Elementary Physical Education Teacher - Itinerant
*This is a long-term substitute assignment for School Year 2024-2025.
Lynn Public Schools is guided by its mission, vision, and core values.
Mission - The Lynn Public Schools commits to providing our students with a safe inclusive learning environment that inspires and promotes individual academic and personal growth.
Vision - Drawing upon the strength of our community, our families, our students, and our partners, Lynn Public Schools commits to supporting the intellectual, vocational, academic and social-emotional success of all of our students. We create equitable conditions for all students to thrive in a global society. With a focus on equity, excellence, and innovation, the district serves 17,193 students across 28 schools.
Core Values - The Lynn Public Schools community celebrates that we live in a rapidly changing, increasingly diverse and connected world. In our partnered effort to prepare students for this world, we are equally committed to:
- Inclusiveness
- Shared responsibility
- Collaborative relationships
- High expectations
- Inspiring life-long learning
Job Details
The Lynn Public Schools is looking for an elementary physical education teacher to join its community. The candidate for this position will have experience with lesson planning, assessing, using data to direct instruction, and providing students with regular feedback about their progress towards learning goals. The Lynn Public Schools curriculum is based on the MA Curriculum Frameworks, and the teacher will have knowledge about the standards and their progression in order to plan effective standards-based lessons. Specific job details, including grade level and class organization, will be shared by the physical education supervisor and principal.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
- Valid license from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Physical Education PreK-8
- Additional content area licensure is encouraged
- Licensure requirements and validity are subject to change at the discretion of DESE
- An understanding of the concepts of institutional and structural racism, and bias, and their impact on underserved and underrepresented communities
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Planning and implementing standards-based lessons with clear objectives
- Providing appropriate and effective learning experiences for students from a wide range of socio-economic levels and cultural backgrounds
- Using a variety of formal and informal assessments to accurately measure student progress toward mastery of grade-level physical education standards and to modify further instruction.
- Providing a motivating and stimulating, safe and supportive learning environment
- Developing and maintaining pupil-teacher relationships conducive to effective teaching and learning
- Evaluates pupils’ physical and social growth, maintains appropriate records and prepares progress reports.
- Establishing and maintaining standards of student behavior
- Participating in school-wide and department-wide professional development activities
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with students, parents, staff and the community, including collaborating with colleagues on curriculum, lesson and assessment design
- Using computers and other technology to support and enhance student learning in physical education in and out of the classroom
- Identifies pupil needs and makes appropriate referrals and develops strategies for individual education plans
- Willingness to participate in school and physical education department events
REPORTS TO: Principal
The performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the agreement with the Lynn Teachers Union (LTU).
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
BENEFITS: The City of Lynn offers comprehensive and competitive health and dental benefits; Harvard Pilgrim PPO/HMO, Altus Dental High/Low, and Vision. Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan (FSA) as well as Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability are available on a voluntary basis.
An offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment physical, including a drug test, National fingerprint-based Criminal Background Check (NCBC), and Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI).
All MUST be completed PRIOR to the start of employment.
Non-Discrimination Policy
It is the policy of the Lynn Public Schools not to unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, race, color, national origin, creed/religion, ethnicity, ancestry, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, mental or physical disability, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement or any other consideration made unlawful by any federal, state or local laws or regulations, including Title VI and VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the 1972 Amendments to the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and M.G.L. Ch. 76:5, M.G.L., Ch.151, if and as applicable. Race, when referenced in any policy of the Lynn Public Schools, whether or not specified, shall include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length and protective hairstyles.