Alexandria, VA United States
Position Description:
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 middle school students and adults. A degree in physical education is preferred. We are also looking for candidates with experience teaching health. This position entails teaching Middle School (6th grade) classes and coaching for the middle and upper school athletics program.
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) At least 3 years of experience as a head varsity or assistant varsity coach – basketball coaching preferred.
(3) A strong commitment to educating a diverse student body within a caring and creative environment.
(4) A commitment to coaching 3 Middle School sports and 1 or 2 Upper School sports as assigned, with a preference for background in basketball.
(5) Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
(6) Previous teaching and/or coaching experience.
(7) Strong references who confirm the applicant’s ability to exercise sound professional judgment.
Overview
St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School is an affirming and collegial community committed to our mission 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 is an age 3 to Grade 12 Episcopal day school located on three campuses six miles from Washington, D.C., in beautiful and historic Alexandria, Va. We believe that educating the whole child by tending to their individual academic, social/emotional, cultural, and physical needs, prepares them to be knowledgeable, kind, and empathetic citizens in a complex world. Combining a rigorous academic program with outstanding opportunities in the arts, athletics, and service learning for our students, SSSAS is a community that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and we seek candidates who share these same values.
Our culture promotes lifelong learning, and employees have a wealth of opportunities available to them to continue expanding their knowledge of both their disciplines and in their field of education. Cultural competency workshops for all faculty and staff, regular, small-group DEIB exploration/workshops, support for graduate studies, summer study grants, and conferences (e.g., People of Color Conference, the National Association of of Independent School Annual Conference, and CASE-NAIS) are just a few of the ways in which we support and encourage our Saints faculty and staff to continue to develop and learn in their field and as part of our community.
READY TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY?
We understand your time is valuable, and that is why we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this teaching job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!
Interested applicants should apply through the SSSAS website at https://www.sssas.org/about-us/employment
For more information about St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, we invite you to visit our website at www.sssas.org
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Contact Information
For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.