Cleveland Middle Wellness & PE Teacher (with coaching) (for 26-27)

Cleveland City Schools•Cleveland, TN

14h•Onsite

About The Position

The job goal is to teach one or more subjects to students and lead them toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional and psychological growth and maturation. This role involves supervising activities, fostering social behavior, preparing and delivering lessons, managing classroom behavior, observing students for health and emotional well-being, communicating with parents, administering diagnostic tests, developing a conducive learning environment, upholding school policies, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

Valid teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Meets health and physical qualifications
Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades of other values of the same color.

Nice To Haves

Coaching

Responsibilities

Supervises activities such as field trips, group discussions, and dramatic play-acting, to stimulate students’ interest in and broaden understanding of their physical and social environment.
Fosters cooperative social behavior through games and group projects to assist students in forming satisfying relationships with other students and adults.
Prepares for assigned classes and shows evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisor.
Encourages students to maintain standards of classroom behavior.
Observes students to detect signs of ill health or emotional disturbance and to evaluate progress.
Discusses students’ problems and progress with parents.
Administers diagnostic tests and evaluates students’ progress on a regular basis.
Develops and maintains a classroom environment conducive to learning.
Assists in upholding board policies, school rules, and administrative regulations.
Is available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when requested to do so.
Represents the school and the community in a positive manner.
Reports to the principal when one knows or reasonably suspects that a child’s health or welfare has been or appears to have been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect.
Performs other work-related duties as assigned.