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Atlanta Speech School

Physical Education Teacher

Start Date: August 2025

The Atlanta Speech School provides an unmatched opportunity to learn from both peers and experts in the field and to contribute to the School's growing body of knowledge. Beyond seeking proficiency, we work to construct a Deep Reading Brain for each child at the School and, through our Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, for every child beyond the school. Deep reading requires learning to make connections between what we read and what we think, feel, and do. Through deep reading, children develop empathy, hone critical thinking, and go on to make the most significant possible difference in the lives of others.

• We believe in connection over compliance. Rather than silencing children, we teach them to listen, think, question, and solve.
• Our staff works together to know and serve each child from within an intentional learning ecosystem that is as joyful as rigorous.
• Our practices are grounded in structured literacy and built on the sciences of healthy brain development, language acquisition, and the construction of the Deep Reading Brain. This work is intentionally centered around critical thinking, empathy, problem-solving, and the development of executive functions.

We are committed to providing a community through which all our students, families, and staff show up safely as themselves and for each other. As stewards of this environment, it is our responsibility to ensure safety extends to every person, inclusive of all races /ethnicities, religions, genders, family structures, sexual orientations, and any other aspect of their identity.

The School has never turned away a child needing services based on their family's financial circumstances.

The Atlanta Speech School seeks a full-time Physical Education Teacher to promote a lifelong appreciation for physical activity and support students' holistic development. The ideal candidate will integrate physical education into the broader educational framework, apply research-based practices, and collaborate with colleagues. This role requires a dynamic professional who can serve as an instructional leader, mentor, and facilitator, fostering creativity, teamwork, and self-expression.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The physical education teacher demonstrates leadership and expertise to deliver a program aligned with the school's mission, goals, and objectives. They collaborate with classroom teachers and school leadership to develop and enhance lessons and units, ensuring equitable access to instruction and resources.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POSITION:

• Educate students on the importance of safe physical activity for health, enjoyment, self-expression, and social interaction.
• Partner with teachers to integrate physical movement with classroom curriculum.
• Design and deliver developmentally and age-appropriate lesson plans for toddlers through sixth graders
• Promote physical fitness through skill-building activities, games, sports, exercise, and creative movement.
• Introduce foundational movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics.
• Teach the terminology and language associated with movement and physical education.
• Plan and oversee training for the Fun Run event.
• Foster personal and social responsibility, encouraging respect for self and others in physical activity settings.
• Instill the values of individual accountability and teamwork in students.
• Support school policies while encouraging a healthy and positive competitive spirit.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's degree in physical education or a related field with appropriate certification required.
• A valid Georgia teaching certificate is required.
• Experience as a physical education teacher preferred.
• Knowledge of best practices in physical education, instructional strategies, and curriculum development, particularly related to promoting physical fitness and motor skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to foster a collaborative, professional environment to enhance student physical activity outcomes.
• Must be innovative and creative in incorporating emerging techniques and technologies into physical education programs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

SALARY: Salary is commensurate with experience.

BENEFITS: This is a 190-day full-time school position, offering a generous benefits package including health/dental/life/vision and long-term disability insurance. The Speech School subsidizes health insurance premiums for staff and families. Other benefits include a Flexible Spending Account, 403(b) Plan, cost reduction of some Atlanta Speech School services, complimentary meals onsite during working hours, and personal and accrued sick leave.

TO APPLY: Please submit all the following documents to ensure that your information is considered: cover letter , resume , and written submission. Please describe how your particular skills, talents, and/or expertise could be beneficial to the Atlanta Speech School. (Please limit the response to 500 words).

Subject line: Physical Education Teacher

Email : [email protected]

Atlanta Speech School

Founded over 85 years ago, the Atlanta Speech School has evolved into four school divisions, four clinical programs, the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy professional development program, and Rollins' free online Cox Campus. Across all our programs, we are driven to ensure that each child can find their voice. The School has never turned away a child in need of our specialized services based on their family's financial circumstances.

We are the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. With our vision of literacy and justice for all, we lead equity-based change by extending our work beyond our campus. What occurs in the classroom for each child at the Atlanta Speech School is made available to every teacher by way of our free online professional learning platform, . Cox Campus' membership is composed of more than 270,000 educators, leaders, healthcare professionals, and parents representing all 50 states and 100 countries.

The School, across all its programs, attracts a staff of the most gifted and committed teaching professionals who apply the research of the nation's leading experts on early healthy brain development, language acquisition, and Deep Reading Brain.

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