Job Description

Uncommon Elementary School Physical Education (PE) Teachers cultivate a passion for an active lifestyle in every student. Our PE instruction--which promotes physical fitness to improve health and wellness, team building, and physical exercise--is culturally-responsive, fast-paced, and fun. We have built a community that encourages respect, hard work, and celebrates our students’ academic and nonacademic achievements. Our goal is for students to love learning and living a healthy lifestyle from the very start.

Responsibilities

1.    Instruction

You'll create a safe and interactive environment where students feel empowered to engage in physical activity.

You’ll develop students' physical fitness through team building activities, independent exercises such as stretching, cardio, and calisthenics, and structured sports and games.

You will help students build healthy habits in mindset and physical activity.

You'll teach an engaging and culturally responsive PE curriculum that meets the needs of various types of learners in your class.

2.     School Culture

You’ll build positive relationships with students to ensure they feel seen, loved, and heard.

You’ll partner with students’ families to ensure appropriate resources are available to support their children’s learning needs.

You'll engage in practice-based professional development, mentorship, and coaching sessions. 

You’ll support morning arrival, lunch duty, student assemblies, class transitions, and after-school dismissal. 

You'll participate in weekly, school-wide meetings to foster community, model our core values, and encourage student achievement.