High School Health and Physical Education Teacher

Company Description

KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national network of free, open enrollment, college preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and life. There are 285 KIPP schools across the nation and the District of Columbia, serving more than 175,000 students and alumni with more than 15,000 educators. 

Founded in 2008 with 50 students in 5th grade, KIPP Columbus currently educates more than 2,000 students in grades Kindergarten through twelfth. With a mission to, together with families and the community, create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose -- college, career, and beyond --  KIPP has maintained excellence in its growth, and will improve upon that standard – proving what is possible in public education.

KIPP Columbus continues to see incredible academic results, including in our early literacy program where more than 80% of kindergarten and first grade students ended last school year reading on grade level. In addition, in our first four graduating classes (in spring 2020 -2023) 100% of students were accepted to college and/or military service and 100% graduated. 

In addition to academic excellence, KIPP Columbus also partners with nearly 100 community organizations to provide extracurricular activities, programming, health and wellness services, meals, and more to KIPP students, families, and the broader community. The KIPP Columbus learning campus will continue to advance student learning, expand partnerships, enable superior programming, and serve as a teaching and leadership lab for schools nationwide, reimagining education through a deeper lens of antiracism, excellence, and joy as we expand to educate nearly 4,000 students on our learning campus in the coming years. 

Interested in learning more about our school?  Please check out our website: https://www.kippcolumbus.org/

The Opportunity

KIPP Columbus is looking for a highly dedicated High School Health and Physical Education Teacher who has a track record of instructional excellence and who is willing to continuously go above and beyond for students. Our KIPP team is committed to leading and teaching through an anti-racist lens and are responsible for delivering effective, rigorous instruction in their content areas that produce high-quality results and student understanding. 

Job Description

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Instructional Delivery and Assessment

• Craft, internalize, and implement high quality lesson plans using provided curriculum resources to meet the diverse needs of all learners 
• Use assessment data to modify short and long-term plans in order to promote all students’ performance. 
• Embrace and incorporate feedback in the spirit of constant improvement.

Academic and Cultural Support

• Collaborate with content and grade-level teams to promote an environment that demonstrates a love of learning and wellness, and is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students 
• Establish and maintain working relationships with students and families based on trust and respect. 
• Participate in the daily functions of the school such as morning, lunch, and afternoon supervisory duties. 
• Attend critical school events such as staff meetings, open houses, and parent-teacher conferences. 
• Develop individualized learning plans for students and communicate these plans to families in parent meetings and conferences. 
• Meet professional obligations including timeliness and consistency in meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Current Ohio Teaching License or willingness and ability to pursue certification by start date 
• 1 or more years of lead teaching experience, or degree in the content area you would teach
• Belief that outstanding school leaders, staff, and teachers can achieve excellent outcomes for all students.
• Ability to persevere with a sense of optimism, strong problem solving skills, and desire to learn and grow in a collaborative professional learning community.
• Willingness, and commitment, to go above and beyond to prove the possible with students.
• Ability to multi-task and work within an ambiguous, fast-moving, start-up environment, while driving toward clarity and solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Extreme flexibility, with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high levels of responsibility and multiple priorities.
• Model the values of KIPP Columbus (Imagine, Navigate, Seek, Persevere, Integrity, Responsibility, and Empathy).