Health & PE Teacher

Southeast Delco School District
Health & Wellness Teacher- Harris School

2024-2025 School Year

JOB SUMMARY:

The Health & Wellness Teacher at the elementary school (K-8) level is responsible for planning and implementing health and physical education activities, monitoring students, and evaluating student outcomes. Wellness in the elementary school generally emphasizes sports-related skills, movement patterns, games, and fitness activities. The Health & Wellness Teacher  records and maintains student information. They are responsible for communicating with all parties involved in the education of the student. This is a 10-month position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES:

1. Work collaboratively with co-teachers, coaches, staff and administration to plan and deliver an educational Health & Wellness program in line with the mission, vision, and values of the Southeast Delco School District.
2. Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance, and individual, dual or team sports, utilizing curriculum designated PDE and other appropriate learning activities.
3. Promotes standards in safe, healthy physical activities such as good sportsmanship.
4. Provides motor skill development in sports activities.
5. Facilitate the instruction of accurate, empowering health and wellness information.
6. Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
7. Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas.
8. Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.
9. Evaluates academic and social growth of students, prepares report cards, and keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, census forms, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.
10. Maintains control of storage and use of school property. Manage the Physical Education materials, ensuring adequate supplies and safe, working conditions of materials.
11. Evaluates each student’s growth in physical skills, knowledge and contribution in team sports.
12. Communicates with parents and school counselors on student progress.
13. Supervise and support students’ social and emotional learning through sport and play.
14. Support the building of a student play culture that values inclusivity, sportsmanship, and kindness.
15. Administers testing in accordance with division testing practices.
16. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

A bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and/or Health and Wellness or related field is required; a master’s degree in Physical Education and/or Health and Wellness or related field is preferred. Active state-level licensure and/or certification or ability to obtain.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS:

• Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check, FBI fingerprinting Background Check, Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance
• Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release (ACT 168)
• School Personnel Health Record and TB test

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:         

1. Ability to reach above and below the waist
2. Ability to use fingers to pick, feel and grasp objects
3. Ability to use both hands for repetitive motion
4. Considerable bending and twisting of the body required
5. Some stooping and squatting required
6. Ability to lift and/or carry supplies and/or papers weighing no more than 25 lbs.
7. Ability to stand for long periods of time of the workday

SENSORY ABILITIES:

1. Visual acuity
2. Auditory acuity

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

1. Inside: 75%
2. Outside: 25 %
3. Seasonal, exposed to weather conditions when teaching outside of the school building.

TEMPERAMENT:                       

1. Must possess excellent interpersonal skills
2. Must be cooperative, congenial, and service-oriented
3. Must be able to work in an environment with frequent interruptions
4. Must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all administrators, the Board of School Directors, parents, students, professional staff, support staff and the community.

COGNITIVE ABILITY:

1. Ability to follow written and verbal directions
2. Ability to read and write
3. Ability to communicate effectively
4. Ability to organize tasks
5. Ability to handle multiple tasks
6. Ability to exercise good judgment

Level of Compensation: Dependent on Step and Track placement as determined based on collective bargaining agreements

Disclaimer:

The preceding list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principle functions of this job, the scope of responsibility, and the level of knowledge and skills typically required, but should not be considered an inclusive listing of work requirements, skills or duties so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed. 

All employment open positions are made available on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability, or veteran status. 

Job descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee.

The Southeast Delco School District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.