Adaptive Physical Education Teacher - Bond Health : Job Details

Bond Health - Adaptive Physical Education Teacher Needed

SUMMARY:The Adaptive Physical Education Teacher is responsible for creating and conductingdevelopmentally appropriate adaptive physical education activities for preschool students withdevelopmental disabilities.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:The duties and responsibilities of the Adaptive Physical Education Teacher include, but are notlimited to the following:• Creates and conducts developmentally appropriate adaptive physical education activities forpreschool students with developmental disabilities.• Collaborates with classroom and therapy staff to provide goal-directed instruction in thecontext of a group gross motor activity.• Ensures that services are provided to students with the utmost regard for their personaldignity, privacy, and confidentiality.• Follows established gym activity schedule.• Maintains a clean, safe, and organized gym.• Practices Universal Precautions at all times.• Attends required staff meetings.• Participates in activities of professional development with school staff.• Performs other related duties as requested by the program director.QUALIFICATIONS:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential dutysatisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/orability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions.• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.• Good oral and written communication skills.• Good interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with coworkers, employees,children and their parents.• Maintain confidentiality of children's records.• Ability to analyze problems and determine corrective measures.EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:• Master's degree in education, Special Education, or Early Childhood Special Education.• At least 2 years of experience working with students with disabilities as an AdaptivePhysical Education Teacher.LANGUAGE SKILLS:Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Ability to read, analyze, and interpretreports and documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries, concerns or complaints fromemployees and customers. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practicalsituations. Basic understanding of statistics.PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunction• Ability to lift and position children safely.• Ability to stoop, bend, squat, and kneel• Ability to lift, push, and pull heavy objects such as gross motor equipment, furniture, andstudents' individual adaptive equipment such as a prone stander and/or wheelchair.For further information and to apply, please contact:Yanet HaileAccount Manager, Bond Health Staffing5824 12th AvenueBrooklyn, NY, 11219Office: 1-718-###-#### ext. 205Fax: 1-718-###-####