Elementary Physical Education Instructor

                                                       JOB DESCRIPTION – Elementary Physical Education Instructor

Title:                                    Elementary Physical Education Instructor           

Reports To:                          Building Principal, Superintendent

Employment Status:            Less than Full Time

FLSA Status:                        Non-Exempt

Qualifications:                     

• Certification as required by the Department of Public Instruction of Michigan - Physical Education (MB)
• NCLB Highly Qualified
• Dual Certification in other subject areas is preferred
• Valid Michigan Driver’s license
• Demonstrates a sincere desire to aid all students
• Good health, high moral character, and good attendance record

General Description:            

Help students to learn subject matter and skills which will lead toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, physical, emotional, and psychological growth. 

Essential Functions:

• Maintain records as required district policy; maintains professional ethics.
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships.
• Provide evidence of professional growth.
• Model appropriate dress.
• Provides guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development. Periodically assess student progress.
• Administers the classroom and its program of organization and management. Discipline and control should be maintained at all times with those whom the teacher is charged with supervising.  Cooperate with extended exceptional programs, small group instructions and so forth; endeavor to make provisions for individual differences in students.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards and conferences.
• Write clear and usable plans.
• Lesson plans indicate direction for instruction. Lesson plans indicate implementation of courses of study.  Submit lesson plans on time when requested.
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and to be familiar with all District Policies, Administration Guidelines, Staff Manuals and Student Handbooks.
• Be prompt in arriving in and dismissing a class in conformity with school schedules, as well as reporting promptly to school and to any meetings called. The teacher is not to leave school before the regular scheduled time unless permission is secured from the principal.  The teacher must be on time to class and never leave students unattended in class.
• Present clear, complete and accurate explanations suitable to level of learners.
• Approach subject matter in a positive and enthusiastic manner; present subject matter in a calm, self-confident, and poised manner.
• Receive learners’ questions comfortably and answers them clearly and completely.
• Give positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior.
• Consistently confront undesirable behavior with firmness and fairness. Monitor student behavior and activities.
• Show respect and consideration for students, staff, parents and so forth.
• Present objectives clearly. Present material relevant to the objective clearly and accurately.  Provide activities that will help learners meet the objectives.
• Ask relevant questions throughout the lesson to check for understanding. Ask questions of varying difficulty.  Encourage active student participation.
• Provide homework that is relevant to learning objective.
• Maintain accurate pupil accounting records and becomes familiar with the cumulative records of all students in classes.
• Provides for the care and protection of district property.
• Keeps an active record of texts, supplies, and equipment used in the classroom.
• Fosters desirable school-community relationships.
• Refers attendance, health, and psychological/emotional problems to principal and/or guidance counselor.
• Assists in the selection of textbooks, equipment and other instructional materials.
• Attends county, district and faculty meetings (seminars, conferences, workshops, and so forth) as adopted in the district’s calendar unless excused by the principal.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings;
2. Helps instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values; and
3. Conducts other duties related to the teacher’s duties as assigned by the principal or superintendent of the schools.

K-6 Physical Education/Health Education Instructor

This job description in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the position of Elementary Physical Education Instructor.  The Elementary Physical Education Instructor will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the Elementary Physical Education Instructor’s supervisor, appointing authority and/or the superintendent of schools.

Superintendent                                                                        Date

My signature below signifies I have reviewed the contents of my job description and that I am aware of all the requirements of my position.  I further certify that I have reviewed the Iron Mountain Board of Education Policy Manual.