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Community Unit School District 200

Wheaton Warrenville Unit School District 200 offers a platform for educators to find job opportunities within the district. The site facilitates online employment applications and provides a comprehensive job search feature for various educational roles, including teaching and support staff positions. It aims to streamline the hiring process for both applicants and the district.

<div>SUMMARY:
Community Unit School District 200 is seeking an Elementary Adaptive Physical Education Teacher to teach a program of physical activities suitable for students who have one or more disabilities. The goal is to develop motor skills and physical development among younger children and proper exercise and healthy habits among older students. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT(S):
Current Illinois Elementary and/or Secondary Professional Educator License (PEL) with Adaptive Physical Education Endorsement 
 
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:
<ul><li>Ability to work effectively by understanding the special needs of students.</li>
<li>Training in autism and knowledge of Syracuse curriculum helpful.</li>
<li>Highly organized with effective interpersonal and communication skills.</li>
<li>Ability to develop IEP goals and benchmarks.</li>
<li>Good assessment skills. Ability to evaluate student's progress and provide remediation.</li>
<li>Strong behavior management and positive discipline skills.</li>
<li>Ability to function as a member of the educational team, collaborate with general educational staff, support personnel, community agencies and parents.</li>
<li>Knowledge of classroom management techniques, procedures and appropriate conduct.</li>
<li>Ability to be flexible and receptive to change.</li>
<li>Previous experience in teaching of adaptive physical education preferred.</li> 
</ul>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
<ul><li>Plan and conduct activities for an educational program that promotes physical activities in accordance with student needs.</li>
<li>Help students develop physical abilities and healthy habits.</li>
<li>Establish and enforce rules of behavior.</li>
<li>Participates with other professional staff in developing a student's IEP.</li>
<li>Monitors and maintains student records and progress for review and revisions of IEP.</li>
<li>Ability to effectively present and communicate student problems and progress and respond to questions from parents and staff.</li>
<li>Supervises students in groups and individually in classroom and outdoors.</li> 
</ul>PHYSICAL ABILITY:
Employees in this position must have the ability to:
<ul><li>Stand, run, walk and bend over, reach overhead, grasp, push, pull and push, lift and or carry up to 25 pounds waist height.</li>
<li>Occasional lifting or moving up to 100 lbs. may be required, such as lifting a child from the floor or moving children in wheelchairs.</li>
<li>Sit for extended periods of time.</li>
<li>Enter data into a computer, use standard office equipment and use telephone.</li>
<li>See and read a computer screen and printed material with or without visual aids.</li>
<li>Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.</li>
</ul>WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Hazards - Potential exposure to communicable disease and contact with blood and other body fluids; potential exposure to physical injury from aggressive behavior. The noise level is occasionally loud.</div>

Adapted Physical Education Teacher- 1.0 FTE (Districtwide)

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Adapted Physical Education Teacher- 1.0 FTE (Districtwide)