Physical Education Teacher
About The Position
Trinity Classical Academy seeks a part-time Physical Education Teacher for its Logic School (Grades 7–8). The teacher will model the subject matter through their life and abilities, seek to improve their teaching practice, and help steward the school’s culture and academic program. Candidates are expected to support the school’s mission and cultural values and to demonstrate care for students through their teaching. The school’s mission is to offer a challenging education grounded in the Christian faith and the Classical tradition, producing young people of virtue, wisdom, purpose, and courage. Its cultural values include peacemaking, honest humility, patient zeal, habitual excellence, intentional relationships, and kingdom service. The position follows the school calendar and is scheduled Tuesday and Thursday, 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., or as needed beyond those hours. Training days and parent-teacher conferences may involve longer workdays. Local field-trip travel is required.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Christian faith, an authentic and mature personal relationship with Jesus Christ in professional and personal life, and a calling and commitment to Christian education.
- Commitment to improving teaching practice and supporting Trinity Classical Academy’s mission and philosophy.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Energetic mobility.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, faculty, and students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Strong time-management, organizational, and planning skills.
- Service-oriented approach and ability to interface with many people.
- Truthful, positive, and purposeful communication.
- Flexibility and adaptability when requirements change.
- Ability to multitask in an environment with many distractions.
- Must successfully pass a background investigation.
- Ability to work well under pressure and maintain professionalism and calm when others behave inappropriately.
- Ability to make visual and auditory evaluations of students’ work and performance.
- Ability to sit for extended periods; perform repetitive hand and body movements, simple grasping, and fine and gross motor tasks; stand and walk while administering care; bend, squat, kneel, push, pull, lift up to 20 pounds, and climb one flight of stairs.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience, if helpful.
Responsibilities
- Plan structured physical activity classes, including specific activities and themes, while considering student safety.
- Lead and participate in scheduled physical activity classes.
- Operate tape players and prepare students for departures.
- Set up activity rooms by cleaning, moving equipment, and retrieving activity props.
- Review activity plans regularly with other class instructors.
- Provide the Manager with regular feedback about class enrollment and related class details, monitor the general business climate, and make necessary adjustments.
- Support the school’s mission, cultural values, policies, and practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
