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Physical Education Teacher

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
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