Lower School PE Teacher/Middle and Upper School Coach
ABOUT ST. STEPHEN'S AND ST. AGNES SCHOOL (SSSAS)
Located six miles from Washington, D.C., we are a college-preparatory Episcopal school in the Diocese of Virginia for students aged 3 through grade 12. We educate the whole child by tending to the academic, social, physical, and spiritual needs of each of our students. We have three distinct campuses, each uniquely tailored to meet the needs of the age groups within. To help our students succeed in a complex and changing world, we seek to inspire a passion for learning, an enthusiasm for athletic and artistic endeavors, a striving for excellence, a celebration of diversity, and a commitment to service. Our mission is to pursue goodness as well as knowledge and to honor the unique value of each of our members as a child of God in a caring community. SSSAS has a deep commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive community. We seek candidates who share this commitment.
Our community is collaborative with faculty and administration working together to create a positive environment for all. This is a place where dreaming big is just the beginning, and 'doing what you love' is a real thing. Our culture promotes lifelong learning, and our faculty have a wealth of opportunities available to them to continue expanding their knowledge of both their disciplines and the field of education in general.
In addition to our wonderful culture, we offer competitive pay and generous benefits. The Director of Academic Support earns a competitive salary based on education level and experience. Our excellent benefits include health, dental, a flexible spending account (FSA), a non-contributory retirement plan at 7%, sick leave & personal days, life insurance, disability, a qualified tuition remission plan, a home loan program that contributes up to to $10K in closing costs for eligible 1st-time home buyers who relocate to the area, free lunches, and more. If this sounds like the right teaching opportunity for you, consider applying today!
THE POSITION
The Physical Education program is a sequential, cumulative program aimed at challenging each student regardless of physical ability. Fundamental, age-appropriate motor skills and concepts are progressively taught and refined and combined into more specific sport skills. Sportsmanship, teamwork, awareness of safety rules, and developing an active, healthy lifestyle are stressed in all areas of the physical education curriculum.
We are looking for someone with the energy, enthusiasm, experience, knowledge, and creativity to continue to move our wonderful program forward. He or she must enjoy and be comfortable working with young children, middle school students, and adults. A degree in physical education is preferred. This position entails teaching either Lower School( JK-5 classes). All members of the faculty instill our school's mission by helping their students to become responsible, honest, compassionate, respectful citizens. The successful candidate will be required to exercise professional judgment and responsibility in keeping with the expectations of the school's faculty.
Responsibilities
- Provide a safe and stimulating environment that facilitates learning.
- Maintain a palpably strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment through equitable and inclusive teaching practices, curricula, and programming.
- Develop, plan, and implement the curriculum through daily lessons.
- Differentiate for individual students based on their unique learning needs.
- Ensure all students are appropriately engaged and challenged.
- Manage classroom behavior.
- Respond promptly to communication from colleagues and parents.
- Maintain records of each student's progress.
- Report student progress to parents through a trimester narrative report card.
- Collaborate with grade-level teams to enhance teaching and learning.
- Attend and participate in meetings of all committees joined.
- Attend and participate in regular faculty meetings and interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Coaching Requirement of 3 middle school sports seasons and 2 upper school sports seasons as assigned by the director of athletics.
The School accepts candidates with the following minimal qualifications:
(1) Bachelor's degree in Physical Education or another relevant field; advanced degrees are strongly encouraged; state certification is not required.
(2) A strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment.