Physical Education/ Health Teacher/ Athletic Director

Physical Education and Health Teacher Description

Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring Physical Education and Health Teachers for our Middle School and High School.

Base Salary: $67,000-$87,000 

Competitive Raises year to year, many BONUS and Stipend opportunities, no Master's needed. 

OUR SCHOOL

Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has three of its own campuses, and BelovED is our “sister school.” We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. 

WE VALUE OUR FACULTY

At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:

• Evidencing this, compared to those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY;
• Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development.

TEACHER SUPPORTS

Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team.  They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars’ diverse needs.

Examples of such teacher supports include:

• Abundant planning periods during the school day;
• A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials; 
• High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and
• Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems.

Upper Elementary/ Middle School Athletic Director Position Description

We are also hiring an Athletic Director for the Upper Elementary/Middle School Campus only, who will have a dual teaching and administrative role, overseeing the Athletic’s Program at the Middle School. This role will incorporate the following responsibilities, including but not limited to;

• Developing a comprehensive athletic program budget for the UES/MS campus;
• Coordinating and encouraging UES/MS scholar participation in UES/MS sports;
• Coordinating requisitions of interscholastic sports equipment and uniform for teams;
• Select, oversee, and evaluate UES/MS team coaches;
• Coaching at least one sport for a season during the 2025-2026 School Year;
• Collaborating with members of the UES/MS leadership team (i.e. the Principal, Academic Deans and Deans of Students) to determine and address student eligibility requirements;
• Ensure you are up-to-date on trainings required of all Coaches and Athletic Directors, and show evidence to the Director of Education that your coaches, trainers and/or other staff have taken needed trainings. For example:
• Know the requirements related to the Interscholastic Athletic Head Injury Safety Training Program (School physicians, any person who coaches a public school district or nonpublic school interscholastic sport or cheerleading program, and an athletic trainer involved in a public or nonpublic school interscholastic sports program or cheerleading program are required to complete training in head injury prevention and management.) 
• Be up-to-date with training and certification in using an AEP and CPR;
• Ensure that a designated staff member trained in CPR/AED is present for athletic events and team practices.

Compensation: The Athletic Director at the Upper Elementary/Middle School will have a contract for being a PE/Health Teacher based on the description above, and will also receive a $5,000 Stipend for the AD Role over the year as well as a $2,500 stipend for summer work to prepare for the year. 

Requirements

• Candidates MUST either hold a New Jersey Department of Education CE, CEAS, Limited CE or Standard Certificate in Physical Education.
• For the AD Position, a minimum of THREE years teaching and/or leading experience in a similar school setting;
• A powerful commitment to the mission and goals of Empowerment and desire to be part of a “WHATEVER IT TAKES” team. 

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