Nashville, Tennessee
Towson, Maryland
Posted: 14-Feb-26
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Required Education:
Internal Number: PE26-27
K-4 Movement and Physical Education
Description
Position: K-4 Movement and Physical Education
Position Status: Active
FTE: 100%
Agreement Dates: August 16 - August 15, annually (First-year employees required to attend orientation on campus up to 2 business days prior)
Report to: Associate Head of School
Department: Faculty
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Pay Category: Salary Exempt
Pay Range: Low $83,887 Mid $104,974 High $132,998
Pay Rate: Annual
Pay Schedule: Semi-monthly
Summary:
SF Day seeks a creative and dynamic Movement Teacher to lead engaging, non-traditional physical education classes for students in Kindergarten through Fourth Grade. This role focuses on fostering a love of movement through play, exploration, and creative expression, emphasizing body awareness, coordination, and social-emotional learning rather than traditional competitive sports.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement movement-based lessons that build foundational physical skills, including balance, coordination, spatial awareness, and flexibility.
- Introduce non-competitive movement activities that encourage collaboration, self-expression, and confidence in all students.
- Incorporate a variety of movement styles, such as creative dance, yoga, obstacle courses, cooperative games, and sensory integration exercises.
- Foster a positive relationship with physical activity by making movement fun, accessible, and engaging for all students.
- Use props and equipment (e.g., ribbons, balance beams, stepping stones, hoops) to enhance lessons and support different learning styles.
- Encourage social-emotional development by teaching mindfulness, self-regulation, and cooperative play.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to integrate movement into academic learning and support whole-child development.
- Adapt activities to meet the needs of diverse learners, including students with varying physical abilities and learning styles.
- Maintain a safe and organized movement space, ensuring proper use and care of equipment.
Other
- Collaborate with faculty and staff in student-facing duties such as arrival/dismissal, recess, and lunch.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- Degree or certification in Physical Education, Dance, Early Childhood Education, Movement Therapy, or a related field.
- Experience teaching young children in a structured movement-based or PE setting.
- Strong understanding of child development, motor skills progression, and sensory integration.
- Ability to create a positive, inclusive, and engaging learning environment.
- Classroom management skills suited to active, hands-on learning.
- Certification in children’s yoga, dance, or movement therapy is a plus.
Working Conditions:
- 80% Indoors, 20% outdoors
- Ability to move around the school and playground to attend to individual operational and other matters
- Occasional requirement to lift more than 30 lbs
- Sit for an extended amount of time