Crossroads Charter Schools is looking for highly effective, highly qualified and highly motivated individuals to join our organization. Ideal candidates will have experience in urban education and be committed to our four core values: High Expectations, Authentic Learning, Creative Culture, and Educational Equity.

Crossroads Charter Schools organization is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor prohibited by law.

Job Description: Elementary Physical Education and Health Teacher

Direct Supervisor: Principal, or designee

School Summary:
At Crossroads Charter Schools, we…

• Understand the significant difference between equity and equality. Every student deserves to receive what he/she needs to succeed (equity), not that every student receives the same amount of resources, instruction, attention, etc. (equality).
• Develop school environments where all students are actively and meaningfully engaged in rigorous instruction and authentic learning tasks.
• Interrupt the “school to prison pipeline” – policies and practices that are directly and indirectly pushing the most at-risk students out of school and on a pathway to the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
• Engage families as partners in meaningful ways.
• Build the capacity of diverse teams that are more reflective of our students.
• Nurture an open, collaborative, and trusting environment because the work is enormous, deeply personal, emotional and often difficult.
• Engage in on-going job-embedded professional development through co-teaching and co-planning

Position Summary:

The primary responsibilities are to develop in each student an understanding of the relationship of good body function and exercise; to motivate each student to cultivate physical fitness, hygienic habits, and good social and emotional adjustment; to discover and develop talents of students in physical achievement; to develop strength, skill, agility, poise, and coordination in individual, dual, and team physical activities and sports. The teacher collaborates with staff to co-plan, co-deliver, and individualize instruction for all students in a class; work together creatively to accommodate special needs, diversity and educational backgrounds of the students; and overcome instructional challenges constructively. The teacher is a hardworking, goal-oriented and enthusiastic professional with excellent subject knowledge and a sound understanding of the Missouri Learning Standards and Common Core State Standards.

Position Responsibilities:

• Teach knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms, and dance, and individual, dual, or team sports, utilizing a course of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities.
• Work cooperatively with other physical education teachers in planning a balanced physical education program.
• Analyze, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of formal sports, games rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.
• Provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student, to the extent feasible.
• Provide appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.
• Maintain control of storage and use of the school-owned property.
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas.
• Evaluate each student’s growth in physical skills, knowledge, and contribution in team sports.
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district, and/or in self-selected professional growth activities.
• Select and order uniforms, equipment, and instructional aids; maintains required inventory records.
• Communicates with parents, coaches, and student progress.
• Identify student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Implement instructional activities that contribute to a climate where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences.
• Provide a positive environment in which students are encouraged to be actively engaged in the learning process.
• Establish weekly objectives and Units of Study that cover the Missouri Learning Standards and Common Core State Standards.
• Facilitate activities and projects that incorporate communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.
• Use discipline models of BIST and Love & Logic to maintain a positive, encouraging a learning environment.
• Identify, select, and modify instructional resources to meet the needs of the students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, parents, and other professionals on a regular basis.
• Assist in assessing changing curricular needs and offers plans for improvement.
• Collaborate with peers to enhance the instructional environment.
• Model professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, peers, and community.
• Assume responsibility for meeting his/her course and school-wide student performance goals.
• Demonstrate gains in student performance.
• Participate in meetings, training, and professional development
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating, etc.
• Act in a professional and ethical manner at all times and comply with school policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Education
• Valid Missouri teaching certificate in the area of Physical Education
• Desire to continue professional development
• Excellent organization skills and an ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities
• Demonstrated success in urban education
• Desire to continue professional development
• Excellent organization skills and an ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and an ability to keep multiple stakeholder groups, including parents, teachers, staff, volunteers and partners, informed of critical issues, activities and schedules.
• An ability and enthusiasm for promoting the school and its mission to a broad and diverse group of people.
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility and willingness to perform tasks assigned
• Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.
• Must pass extensive background check.

All applicants must apply on the Crossroads website at: http://www.crossroadsschoolskc.org/careers

Key Working Relationships in Addition to Supervisor:

Teachers, Students, Parents, Volunteers, Office Staff, Support Staff, Assistant Principals, Principals, District Leadership Team, Central Office Team

Both federal and state law requires all public school personnel to submit to and pass a criminal background check prior to employment by the school. Crossroads Charter Schools is required by law to exclude from employment any person who has pleaded to or been found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of the State of Missouri, any other State of the United States or any other country, whether or not a sentence is or was imposed.

Please be advised that Crossroads Charter Schools does not seek information related to the conviction of crimes unrelated to those described in this question. Your conviction of a crime not otherwise listed above is not an automatic disqualification from employment consideration. The school will consider the nature of the offense and the relationship between the offense and the position for which you are applying.