Physical Education & Health Teacher - Vacancy ID: 207669

Wisconsin’s only Island school district is seeking an outstanding part-time Physical Education and Health teacher.  This teacher would join a district staff of 15 other dedicated employees, in what has to be one of Wisconsin’s most unique and fulfilling teaching positions, located in a most remarkable rural community. This position is not just a career opportunity, it could also offer a lifestyle change. This is not just a job, but an adventure! Washington Island School District enjoys tremendous local community support. Washington Island is located off the tip of Door County, WI, and is accessed by a 30-minute ferry boat ride, all year round.  (Please note that the ferry schedule means you need to live on Washington Island to work as a teacher in the Washington Island School District.)

Candidates must be Wisconsin DPI certified in K-12, Physical Education, and Health or willing/able to attain such licensure. The position is responsible for creating a classroom environment that fosters, promotes, and develops an understanding of the relationship between healthy body function and exercise; that motivates each student to cultivate physical fitness and appropriate social and emotional adjustment; that discovers and develops talents of students in physical achievement; and that develops strength, skill, agility, poise, and coordination in individual, dual and team physical activities and sports, by each student’s ability

Key Competencies Include:

• Current, valid Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction teacher certification in the respective classifications and/or Physical Education and Health (or the ability to get it)

• Teaches knowledge and skills in physical fitness, health education, rhythms and dance, and individual, dual, or team sports, utilizing curriculum designated by WISD and other appropriate learning activities. 

• Instruct students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of WISD.

• Works cooperatively with other physical education teachers in planning and implementing a balanced physical education program.

• Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of formal sports, games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement.

• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the division’s basic instructional philosophy and congruent with course and SOL standards; provides individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students.

• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas.

• Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.

• Evaluate the academic and social growth of students, prepare report cards, and keep appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, census forms, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.

• Maintains control of storage and use of school property. 10. Evaluates each student’s growth in physical skills, knowledge and contribution in team sports.

• Communicate with parents on student progress.

• Supervises students in and out of classroom activities during the assigned working day.

• Administers testing in accordance with division testing practices.

• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities