professional Collective Bargaining Agreement
*All areas of accountability considered essential functions of the job
Salary : $48,294 - $62,438