What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fitness Teacher-ToPFA position at Performance Academies?
Job titleFitness InstructorClassification ExemptReports toPrincipalOrganization UnitFitnessApproved byHuman ResourcesEffective date5/9/2025
Job Purpose
The Fitness Instructor ensures that students receive physical education activities following the Performance Academies Mission to instill lifelong learning and physical well-being through the sports of soccer and tennis. It is the responsibility of the Fitness Instructor to collaborate with team members, which include but are not limited to: the parent, classroom teacher(s), principal, related service providers, and Fitness Director to ensure the individual needs of students are met.
Duties and Responsibilities
Include but not limited to:
Student Learning
Job Purpose
The Fitness Instructor ensures that students receive physical education activities following the Performance Academies Mission to instill lifelong learning and physical well-being through the sports of soccer and tennis. It is the responsibility of the Fitness Instructor to collaborate with team members, which include but are not limited to: the parent, classroom teacher(s), principal, related service providers, and Fitness Director to ensure the individual needs of students are met.
Duties and Responsibilities
Include but not limited to:
Student Learning
- Always supervise students; never leave a child unattended, never allow a child to run errands, use the restroom, go to the office, leave for intervention or speech services unattended or unsupervised by an adult
- Maintain all required certifications, licensures, background checks, etc. current
- Maintain high levels of classroom management at all times, including during transitions to and from PE, etc.
- Deliver high quality instruction at all times
- Follow “coaching” model of PE instruction; focuses on tennis, soccer, martial arts or specifically related subjects
- Maintains visible charts, graphs and other forms of documentation of student progress in the PE room; regularly updates progress visually in the room
- Keeps accurate student assessment data of each and every student
- Turn in lesson plans on school template to Principal, Superintendent, Fitness Director, or
Assistant Principal as required - Choose only educationally related field trips, films, videos, or DVD’s for students and use them sparingly only as a supplement to a specific lesson
- Prepare students to compete in Performance Academies tournaments
- Start & end all fitness classes or other activities in a timely manner aligned with the schools schedule
- Keep fitness room free of chaos; maintain high standards of cleanliness, organization, and safety, and eliminate clutter
- Be mindful of students with disabilities; properly implement goals and objectives for all students with active
IEP’s, BIP’s, or 504 Plans when appropriate or needed - Work closely with Intervention staff to ensure consistency of academic and/or behavioral service delivery for students with disabilities
- Participate and help organize fitness competitions among schools
- Maintain appropriate and accurate inventory at all times of all fitness equipment, materials and resources
- Assist with bus duty and lunch duty as required by Principal or Assistant Principal
- Students must not leave the fitness classroom for restroom breaks or other reasons without being supervised
- Stay abreast of latest requirements in education and special education to the best of your ability
- Attend all required staff in-services or professional development days
- Turn in grades and interim reports in timely manner
- Manage your classroom; do not give power away by sending students to the office for minor disruptions
- Follow the Student Code of Conduct at all times as it relates to discipline
- Implement the schools positive behavior systems in your classroom
- Clearly post the classroom rules in your classroom.
- Encourage cleanliness and good hand washing behavior of students and ensure that students wear adequate foot covering at all times
- Report any change of address/status immediately to the HR office so that all mail, correspondence, pay stubs, W-2’s, etc. can be mailed to your proper address.
- Report any obvious communicable disease or sickness to your supervisor.
