Position Type:
Special Education/Physical Education – Adapted
Date Posted:
4/26/2025
Location:
Oakhill ES / Ridge Circle ES
Date Available:
08/06/2025
Closing Date:
Until Filled
Position / Title: Elementary PE/Adapted PE
Bargaining Unit: ETA
Department/Location: Student Wellness/Elementary Schools
Calendar Days: 184
Reports To: Student Wellness Coordinator/Building Principal
JD Revision Date: 02/19/2025
Supervises: K-6 Students in Adapted PE & Physical Education
Function / Position Summary
Elgin U-46 Elementary Physical Educators are results-driven educators with experience in, and commitment to implementing a standards-based curriculum and the use of data and assessments to drive instructional decisions. They are proven managers of classrooms who have established a culture of learning for all students with the effective implementation of strategies, structure, and high expectations to achieve measurable academic, physical and social emotional success. They have experience working with students with special needs and can provide accommodations and modifications aligned to IEP goals.
Job Duties / Responsibilities
- Assume personal responsibility for the academic progress of all students
- Implement and modify K-6 standards-based U-46 physical education curriculum and assessments
- Collects data for reporting in Embrace for IEP goals and team meetings
- Assesses student’s skills, knowledge and abilities pertaining to physical education for the purpose of providing formal and informal feedback to students, parents, administration and state reporting.
- Use consistent school-wide practices and individualized methods to engage all students
- Uses assessment and observation to identify students’ physical, behavioral and cognitive needs to support the development and implementation of IEP goals and data tracking
- Vast knowledge of specialized equipment and instructional strategies to support inclusion in general education physical education
- Develop lessons, assessments and rubrics aligned to U-46 k-6 curriculum
- Manages student behavior for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment for all students
- Communication and collaboration with parents, district wide PE teachers, IEP team, and classroom teachers
- Participates in a variety of training, meetings and professional development for the purpose of gathering information to improve teaching and learning.
- Provide administration directed instructional support or intervention if content specific minutes do not meet the specials instructional minutes target. This would be designated as “owed time.”
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Professional Educator License (PEL) with endorsement to teach Physical Education at the K-6 or PrK-12 or /K-12 level required
- Adapted PE Approval OR completed coursework in Adaptive PE (as shown on transcript) to be able to apply for Adapted PE Approval once hired
- PEL with endorsement in Health Education preferred
- PEL with ESL endorsement preferred
- Experience / KnowledgeExperience working with students in adaptive PE
- Experience using Embrace to track IEP goals and data
- Develop and implement a variety of assessments and data to refine instructional practices
- Modifies curriculum, instruction, and equipment based on individual student needs
- Able to assess individual student growth in physical, social, emotional and cognitive areas within the physical education classroom.
- Assessment, and development of IEP goals aligned to physical education curriculum and data tracking system
- Ensure smooth operation of all classroom instructional functions
- Develop and maintain a positive, engaging classroom culture
- Implementation of technology into the physical education classroom for student and teacher use during activity and assessment
- Ability to adapt to changing work priorities, communicating with diverse groups, setting priorities, building collaborative relationships and implementing effective lessons in a variety of settings
- Using movement as an intervention and/or strategy to support students’ academic/behavioral success
- CPI training
- Use of a gait trainer to support students with IEP goals and movement
- Physical DemandsThe job’s functions require the following physical demands: standing, lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling light to heavy objects 95% of the time.
- Must be able to provide own transportation between teaching assignments daily
- Moving students with physical needs from a sitting to standing or floor position.
- Terms of EmploymentThis is a 10-month position (184 days). Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.
Attachment(s):
- ETA Salary Schedules 2025-2027.pdf
- ETA Teacher 2024.pdf
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