Upper School Physical and Health Education Teacher & Athletic Director

Middle School, CA
Full Time
Upper School
Mid Level

Summary

Silicon Valley International School (INTL) seeks an Upper School (Grades 6-10) Physical and Health Education Teacher (75%) and Athletic Director (25%) for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year, starting in January 2025.

 

Teachers at INTL develop schemes of work and lesson plans in line with the IB Middle Years Programme curricular framework and objectives. They facilitate learning by establishing a relationship with students and by their organization of learning resources and the classroom learning environment. They develop and foster the appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children according to age, ability, and aptitude. They link students' knowledge to earlier learning and develop ways to encourage it further. They challenge and inspire students to help them deepen their knowledge and understanding.  

 

The Upper School Physical and Health Education Teacher and Athletic Director must demonstrate commitment to INTL’s mission and the population we serve and be experienced in teaching at the middle school and lower high school levels. They must also be responsible, self-motivated, friendly, willing to work with a team of colleagues, and accepting and adaptable to a working environment with different cultures.

 

The position involves teaching through inquiry according to the MYP framework while also ensuring necessary skill acquisition and collaborating extensively. Time for collaboration with the other teachers is built into the schedule. INTL seeks teachers who know how to combine academic rigor with student engagement and have experience with inquiry-based teaching and learning.  The position includes responsibility for our high school outdoor education program and athletic director responsibilities for our middle school sports programs.

 

Primary Responsibilities

Typical work activities include:

  • Teaching all areas of the MYP curriculum as designated (in subject area as well as interdisciplinary units)
  • Following the guidelines and mission of INTL and IB
  • Organizing the classroom and learning resources to create a positive learning environment
  • Planning, preparing, and presenting lessons that differentiate for the needs of the ability range and levels within the class
  • Designing units integrating the elements of the MYP curricular framework and informed by assessment
  • Motivating students with enthusiastic, imaginative presentations/engagements and respectful interactions
  • Managing student behavior and maintaining discipline
  • Preparing, documenting, evaluating, and communicating to facilitate positive student development
  • Meeting requirements for the assessment and recording of students' development
  • Providing feedback to parents on the student's progress at parents' conferences and other (often less formal) meetings and report cards
  • Collaborating with others to plan and coordinate work, liaising with colleagues and working flexibly
  • Staying up to date with changes and developments in the structure of the national and international curricula 
  • Occasionally taking part in school events and activities that can be run at weekends or evenings outside of working hours
  • Planning and participating in field trips
  • Leading an Advisory group and/or offering student clubs

Athletic Director Responsibilities 

  • Organize, mentor, and support schools' coaching needs for after-school sports and team clubs.
  • Organize athletic codes of conduct
  • Organizing fixtures and logistics for games 
  • Schedule and organize all offsite games 
  • Maintain team lists, communicating with parents and students about games
  • Maintain membership in relevant leagues 
  • Organize practice schedules for teams
  • Participate in monthly meetings to organize meetings between schools 

 

Qualifications

  • University degree(s) relevant to the role
  • Proficiency in English to teach and collaborate
  • Minimum of 5 years  teaching experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with IB teaching is strongly preferred
  • Experience with outdoor education and/or athletic director responsibilities is strongly preferred.
     

Physical Requirements and Qualifications 

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must frequently:

  • Stand for long periods of time
    Speak clearly so listeners can understand the speech of another person.
  • Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
    Be able to crouch, kneel, bend, balance, stoop, stretch, twist, reach out, and move around easily to interact with and supervise students.
    Use fingers to grasp, move, or assemble very small objects
  • Read, see details of objects that are more than a few feet away, and see differences between colors

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to reflect the current job accurately, management reserves the right to revise the job or require other or different tasks to be performed as assigned.

 

Compensation and benefits

Our compensation is based on education and years of experience. The salary range for this full-time teaching position for the 2024-25 school year is $73,460 (BA Step 3) to $118,672 (PhD Step 20+). As this position is being filled mid-year, the specified wages will be prorated in accordance with the actual start date.

We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee only
  • Employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program 
  • Ten (10) days of paid sick leave
  • Two (2) days of paid time off 
  • Seven (7) days paid holidays during the school year
  • Summer break and five weeks of school breaks during the school year
  • Professional development tailored to teacher needs/interests and aligned with the school's mission 
  • 403(b) retirement plan with a generous employer match after two years of service

The above compensation and benefits apply to full-time employees.

We’d Love to Hear from You

If this sounds like the job, please submit your resume, cover letter, and at least three references in Adobe PDF or Microsoft documents only. Please, no recruitment agencies or phone calls. Thank you.


 
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