- Refrain from driving students in your personal vehicle at all times
- Ensure that all appropriate field trip / tournament permission forms are signed, dated, turned into the office with appropriate written consent from parents for every child attending field trip (not just a sibling, for instance)
- Ensure that parents who volunteer at the school have a clearly assigned purpose for volunteering, particularly in the classroom or school office; they must have an assigned day and time and a specific job and may not be permitted to wander freely about the school; all visitors must sign in and out at the front office or in classrooms
- Turn in monthly column for school newsletter
- All correspondence to parents, students, in the school newsletter, to staff, etc. must be grammatically correct and free of spelling or punctuation errors; if unsure, consult a dictionary, thesaurus or colleague before sending
- Any and all contacts from news media, i.e., newspaper, television, radio, etc., must be immediately referred to Principal and Superintendent; never conduct an interview on your own
- Immediately report any and all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect to Superintendent, Principal, Assistant
Principal, law enforcement and Children’s Services agencies - Maintain confidentiality of student records at all times and keep all student records locked
- Be an active participant in any and all IAT or IEP meetings for any students in your classroom who are being evaluated for special services; come fully prepared for those meetings with all required documentation, including samples of student work, behavioral documentation, etc.
- Maintain all keys, computers, fitness equipment, etc. in a safe and efficient
- Send home fully executed incident report for any student who falls, hurts themselves, is injured in any way
within 24 hours of the incident - Do not leave the building without express permission of principal
- Work collaboratively with any and all consultants to the school or organization, such as psychologists, guidance counselors, attorneys, philanthropists, etc.
- Follow all prescribed Superintendent, Principal, Fitness Director or Board policies faithfully
- Read and understand all policies outlined in staff handbook and student handbook/code of conduct
- Other duties as assigned by Superintendent, Principal, Fitness Director, Assistant Principal or management staff
- Maintain a high standard of care for all fitness equipment & keep an accurate Inventory of it
- Teacher Based Teams (TBT) must be conducted weekly with fitness team and monthly with leadership
- Follow faithfully all items in the Fitness Blueprint
- Communicate regularly with parents and/or guardians, regarding students' progress
- Do not give out personally identifying information to students, i.e., cell phone number, home phone number,
address, etc. - Create a network of support for students by treating all students and families with respect at all times and actively working with parents/guardians to coordinate home and school connections.
- Hold regularly scheduled parent/Fitness Instructor conferences at school prescribed times, as needed
- Provide high quality lesson plans, schedules of services, and other related information to Fitness Director, Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Superintendent as required
- Follow the required school dress code for Fitness Instructors
- Read and understand all policies outlined in staff handbook and student handbook/code of conduct
- Refrain from discussing student or parent issues with staff members outside of IAT meetings, except as needed to ensure educational efficacy of student; never discuss student or parent issues with other parents or the public; this also includes other professionals, including doctors, psychologists, attorneys, dentists, social workers, or anyone without explicit written, parent consent.
- Keep all student identifying information confidential at all times and all parent and student correspondences and communications confidential at all times.
- Report any and all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect immediately to Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Superintendent, before contacting Children’s Services or local law enforcement.
- Maintain positive interactions with parents, students, and staff at all times, even in the most difficult situations
- Use all appropriate and required forms for the business office and the HR department as required, i.e., application forms, applications for insurance, requests for reimbursement, etc.
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
- Valid and current Ohio Education License
- Satisfactory completion of federal and state required criminal history checks
- Experience with data analysis
- Proficient in computer applications, including Google Docs, MS Office Suite, e-mail, and internet
- Reliable, dependable, and trustworthy work ethic; a strong sense of integrity.
- Strong ability to gather, analyze, and interpret student data to make sound educational decisions.
- Ability to work in a diverse educational community setting and as part of a team.
- Understand fitness-gram standards as well as state teaching standards, including Common Core and Extended Standards.
- Exhibit sound judgment while exhibiting flexibility regarding decision-making, daily challenges, and job duties.
- Ability to manage and communicate with students that need more support with regulating their emotions
- Ability to work well under pressure, and effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to be an active listener and critical thinker and make sound judgments.
- Dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle other computer and other technology related components
- Report to the school no later than 7:30 AM and remain at school until 4:30 PM.
- Follow the required school dress code for building staff.
- Attend all required staff meetings, TBT meetings, Public School Works trainings, parent/teacher conferences, in-services and professional development days.