Physical Education Teacher - Middle/High School

International Rescue Committee•New York, NY

4d•$28

About The Position

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. Scope of Work: The Newcomer Youth Summer Academy (NYSA) is a six-week program that prepares newly arrived refugee youth to succeed at their grade level in the New York City public school system. Up to 130 students from ages 5 – 21 from over 20 countries will participate in academic, creative arts, physical education, and other academic classes. Field trips are held on Fridays. The Newcomer Youth Summer Academy is seeking a teacher who will create daily physical education classes for middle/high school students, incorporating individual and team sports including but not limited to badminton and soccer. The teacher will contribute to the program’s goals of fostering students’ social-emotional development and building a strong sense of community among the students and staff.

Requirements

Experience with teaching, leading, or coaching group sports programming required
Experience with teaching, leading, or coaching soccer and badminton strongly desired
Bachelor’s or higher degree in physical education or related field strongly desired
Experience teaching English Language Learners/multilingual learners strongly desired
Ability to work well with people of diverse cultural backgrounds strongly desired
Experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations is strongly desired
Strong relationship building and classroom management skills strongly desired
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Highly organized, dependable, responsive, and collaborative work style
Strong team player who is self-directed and organized
Strength in cultural humility-building
Fluency in written and spoken English required.
Second language proficiency in relevant language highly desirable (Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.)
All hiring is contingent on passing a background checks and submission of an annual physical form.
If the school is located at a New York City Public School site, additional fingerprinting may be required.

Responsibilities

Participate in mandatory school programing.
Participate in instructional planning sessions, trainings, and all program meetings.
Plan and implement a culturally- and developmentally-responsive curriculum
Submit daily lesson plans on a weekly basis in advance of the date of instruction
Utilize multilingual instructional approaches for English Language Learners
Collaborate with Classroom Culture Lead Teachers and staff in planning and reviewing student progress
Lead classroom climate in accordance with Academy philosophy and protocols
Engage in instructional coaching cycles and participate in weekly meetings
Pending demand, provide early and/or after-care supervision to a cohort of students
Review student progress and make instructional adjustments as needed
Substitute as needed for colleagues' classes
Complete All Staff Survey to provide feedback on NYSA
Comply with all IRC policies and protocols
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
medical insurance starting at $163 per month
dental starting at $6.50 per month
vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
disability & life insurance
an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.