2026-2027 - Physical Education/Health Teacher - Barnstable High School
JOB GOAL:
- To empower students to achieve lifelong physical, mental, and emotional wellness by delivering high-quality Physical Education and Health instruction aligned with Massachusetts DESE frameworks. The teacher fosters an inclusive environment that promotes physical fitness, sportsmanship, healthy decision-making, and social-emotional well-being.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Massachusetts Department of Education certification in Physical Education & Health.
- Has knowledge of children based on both formal learning and/or practical experience.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the School Committee may find appropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO: Principal
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Understands Child Growth and Development
- Maintains responsibility for relating teaching methods and materials to the growth and development of students.
- Considers the interest level and attention span of students in all learning activities.
- Makes allowances for potential differences in intellectual maturity levels in learning activities within class groups.
- Recognizes symptoms of vastly superior and inferior pupil performance and seeks appropriate referrals.
- Demonstrates the use of a vocabulary appropriate to students.
- Uses and know social physical, mental and emotional traits as a basis for learning and teaching.
- Displays initiative and creativity in providing learning activities.
Planning and Evaluating Student Learning
- Plans for a long range and short range instructional program consistent with school/team/system curriculum.
- Long range - Units to be covered for the year approximate timeframe; general outcomes (goals) for each unit.
- Short range - Objectives for present unit; weekly plan of objectives and activities.
- Develops a one-day lesson plan for substitute (activities or skills).
- Diagnoses learning needs of students using appropriate instruments.
- Uses results of unit or weekly assessments to continue or modify student learning and teacher plans.
- Provides instruction in those skills and processes necessary for learning the subject being taught.
- Takes care to inform students of long-range and weekly goals or objectives.
- Insures clear, objective and timely reports are offered to students and parents of student progress.
- Keeps appropriate records, administers and uses standardized tests and prepares progress reports.
- Uses outside assignments to enrich and/or reinforce curriculum objectives.
Classroom Management
- Organizes the physical environment to provide for basic comfort, health and safety of students.
- Provides climate conducive to the lesson(s).
- Encourages students to assist in the development of positive, reasonable, consistent rules of classroom behavior or self-discipline.
- Conducts the routine and clerical chores with efficiency, accuracy and promptness.
- Cooperates with the team(s) in sharing space and materials.
- Uses the instructional program, where appropriate, to encourage citizenship and responsibility.
- Manages full use of class time for instruction/learning.
- Uses community resource, where appropriate.
- Solicits appropriately the help of parents, resource staff and administrator(s) as aids to classroom management.
Interpersonal Relationships
- Demonstrates and reinforces mutual respect among students.
- Uses positive reinforcement and encouragement with students.
- Cooperates with fellow teachers, administrators, and other staff to maintain a positive school and system climate.
- Listens to and respects the opinions of other staff.
- Communicates effectively with staff and parents
- Fosters tolerance and understanding of ethnic, cultural, racial and religious differences.
Professional Responsibilities
- Participates in curriculum development or review.
- Improves and maintains professional competence through in service, formal course work and readings
- Shares ideas, materials and methods with colleagues.
- Protects confidentiality of information about pupils.
- Utilizes prescribed district and association channels for solving problems or grievances in a constructive manner.
- Uses oral and written English correctly in the exercise of the professional assignment.
- Accepts, considers and uses suggestions and criticisms in a responsive manner.
- Cooperates in the development and support of school and system policies.
Personal
- Sets a strong example of good hygiene and self-control.
- Displays a personal interest in students as individuals.
- Maintains good humor, enthusiasm, initiative and integrity with students, staff and parents.
- Cooperates with administrators, staff members, parents and pupils in developing and supporting school activities.
- Uses good judgment in the exercise of authority
Other duties as assigned by the Principal.
TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT: Per Contract
SALARY: Per Contract
Barnstable Public Schools is an EOE and strongly encourages minority candidates to apply.