Physical Education Teacher

About the role

The Waverly School seeks a dynamic and inspired champion to serve as the Elementary School Physical Education Instructor starting in August 2026. This position is a preschool-12 role that focuses on the student experience, building and maintaining clear connections between divisional programs and fostering consistency of culture and practice.

Responsibilities

• Plan and teach engaging, developmentally appropriate physical education classes for students in Preschool through 6th Grade.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive P.E. curriculum aligned with Waverly's progressive educational philosophy.
• Foster a classroom culture centered on cooperation, perseverance, inclusion, respect, and joyful movement.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and varying physical abilities.
• Teach movement skills, games, fitness, outdoor education, cooperative challenges, and age-appropriate sports fundamentals.
• Utilize Responsive Classroom practices and restorative approaches to build community and support positive student behavior.
• Maintain safe, organized indoor and outdoor learning environments and PE equipment.
• Supervise students during recesses, transitions, assemblies, and other assigned duties.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers, specialists, SST educators, and school counselors to support students' academic, social, and emotional development.
• Communicate regularly with families regarding curriculum and student growth.
• Chaperone experiential learning opportunities, field trips, overnight outdoor education experiences, and school events.
• Attend weekly faculty meetings, professional development, and school-wide events.
• Participate fully in the life of the school community and perform other duties as assigned by the Head of Elementary School or Head of School.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of child development from preschool through elementary school (K-6).
• Embrace progressive education and whole-child learning.
• Strong commitment to inclusive practices that support students of all backgrounds to succeed.
• Believe that every child deserves to feel successful, challenged, and included in physical education.
• Create engaging lessons that encourage movement, creativity, teamwork, and personal growth.
• Build strong relationships with students, colleagues, and families.
• Show compassion and care for all students while teaching students the individual skills of throwing, catching, kicking, teamwork, body positivity, inclusion sports engagement and personal development.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in both curriculum and practice.
• Be flexible, collaborative, reflective, and possess a sense of humor.
• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues.
• Be comfortable using Google Workspace and educational technology for communication and documentation.
• Experience as a classroom teacher and academic leader.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, maintain and model kind and firm boundaries.
• Exhibit passion for progressive education.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated understanding of lesson design, use of rubrics and narrative-based assessment practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Other Responsibilities

• Uphold the mission of the school and support the school’s DEIJB work.
• Support admissions work as needed.
• Attend school events as needed.

Physical Demands

• Work in person, on campus during school hours.
• On frequent interruptions.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Must be able to stand, lift, push, pull, stoop and bend for short periods of time.
• Regularly work on repetitive tasks.
• Occasionally lift 15-45 pounds.
• Prolonged periods of standing and walking throughout classrooms and between several campus locations, including the school farm.
• Regularly spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers.
• Regularly move up and down stairs.

Other Employment Requirements

• CPR/AED/First Aid certification training every 2 years.
• Initial and continued TB Assessment required for employment in CA schools.
• Annual Mandated Reporter and Harassment Prevention Training.
• Adhere to school policies and procedures as outlined in the Employee and Faculty Handbook.

How to Apply

Please visit https://jobs.appone.com/TheWaverlySchool to apply for this position.