Elementary PE & Specials Teacher

Kings Valley Charter School provides a rural, community-based education tailored to the individual needs and interests of each child, emphasizing the involvement of parents and the community. The goal of the Kings Valley Charter School is to achieve academic excellence for all students through an individualized program. The environment at Kings Valley Charter School is designed to promote self-motivation, responsibility, and a positive attitude.

Summary

This position is a hybrid role that is split into two domains: (1) teaching PE, and (2) teaching specials course such as music, creative arts, gardening, etc. to elementary students K-6.

PE Teacher Responsibilities

1. Provides engaging, fun, and effective instruction that helps build a health and wellness foundation for students.
2. Analyzes, demonstrates and explains basic skills, knowledge and strategies of games, rhythms and fundamentals of body movement.
3. Discovers and cultivates the talents of students in physical achievement.
4. Develops strength, skill, agility, poise, and coordination in individual, dual and team physical activities and sports.
5. Provides appropriate safety instruction, and makes safety checks on equipment and gym/field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.
6. Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness using the Oregon Core Standards.

Specials Teacher Responsibilities

1. Teaches music, art, gardening or other creative classes to elementary students, based on student/parent interest and your personal expertise.
2. Demonstrates the ability to adapt creative classes and/or content as student/parent interests adjust.
3. Provides a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
4. Organizes and leads activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
5. Teaches knowledge and skills in creative arts using the Oregon Core Standards.

General Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching all learners.
2. Demonstrates the ability to create a student-centered classroom.
3. Facilitates student's physical, cognitive and social and emotional learning through lessons designed to sequentially develop skills appropriate to their ability and confidence levels.
4. Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
5. Implements Oregon Core Standards with rigor, purpose, and planning.
6. Provides maximum participation for all students; differentiates learning as needed to ensure all students experience success.
7. Develops engaging and effective lesson plans and supplementary materials.
8. Provides ongoing formative feedback to students.
9. Evaluates academic and social growth of students and keeps appropriate records to include report cards, attendance records, and other recordkeeping activities.
10. Communicates with parents, school counselors and administrators on student progress.
11. Plans and supervises class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
12. Attends professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
13. Performs additional duties as assigned.

• A bachelor's degree in a related field 

• A current Oregon teaching license with applicable endorsement (preferred)

• Experience teaching PE or coaching athletics

• Experience teaching art, music, gardening or other creative arts

Start date: beginning of 2025-2026 academic school year

Salary: $34,250-63,871 DOE

This position comes with a limited benefits package that includes:

• Limited medical plan
• Voluntary insurance options
• 403b retirement plan after 1 year
• Employee assistance program
• Generous personal and sick leave
• Professional development

We are a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness programs.

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