Lakeside School, an independent coeducational day school located in north Seattle, Washington, is currently recruiting for a physical education department head beginning August 2021, to be responsible for ensuring successful development and delivery of a PE curricula to students in grades 5-12. At Lakeside School, we are committed to academic excellence, diversity, and global citizenship.
 
Lakeside’s Physical Education program is a comprehensive curriculum which strives to foster the development of ethical individuals who practice healthy, active lifestyles and play a vital role in building healthy communities. Our goal is to provide a dynamic, culturally responsive, and inclusive program which inspires all students to engage in and explore a variety of activities within a safe, supportive environment with the ultimate aim of establishing the habits necessary for a healthy lifestyle. Currently, Upper School students are required to take one semester of PE in grade 9 and two electives before the end of their junior year. Students in the Middle School take two 50-minute classes per three day rotation for the entire year. 

Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will join a diverse team of colleagues who are energetic, creative, collaborative, and constantly exploring new ways to effectively serve our students and their families. The Physical Education teacher and 5-12 Department Head of Physical Education will lead the PE program in upper school.
 

1. Lead the department and manage all department head duties (hiring, supervision, evaluation, curriculum design, best pedagogical practices, budget management, participation in divisional and all-school department heads meetings).
2. Research and represent emerging best practices and coordinate efforts to maintain an innovative, sustainable, comprehensive, and engaging program.
3. Attend department head meetings in the Middle School and Upper School.
4. Teach two sections of PE in the Middle School and two sections of PE in the Upper School.
5. Advise a group of students in the Upper School or Middle School.
6. Facilitate the delivery of a research-based, mission-aligned, culturally responsive PE curriculum to a diverse set of learners, including a focus on healthy and active lifestyle choices and habits.
7. Be an engaged participant in the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work with specific attention to issues of power and privilege evident in physical education and athletics in general.
8. Involvement in the life of the school through advising and engaging with student activities on both campuses.

Requirements and Qualifications
 

1. Demonstrated cultural awareness, including knowledge of themselves and the cultural lenses they bring to interactions. The candidate will understand different perspectives; interact respectfully with cultures other than their own; and cultivate meaningful relationships with people that have different cultural frameworks.
2. Minimum of a BA or BS in Physical Science, Exercise Science, or a related field.
3. Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in working with students in a middle school, secondary school, college setting, or experience working with youth and/or young adults in an organization designed to build confidence and awareness through physical movement.
4. Demonstrated leadership experience.
5. Facility with national PE standards and best practices; knowledge of a variety of instructional methods and assessments, and an ability to create a learning environment that addresses and supports each student’s needs.
6. Desire to become an engaged member of a school community with a commitment to the core values of our Mission Statement: academic excellence, diversity, global citizenship, and ethical behavior.
7. Successful completion of a nationwide criminal history background check and a Washington State Patrol background check.

 
Compensation and Benefits
Lakeside School is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding faculty candidates who will add to the racial, cultural, economic and gender diversity of our school community. We provide a competitive compensation package which includes, but is not limited to, a monthly salary, excellent health and welfare benefits, access to funds for professional development, housing down payment assistance program, and school-provided lunches. Additionally, Lakeside offers faculty and staff opportunities to participate in non-classroom teaching programs such as Global Service Learning, Summer School, coaching, etc., for extra compensation.