Teacher Vocational- Sports Medicine/Physical Rehabilitation (26-27)

About the role

This position involves planning and implementing an instructional program in Career Technology Education (CTE) and providing related educational services. The role includes managing student behavior, assessing and evaluating student achievement, and modifying instructional activities as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manages student behavior in instructional settings to ensure a conducive learning environment.
• Affords instructional services that prepare students with academic, critical thinking, computer technology, workplace readiness, and technical skills essential for careers in Sports Medicine or Physical Rehabilitation.
• Prepares students to sit for and successfully pass the aligned industry certification exam, such as the National Strength Professionals Association (NSPA) exam.
• Serves as a CTE classroom teacher in a high school setting, overseeing classroom activities, including laboratory experiences.
• Coordinates instructional activities and collaborates with other professional staff, both school and non-school-based as required.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional materials and multimedia technologies to enhance learning.
• Develops, adapts, modifies, and individualizes educational materials, resources, techniques, methods, and strategies to meet the needs of students within the Baltimore City curriculum framework.
• Assumes direct responsibility for the development of appropriate student behavior within the school setting by establishing and maintaining effective discipline and management procedures.
• Maintains accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Instructs students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Instructs and monitors students in the use and care of equipment and materials, ensuring safety and preventing injury.
• Enforces all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Plans and supervises work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.
• Works in a self-contained, team, departmental, itinerant capacity, or at field work sites as assigned.
• Participates in in-service and staff development activities and staff meetings as required or assigned.
• Continually assesses student achievement and maintains appropriate assessment and evaluation documentation for institutional and individual reporting purposes.
• Ensures continuous communication with parents, both written and oral, to keep them informed of student progress.
• Continually communicates with students on instructional expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Assigns work to and oversees paraprofessionals, parents, and student volunteers as required.
• Ensures that the classroom and instructional environment are attractive, healthy, safe, and conducive to learning and that materials are in good condition and accessible to students.
• Serves at two or more schools on a regular basis if itinerant.
• Makes school site visits to monitor students or confer with employers or site instructors as required.
• Supports or participates in school-wide student activities and social events as well as approved fundraising activities.
• Makes school site visits to monitor students or confer with employers or site instructors as required.
• Serves as a role model for students, demonstrating an understanding of and leading student experiences in SkillsUSA and other student organizations.

Requirements

• Three to five years of related work experience as a certified personal trainer, athletic trainer, or physical therapist, verified with a verification of employment form.
• Possession of NSPA credential or NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
• Experience in one or more of the major areas: Athletic Training, Personal Training, or Physical Rehabilitation.

Qualifications

• Teaching experience preferred (student teaching acceptable).
• Full-time or part-time employment.

Desired Qualifications

• Teaching experience preferred (student teaching acceptable).
• Full-time employment.