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Physical Education Daily Substitute Teacher

12 days ago

Columbus

Job DescriptionJob 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 • 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, • 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 tournamentsCompliance, • 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, • 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, • 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, • 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, • Communicate regularly with parents and/or guardians, regarding students' progress, • 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 neededProfessionalism, • 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, • Bachelor’s Degree Preferred, • Valid and current Ohio Education License, • Satisfactory completion of federal and state required criminal history checks, • Experience with data analysis, • 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., • 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. 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