Kansas City, Missouri
Posted: 04-Mar-25
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Type: Full Time
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Required Education:
Physical Education, Wellness and Health Instructor- Middle School Grades 6-8
Begins August 2025
Job Summary: Pembroke Hill is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Physical Education & Health Teacher to join our middle school team. This position plays a crucial role in promoting lifelong health, wellness, and fitness among students in grades 6-8.
The school values a sense of humor and a positive and ambitious attitude. Enthusiasm for working in a middle school environment, a demonstrated commitment to innovative pedagogy, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative community that appreciates creativity and independence are all essentials.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement engaging PE and health/wellness curricula.
- Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment that encourages student participation and growth.
- Teach fundamental movement skills, team sports, personal fitness, and health education topics such as nutrition, mental health, and overall wellness.
- Assess student progress and provide constructive feedback to support skill development.
- Foster teamwork, sportsmanship, and positive social interactions among students.
- Maintain a safe and organized learning environment, including proper use of equipment and facilities.
- Athletic coaching is a requirement of this position.
- Collaborate with colleagues to plan lessons.
- Track and maintain workouts for upper school students. Create an engaging environment to encourage sessions.
- Partner with other middle and upper school teachers and coaches to create the best programming and experience for students.
Schedule: Teaching positions are based on the school year (August through May). During the school year, there are three school vacations – one week at Thanksgiving, two weeks in December, and two weeks in March – plus holidays, personal and sick days. This position requires athletic coaching in a minimum of one season that requires after school and weekend work.
Compensation: Compensation will be based on a competitive norm influenced by area and peer schools, using years of teaching experience and the highest completed degree. Transcripts and verification of employment will be required. Benefits include health, dental, retirement match (up to 8%), professional development opportunities, PHS tuition remission, free lunch, and more!
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Work in a variety of settings, Indoor and outdoor settings, including gymnasiums, fields, and classrooms.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.
- Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
- Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
- Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
- Physical ability to lift, carry and/or hold up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
- Frequent movement with the ability to occasionally balance, reach, bend, squat, stoop, or kneel
- Ability to climb stairs, walk, and occasionally run
About Pembroke Hill School:
Pembroke Hill School is an independent school in Kansas City, Missouri. Pembroke Hill seeks to fulfill our mission by recognizing that diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion are integral elements of school and community life. Our mission-inspired goal is together, cultivating the best in each, for the benefit of all. Cultivating each to be a global thinker and valuable member of the PHS community poised to acquire the academic and life skills that make a significant difference for all.
We have newer and updated facilities, excellent classroom resources, small class sizes, and a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package. If you would like to join a highly qualified team who enjoys teaching talented and dedicated students please complete the online application to be considered.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Health Education, or a related field
- Experience teaching middle school students, preferred
- Strong classroom management skills and the ability to motivate and engage students
- Commitment to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for all students
- Excellent technology, communication, and collaboration skills
- Previous athletic coaching experience, strongly preferred
- Proven ability to model health and fitness to engage students