Physical Education Teacher
Job Description
Physical education (PE) teachers instruct students in sports, recreational activities and healthy lifestyle issues, in order to encourage and develop physical fitness and skills, self-esteem and interpersonal skills.
Duties and Tasks
PE teachers may perform the following tasks:
- undertake general teaching tasks (see separate description for Teacher - Secondary)
- prepare a yearly program of learning experiences that link physical activities with issues related to health and wellbeing
- teach a range of elective and senior courses depending on the needs and interests of their students
- teach the basic techniques and skills associated with team and individual sports, dance, gymnastics, track and field, aquatics and recreational activities such as canoeing and bushwalking
- plan and deliver activities that will assist in the skill progression of their students
- teach students about community and personal health issues including nutrition, sexuality, drug use and HIV/AIDS
- instruct students in the safety practices associated with different environments including swimming pools, gymnasiums and playing fields
- coordinate special events such as inter-school sports programs, swimming and athletic carnivals, and lifesaving programs
- present special days and seminars for senior students on various topics such as stress management, study skills and sexually transmitted diseases
- conduct compulsory health education programs which prepare the student for life
Personal Requirements
- enjoy and be good at physical activity
- enthusiastic, patient and tactful
- enjoy working with young people
- good communication skills
- commitment to personal health and physical fitness
- high-level organisational skills
- prepared to work out of school hours