Middle School Teacher/Head 7/8 Boys Basketball/Assistant 7/8 Boys Track

Middle School Teacher/Head 7/8 Boys Basketball/Assistant 7/8 Boys Track

Department: Instructional

Job Status: Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Building Principal

Grade/Level: Secondary 7-8

Amount of Travel Required: Minimal; may be required in conjunction with pre-approved professional development activities

Positions Supervised: None

Work Schedule: 190-day contract, Monday through Friday

Position Summary:

This position is demanding, varied, and complex. The educator must be collaborative, a relationship builder, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be well-trained in secondary education content knowledge, and possess effective and engaging teaching strategies.

Essential Functions:

1. Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching all learners.
2. Create a student-centered classroom environment.
3. Facilitate students' physical, cognitive, social, and emotional learning through lessons designed to sequentially develop skills appropriate to their ability and confidence levels.
4. Provide engaging, fun, and effective instruction that builds a health and wellness foundation.
5. Teach knowledge and skills in physical fitness, ensuring maximum participation and differentiating as needed for all students to experience success.
6. Analyze, demonstrate, and explain basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
7. Develop engaging and effective lesson plans and supplementary materials.
8. Provide ongoing formative feedback to students.
9. Demonstrate a growth mindset individually and support this development with all students.
10. Communicate in developmentally appropriate ways through a humane, sensitive approach that clearly communicates that every student, regardless of ability, can succeed and will benefit from a physically active, healthy lifestyle.
11. Implement and support school-wide programs.
12. Collaborate with school team members to increase health and wellness, movement, and activity within the classroom.
13. Establish and maintain standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas that align with the school-wide behavior framework.
14. Provide appropriate safety instruction and make safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.
15. Evaluate academic and social growth of students, maintaining appropriate records, including report cards, attendance records, checklists, and other recordkeeping activities as assigned.
16. Communicate with parents, school counselors, and administrators on student progress.
17. Focus on making learning visible through effective student engagement.
18. Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Education: Bachelor's degree required. Must hold a valid Arkansas Teaching License with appropriate endorsement.
2. Experience: At least one year of physical education teaching experience at the level of application or student teaching. Demonstrated ability to successfully work with students and the public in a school setting. Student teaching also applies.
3. Works well with others from diverse backgrounds. Focuses on solving conflict; maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others' ideas and contributes to building a positive team spirit.
4. Verifiable ability to work with students of varying levels of readiness.
5. Ability to communicate fluently verbally and in writing in English. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from students, parents, staff, or members of the community.
6. Proficiency in database software, internet software, email, and ability to proficiently use Google Docs, etc.
7. Ability to appropriately communicate with students, school team members, parents, members of the community, partners, and others including vendors, law enforcement, and other agencies.
8. Ability to exercise good judgment and work in an environment with constant interruptions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Arkansas Teaching License with appropriate certification
• This position is primarily performed indoors in school buildings, although some outdoor instruction and supervision are required.
• Frequent or prolonged standing, walking, and sitting.
• Possible exposure to bodily fluids due to student or employee injury or illness.
• Requires accurate perceiving of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, handling, and working with materials and objects.
• Frequent and prolonged talking/hearing conversations.
• Evenings and/or extended work hours are often required.

Workplace Expectations:

• The employee has regular attendance at work and work activities and is punctual in meeting deadlines, attending meetings, and following schedules.
• The employee maintains the integrity of confidential information relating to a student, family, colleague, or district patron.
• The employee follows all district or supervisor policies, rules, regulations, memos, bulletins, announcements, applicable position descriptions, and reasonable requests by proper authority.
• The employee demonstrates appropriate judgment and professional behavior at all times.

The NLRSD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $50,000 - $70,900