PE Teacher at Moffat County School District

Category: Middle School Teaching/Physical Education

Date Posted: 08/25/2025

Location: Craig Middle School  

Date of Availability:  August 2025

Date Closing: Open until filled

Middle School Physical Education Teacher

Description:  Looking for a fun motivated team player to fill a full time Physical Education Teacher position at Craig Middle School

*Salary:  Placement on the Certified salary schedule is commensurate with education and teaching experience. $51,000.00-$77,091.00

Education and/or Experience:  Minimum requirement – Bachelor’s degree(B.A.) from an accredited four year college or university. Works well with a team, good classroom management and communication skills, dependable.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:  Eligible or already in possession of a Colorado Teaching License/certificate endorsed in Physical Education. 

Qualification Requirements:  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 enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the needs, interests, and abilities of students.

• Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.

• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals—established clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and the like to communicate these objectives to students.

• Employs instructional methods and materials (including field trips) that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives.

• Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required. 

• Diagnose the learning disabilities of students on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required.

• Counsels with colleagues, students, and/or parents on a regular basis.

• Assists the administration implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure; maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.

• Plans and supervises purposeful assignment of teacher aides and/or volunteers, and cooperatively with the principal evaluates their job performance.

• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.

• Attends staff meetings and in-service training programs and serves on staff committees as required.

• Maintains records and makes such reports as required and directed by the administration.

• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  The employee supervises students in the class, parents and volunteers.

Benefits include: PERA retirement, health insurance, paid time off, short and long term disability, other optional benefit elections.

Additional information: *Salary/pay rate is determined based on qualifications and experience relevant to the job description requirements. Full pay range may be found on the appropriate salary schedule Employees hired new into a position are rarely qualified to receive the maximum of the pay range shown on the salary schedule.

Language Skills:  Ability to read and analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, staff and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Other Skills and Abilities:  Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to run; stoop and kneel.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs.  The employee must occasionally push items of 75lbs. or more, such as pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture.  Specific vision abilities required by this include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. 

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described below here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.  Is directly responsible for student safety, work output and wellbeing. 

Moffat County School District uses the applicant tracking system from Frontline Education to manage employment applications online.  www.moffatsd.org

In compliance with Title VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, Moffat County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment, or employment in educational programs or activities which it operates. English speaking ability will not be a barrier to participation and admission to District programs. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees or need for special education services. The following person(s) have been identified as the compliance officer for the District.  Compliance Officer for Title IX – Megan Caughey, 600 Texas Ave, Craig, CO  81625, 970-826-6410, [email protected].  

 En cumplimiento del Título VI y VII del Acto de Derechos Civiles de 1964, Título IX de la Enmienda de Educación de 1972; Sección 504 del Acto de la Rehabilitación de 1973, la Discriminación de Edad en Acto del Empleo de 1967, el Acto de los Americanos con Discapacidades, el Acto de no Discriminación de Información Genética de 2008 y la ley de Colorado, Condado de Moffat Distrito Escolar RE-1 no discrimina ilegalmente en base a raza, color, sexo, religión, origen nacional, ascendencia, credo, edad, estado civil, orientación sexual, información genética, discapacidad o necesidad de servicios de educación especial en la admisión, acceso, tratamiento o empleo en programas educativos o actividades que opera. Capacidad de hablar ingles no será un obstáculo para la participación y admisión a programas del Distrito. Se han establecido procedimientos de queja para los estudiantes, padres, empleados o necesidad de servicios de educación especial. La(s) siguiente(s) persona(s) han sido identificadas como el oficial de cumplimiento para el Distrito: Megan Caughey, 600 Texas Ave, Craig Co 81625, 970-826-6410, [email protected].