Immediately Need Teacher - Secondary - PE/Health (Part time - 35%) in Downingtown, PA

Job title: Teacher - Secondary - PE/Health (Part time - 35%)
Company: Downingtown Area School District
Job description: Position: Teacher - Secondary - Health and PE - Part time 35% (Job ID 4983)
Locations: Downingtown High School West and Downingtown High School East
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Effective Date: During the 2023-2024 school year

Are you passionate about helping ALL students learn in a collaborative environment? If so, we may have the career for you Downingtown Area School District is excited to announce an opening for a certified Health and Physical Education teacher split between Downingtown High School West and East. This position is part time (35%).

At DASD, we are committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence in education. As a diverse district, we continually seek ways to strengthen our educational environment. We believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of staff who bring various backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to create and maintain a climate of respect is critical to attaining the best teaching and learning environment.

At Downingtown Area School District we value our employees. We seek to hire new staff who:

• Communicate openly to build relationships and trust
• Partner with team members to see the TEAM succeed
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
• Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
• Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
• Strive to be kind and reflective
• Focus on the solution and put people first
• Lead by example

If you want to be part of our ?Downingtown Proud? team - please apply Help us with our mission to educate all students to meet the rigorous challenges of a global society.

Job Summary: To develop in each pupil an understanding of the relationship of good body function and exercise; to motivate each pupil to cultivate physical fitness, hygienic habits, and good social and emotional adjustment; to discover and develop talents of pupils in physical achievement; to develop strength, skill, agility, poise, and coordination in individual, dual, and team physical activities and sports, in accordance with each pupil?s ability and the standards set forth by the school district.

Qualifications: (Abbreviated - Please review the attached Job Description for more details on this specific opportunity)

• Candidate must be a graduate of an accredited college or university and hold a proper Pennsylvania certification for the position

• Bachelor?s degree
• Valid PA certification specific to content area: Health and Physical Education PK-12
• Demonstrates knowledge in the area of assignment
• Possesses a positive attitude toward the teaching profession, service to the district, and importance and purpose of the education program
• Proficiency in use of current technology for individual or group demonstration or communication
• Must be able to flex and vary hours to accommodate needs of students, parents, and other teachers
• Possesses effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interface diplomatically with teachers, administrators, parents, students, and outside organizations
• Exhibits excellent classroom management skills
• Demonstrates effective communication skills to provide accurate information to others and to obtain, give, and follow directions
• Demonstrates ability to provide good judgment, planning, and human relations skills, as well as be required to work under periods of stress due to the level of the position responsibility
• To follow the standard of member conduct as stated in the PA Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators
• Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal record check requirements

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Duties & Responsibilities: (Abbreviated - Please review the attached Job Description for more details on this specific opportunity)

• Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, and individual, dual, or team sports, utilizing course of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities
• Instructs pupils in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district
• Works cooperatively with other physical education teachers in planning a balanced physical education program
• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge?s, and strategies of formal sports, games rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement
• Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil, to the extent feasible
• May teach Physical Education classes for handicapped pupils, interscholastic athletics, or drill team
• Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to insure the over-all safety of pupils
• Maintains control of storage and use of school-owned property
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas
• Evaluates each pupil?s growth in physical skills, knowledge, and contribution in team sports

Salary 2023-2024 School Year:
Full salary matrix is available in the appendix of the following collective bargaining agreement, which can be accessed by .

Summary of Benefits:

• Medical, including Telemedicine
• Prescription
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Workers? Compensation
• Paid Sick and Personal Days
• Employee Assistance and Advocacy Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 403(b) Retirement Savings
• State Pension System (PSERS)
• Wellness incentives, including fitness club reimbursement
• Administrator and peer support mentorship programs
• Induction program and Professional Development
• District-provided technology
• ...and much more

Schedule:
7.5 hours per day based upon district-approved calendar
Up to 191 days per year, plus up to 3 days of orientation for professional employees during first year of employment

EOE

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