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Flint Community Schools Physical Health Education Teacher in Flint, Michigan
Job Summary:
Flint Community Schools, an urban public school system with campuses throughout the City of Flint, Michigan, has a long and rich tradition of community education. Flint Community Schools provide a range of academic, extended services and extracurricular activities at the elementary and secondary levels to meet the needs of our students and their families.
Essential Functions:
- Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance, and individual, dual, or team sports, utilizing course of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities.
- Works cooperatively with other physical education teachers in planning a balanced physical education program.
- Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledges, 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 special education pupils, interscholastic athletics, or drill team to senior high pupils.
- Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to insure the overall 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.
- Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district, and/or in selfselected professional growth activities.
- Communicates with parents and school counselors on pupil progress.
- Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in helping pupils solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in physical education or related field. Michigan Teacher Certification at appropriate grade level with an MX or MB endorsement.