Physical Education Teacher

What Equitas Can Offer You:

• A strong organizational culture, focused on our mission of preparing all scholars for four-year colleges.
• A community that is committed to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive and equitable organization.
• A coach who provides consistent, relevant, and individualized feedback based on in-class observations.
• The opportunity to grow as a professional and advance to leadership roles in the organization such as grade level lead, instructional coach, dean, and school director.
• Supportive professional development including paid professional development, training, and team building in the summer, and weekly professional development throughout the school year.
• Diverse, collaborative, supportive, and reflective teams that work together to deliver high quality instruction for our scholars.
• A school grounded in the Pico-Union neighborhood with a strong commitment to community and family engagement.
• Leadership teams that are supportive, reflective and seek out teacher voice and feedback.
• A positive, joyful, and collaborative social environment that leads to long-lasting relationships.
• A clean, organized environment that maximizes time to focus on instructional practice and scholar learning.
• Consistent behavior management systems and a structured classroom environment.

A Day in Your Life as an Equitas Teacher:

• Lead rigorous Physical Education instruction, imparting knowledge and skill to scholars.
• Develop the vision and curriculum for your class.
• Communicate and collaborate with families regarding the behavior and academic progress of their scholar.
• Maintain high academic and behavioral expectations for scholars.
• Demonstrate warm demander style with scholars in your classroom and the school community.
• Approach class community building and repair with culturally responsive and restorative practices.
• Start your day by 7:30am with a school team huddle and end at 3:30pm after scholar dismissal.
• Daily prep time and a duty-free lunch period.
• Weekly collaborative enrichment team meeting.
• Weekly 03 (one-on-one meeting and feedback session) with your coach.
• Supervise and facilitate portions of Community Meeting (our school assembly) every other Friday.
• Deliver and supervise scholar assessments.
• Active participation in weekly professional development aimed at refining both school culture and academics.
• Perform other duties to support our scholars and school community.

What You'll Need:

• A Bachelor's degree
• A current Single Subject teaching credential (internship, preliminary, or clear), Multiple Subject teaching credential (preliminary or clear) or out of state equivalent required
• English Learning Authorization
• A strong belief that all students can succeed
• Demonstrated experience and success working with scholars in traditionally underserved communities (preferred)

Benefits at Equitas Academy:

• A competitive salary scale that honors your years of teaching experience and your academic success with your scholars.
• A variety of health benefit plans so you can choose the option that best fits your needs (and the needs of your family if applicable). Dental, Vision and Group Term Life/AD&D as well as Group Voluntary Term Life Insurance are also offered.
• California's State Teacher Retirement System (CalSTRS) retirement matching and optional 403b plan.
• Generous time off including winter break, spring break, twelve holidays, and ten sick days.