Middle School Health & Physical Education Teacher

Be Applied Ltd; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative educational institution seeks a passionate Middle School Health and Physical Education Teacher for the 2025-26 school year. This role involves inspiring students with learning differences through a comprehensive curriculum and individualized instruction. Join a dedicated team focused on fostering growth and self-advocacy in a supportive environment. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this forward-thinking school offers a robust health insurance plan, retirement contributions, and a 10-month contract. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference in students' lives and thrive in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan Contribution Match

10-Month Contract

Qualifications

• Experience working with kids and teens is essential.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Teach five academic courses and act as an academic advisor.
• Fulfill assigned duties and report to the division director.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Empathy

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Middle School Health and Physical Education Teacher: 2025-26 School Year

Delaware Valley Friends School

Employment Type: Full time

Location: On site · Philadelphia, USA Paoli, PA (Philadelphia area)

Team: Faculty

Seniority: Mid-level

• Closing: This role has no specific closing date.

Job Description

Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader educating bright students in grades 1-12 with reading, writing, and other related learning differences. The school attracts students from across the Philadelphia area and is in the midst of several years of program expansion and enrollment growth. Students receive a comprehensive, research-based, college preparatory curriculum, individualized instruction, cutting-edge assistive technologies, and successful college placement, with an emphasis on metacognition and self-advocacy within a community based on Quaker values.

As a middle school health and physical education teacher at DVFriends, you will join a dynamic team aligned in the goal of helping bright students with learning differences reach their full potential. Full-time faculty in the middle school typically teach five academic courses in their department(s) while acting as an academic advisor to 6-8 students. While this is primarily a middle school position, there is a possibility for some teaching in the lower and upper school divisions as well. Teachers also fulfill other assigned duties and report directly to their division director. Middle school at DVFriends encompasses grades 6 - 8.

You’ll be the right person for this job if:

1. You want to work for a school that improves kids’ lives alongside people who share that motivation.
2. You have had meaningful experience working with kids and/or teens that has energized you and made you optimistic about what students can achieve with the right supports and guidance.
3. You communicate well, and you have well-developed organization and executive function skills to lead and manage a complex and nuanced learning environment.
4. You see differences among students and adults as value-added, opening up creative pathways to learning and setting the stage for more equitable communities.
5. You know yourself well, faults and strengths, and approach others with empathy and generosity of spirit.
6. You actively face challenges and lean into problems, drawing upon people and resources to solve them.
7. Being around young people, in particular middle schoolers, provides you with optimism and energy.
8. You have a college degree by the position’s start date.

You’ll benefit from:

1. A robust health insurance plan, including a school contribution that covers the employee cost and a portion of the cost for a partner and dependents.
2. Employer match of retirement plan contributions up to 6% of salary.
3. A 10-month contract, allowing ample time for recharging your battery over the summer.

Next steps

To get started, enter your email on the top right of this page.

You’ll answer some questions that are related to your day-to-day job. After the job closes, your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymized, randomized and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which includes a set of interviews over Zoom and/or on campus. At the end of the application process, we'll share how well you performed.

We are an equal-opportunity employer

DVFriends is working to create a community that recognizes the strength of diversity and aspires to create an inclusive, respectful and just community. We welcome people of any race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, gender identity and expression, age, military or veteran status, family structure, marital status, disability, citizenship status, and socioeconomic status to join our community. DV does not discriminate on the basis of these characteristics in our policies or practices.