Health Teacher

                    Lawrence Family Development Charter School

                                                                                     www.lfdcs.org

                                                               Strengthening families…building community

The Health Education Teacher will be responsible for teaching the fundamental principles of health education, based on the state standards. Demonstrate a love of health topics and the value of health education to students’ lives.

Responsibilities:

• Teach Health as a special subject to students in Grade K2 (5 year olds) through Grade 8.


• Collaborate with PE Teacher and SEL Teacher on cross curricular lessons


• Create and plan engaging, grade-appropriate Health


• Familiarity with national and state Health


• Illustrate basic Health concepts for students through various modalities (models, visuals, etc.)


• Design creative activities to allow students to understand and internalize health standards.


• Plan and facilitate developmentally-appropriate health activities.


• Maintain strong classroom management through engagement.


• Communicate with classroom teachers, parents, and administrators as needed.


• Work with other specialists (Art and Music) to develop rich standards-based experiences.

Experience/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred


• Certified in Health by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education


• SEI endorsed or become SEI endorsed by the end of the first year


• Proven ability to communicate well with adults and children


• 3 years’ experience preferred


• Strong commitment to education reform initiatives, particularly raising educational equity for low-income and linguistic minority students


• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred


• Demonstrated ability to work as a positive team member


• Experience developing programs for urban students of Hispanic backgrounds preferred

Schedule: Full-Time, School-Year Position

Reports to: Heads of School

Lawrence Family Development Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.