Middle School Health Teacher 2026-2027
Family Life Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY, United States
HEALTH TEACHER (6-8) JOB DESCRIPTION
Under the supervision of the School Principal, the Health Teacher engages students in learning to have the skills and strategies to make informed health decisions today and in the future. Using a shared FLACS Network health curriculum aligned with the NYS Learning Standards for Physical Education, Health and Family Consumer Science, the Health Teacher will design daily lesson plans that are responsive to diverse learning needs of all students including general education, students with disabilities and English Language Learners, and hold all students to high academic expectations. The Health Teacher is primarily responsible for teaching one grade level, but may be required to teach additional preparations (i.e., an advisory course, elective course, or remedial support workshop).
Key Responsibilities
Create academically rigorous, standards-based, culturally relevant lesson plans that foster critical thinking and problem-solving and prepare students for a lifetime of health.
Utilize student-centered instructional strategies to engage students and differentiate teaching based on the diverse, individual needs of students including those with disabilities and ELLs.
Implement units using common network curriculum resources, maps, frameworks, pacing documents and instructional philosophies to ensure alignment across our schools from kindergarten through high school graduation.
Integrate literacy skills across the curriculum area, include explicit vocabulary development and prepare students to read, write, speak and listen within this discipline.
Analyze data from ongoing formative and summative assessments to refine instructional practices and impact student achievement.
Maintain strong classroom management and implement school-wide policies and procedures to ensure a safe, caring and orderly environment.
Establish a classroom culture of caring, respect and rapport that holds all students to high academic standards, promotes inclusion, fosters a love of learning, and builds positive relationships.
Grade student work and provide actionable feedback, return work, and enter these grades into online systems shared with students and families promptly.
Seek to actively know students’ strengths and challenge areas and communicate these effectively with families using online portals, report cards and other means.
Participate in professional development, professional learning communities, grade-level activities and school-wide functions.
Share best practices with colleagues by participating in professional learning communities, grade-level or content teams, and cross-school groups.
Professional Responsibilities
Uphold the FLACS mission, core beliefs, and educational philosophy.
Be a lifelong learner who reflects on practice, is receptive to critical feedback from leaders and colleagues, and strives to improve instructional effectiveness.
Have high expectations for students and for oneself as an educator.
Demonstrate self-motivation and willingness to be a team player.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
New York State Teaching Certification in New York State Teaching Certification in Health (grades 7-12).
Prior satisfactory teaching experience, especially in an urban school, is preferred.
Dual certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) or Students with Disabilities is a plus.
NYS Department of Education fingerprint clearance and criminal background checks.
It is the policy of FLACS to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex) or prior record of arrest or convictions (except as provided by law), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation, as required by civil rights law.
Salary Range - $60,065 - $113,085
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Under the supervision of the School Principal, the Health Teacher engages students in learning to have the skills and strategies to make informed health decisions today and in the future. Using a shared FLACS Network health curriculum aligned with the NYS Learning Standards for Physical Education, Health and Family Consumer Science, the Health Teacher will design daily lesson plans that are responsive to diverse learning needs of all students including general education, students with disabilities and English Language Learners, and hold all students to high academic expectations. The Health Teacher is primarily responsible for teaching one grade level, but may be required to teach additional preparations (i.e., an advisory course, elective course, or remedial support workshop).
Key Responsibilities
Create academically rigorous, standards-based, culturally relevant lesson plans that foster critical thinking and problem-solving and prepare students for a lifetime of health.
Utilize student-centered instructional strategies to engage students and differentiate teaching based on the diverse, individual needs of students including those with disabilities and ELLs.
Implement units using common network curriculum resources, maps, frameworks, pacing documents and instructional philosophies to ensure alignment across our schools from kindergarten through high school graduation.
Integrate literacy skills across the curriculum area, include explicit vocabulary development and prepare students to read, write, speak and listen within this discipline.
Analyze data from ongoing formative and summative assessments to refine instructional practices and impact student achievement.
Maintain strong classroom management and implement school-wide policies and procedures to ensure a safe, caring and orderly environment.
Establish a classroom culture of caring, respect and rapport that holds all students to high academic standards, promotes inclusion, fosters a love of learning, and builds positive relationships.
Grade student work and provide actionable feedback, return work, and enter these grades into online systems shared with students and families promptly.
Seek to actively know students’ strengths and challenge areas and communicate these effectively with families using online portals, report cards and other means.
Participate in professional development, professional learning communities, grade-level activities and school-wide functions.
Share best practices with colleagues by participating in professional learning communities, grade-level or content teams, and cross-school groups.
Professional Responsibilities
Uphold the FLACS mission, core beliefs, and educational philosophy.
Be a lifelong learner who reflects on practice, is receptive to critical feedback from leaders and colleagues, and strives to improve instructional effectiveness.
Have high expectations for students and for oneself as an educator.
Demonstrate self-motivation and willingness to be a team player.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
New York State Teaching Certification in New York State Teaching Certification in Health (grades 7-12).
Prior satisfactory teaching experience, especially in an urban school, is preferred.
Dual certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) or Students with Disabilities is a plus.
NYS Department of Education fingerprint clearance and criminal background checks.
It is the policy of FLACS to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex) or prior record of arrest or convictions (except as provided by law), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation, as required by civil rights law.
Salary Range - $60,065 - $113,085
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