Physical Education Teacher- Long-Term Substitute

Woonsocket Education Department; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Woonsocket Education Department is seeking a Part-time Physical Education Teacher to serve as a long-term substitute at Citizens Memorial Elementary School in Woonsocket, RI. The position begins immediately and covers medical leave through December.

The educator will deliver PE instruction, promote health and wellness, and collaborate with classroom staff to integrate movement and fitness into daily routines.

Qualifications

• RIDE All Grades Physical Education Certification is required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching young learners.
• Demonstrates the ability to create a child-centered classroom.
• Facilitates physical, cognitive, social, and emotional learning through appropriately sequenced lessons.
• Provides engaging, fun, and effective instruction to build a health and wellness foundation.
• Uses curriculum and activities to teach physical fitness, health education, rhythms, and dance knowledge and skills.
• Provides maximum participation and differentiates as needed to ensure all students succeed.
• Communicates developmentally appropriate progress to students and families.
• Collaborates with team members to promote health and wellness across the classroom.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior aligned with PBIS.
• Provides safety instruction and checks equipment and spaces for safety.

Education

RIDE All Grades Physical Education Certification

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Physical Education Teacher- Long-Term Substitute

Woonsocket Education Department Citizens Memorial Elementary School - Woonsocket, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps Leo Savoie Elementary School - Woonsocket, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps

Job Details

• Job ID: 5948699
• Application Deadline: Posted until filled
• Posted: Oct 02, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Function: The Physical Education educator is the primary instructional delivery person for student health, wellness, fitness, and growth. The educator also promotes and supports the center team's health and wellness. The educator collaborates with school team members and provides strategies and support for increasing student movement and fitness within the regular classroom. The educator must be collaborative, a relationship builder, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be well-trained in P.E. content knowledge, early learners, and effective and engaging teaching strategies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for teaching young learners.
• Demonstrate the ability to create a child-centered classroom.
• Facilitates children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional learning through lessons designed to develop skills appropriate to their abilities and confidence levels sequentially.
• Provides engaging, fun, and effective instruction that helps build a health and wellness foundation for young children.
• Using the curriculum and other appropriate learning activities teaches physical fitness, health education, rhythms, and dance knowledge and skills.
• Provides maximum participation for all students and differentiates as needed to ensure all students experience success. Analyzes, demonstrates, and explains basic skills, knowledge, and strategies of games, rhythms, and fundamentals of body movement. Develops engaging and effective lesson plans and supplementary materials.
• Provide ongoing formative feedback to students.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset individually and supports this development with all students.
• Communicates in developmentally appropriate ways through a humane, sensitive approach that clearly communicates that every child, regardless of ability, can succeed and will benefit from a physically active, healthy lifestyle.
• Implements and supports school-wide programs, including PBIS, Growth Mindset, etc.
• Collaborates with school team members to provide ideas and support for increasing health and wellness, movement, and activity in the classroom.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive environment in the physical education areas that supports and aligns with the school-wide PBIS Framework.
• Provides appropriate safety instruction and makes safety checks on equipment and outside field areas to ensure the overall safety of students.
• Evaluate students' fitness and social and emotional growth, prepare report cards, and keep appropriate records as necessary.
• Maintains control of storage, PE equipment, recess equipment, locker room, and school property.
• Evaluate each student's physical skills and knowledge growth and collaborate with center staff to share with parents.
• Provides support for school-wide assemblies.
• Actively supports and builds a strong positive culture and learning environment.
• Collaborate with team members, parents, community members, and partners to improve the instructional program and student success.
• Effectively use technology to support effective instruction and student learning.
• Communicate with parents and team members on student progress.
• Supervises students in and out of the classroom.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Maintains appropriate licenses and training hours as required.
• Adheres to all standards established by Teachers Standards and Practices Commissions for Competent and Ethical Educators

Other related duties may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

• RIDE All Grades Physical Education Certification
• Position Type: Part-time
• Job Categories: Classroom Teacher > Physical Education

Job Requirements

• This position covers medical leave until December
• Bachelor degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Cathy Carvalho , Principal
• 420 Robinson Street
• Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]

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