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About KIPP Kansas City Public Schools:
KIPP Kansas City Public Schools is part of a nationwide network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory charter schools dedicated to preparing students in educationally underserved communities for success in college and life. Our strength as a region serves as a catalyst for empowerment, change, and hope.
Founded in 2007, KIPP Kansas City Public Schools began with KIPP Endeavor Academy, serving approximately 31 fifth-grade students. Today, we educate approximately 1,000 students from Pre-K through 12th grade, with our community continuing to expand. Together with families and communities, we strive to create joyful, academically excellent schools that equip students with the skills and confidence to pursue their chosen paths—whether college, career, or beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and contribute to a more just world.
Job Description
Position Overview:
Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP KC plays a critical role in ensuring our students are on the path toward college, career, and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for our students and families, working tirelessly to connect them with access to opportunity for lives of power and choice. As a physical education and health teacher, you will deliver exceptional instruction and assess student growth. You are dedicated to constant learning and proactively provide academic and cultural support to your school and team. You are deeply committed to educational equity, building relationships with students and families so they are safe, seen, heard, and loved.
Key Responsibilities:
Instructional Delivery and Assessment
- Develop or internalize year-long Missouri State standards-based (or other curriculum-based), backwards-planned unit plans and lesson plans that meet all students’ learning needs
- Use assessment data to modify short and long-term plans in order to promote all students’ academic performance
- Embrace and incorporate feedback in the spirit of constant improvement
- Maintain accurate records, grade book, and data tracking systems
- Deliver comprehensive lessons rooted in the Missouri Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs), ensuring high school students master health concepts (e.g., nutrition, mental health), digital literacy (e.g., coding, cybersecurity), and the biomechanics of various sports.
- Differentiated Skill Application: Utilize a "Model-Lead-Observe" approach to tailor instruction for varying physical and technical abilities, providing modified athletic drills for sports and tiered project pathways for technology to ensure all students meet proficiency.
- Data-Driven Feedback Loops: Implement regular formative assessments—such as digital performance logs, heart-rate monitoring data, and technical troubleshooting labs—to provide immediate, actionable feedback on student progress and physical growth.
- Cross-Functional Real-World Learning: Facilitate interdisciplinary projects that bridge the three subjects, such as using performance-tracking software (Technology) to analyze athletic output (Sports) and its subsequent impact on long-term cardiovascular wellness (Health).
Academic and Cultural Support
- Assume personal responsibility for student achievement
- Collaborate with content and grade-level teams to promote an environment of critical thinking and academic rigor
- Establish and maintain working relationships with students and families based on trust and respect
- Participate in the daily functions of the school such as morning, lunch, and afternoon supervisory duties
- Attend critical school events such as staff meetings, open houses, and student-led parent conferences
- Meet professional obligations including timeliness and consistency in meeting deadlines
- Exemplify the school cultural expectations
Health and Wellness
- Manage a semester-long leaderboard that tracks team performance across various athletic disciplines, fostering a culture of healthy rivalry, grit, and collective achievement.
- Utilize intra-squad tournaments to teach KIPP’s core values, emphasizing sportsmanship, humility in victory, and resilience in the face of competitive challenges.
- Utilize intra-squad tournaments to teach KIPP’s core values, emphasizing sportsmanship, humility in victory, and resilience in the face of competitive challenges.
- Engage in weekly coaching cycles and data meetings to refine the balance between technical skill instruction and the execution of unit-based championship events.
- Lead the planning of all-school field days and semester-end competitions, celebrating student progress in both FitnessGram benchmarks and team-based sports.
- Ensure all unit and semester competitions are differentiated and accessible, allowing students of all physical abilities to contribute to their team’s success and meet personal fitness standards.
Real World Learning
- Deliver high-quality, rigorous instruction directly connected to authentic, real-world learning experiences that promote college persistence, career exploration, and workforce readiness for all KIPPsters.
- Lead and facilitate transformative student experiences, including class-connected projects, professional mentorships, internships, and shadowing opportunities that bridge the classroom and the community.
- Teach a minimum of one to two core courses explicitly aligned with KIPP KC’s Real-World Learning initiatives, consistently integrating applied learning and interdisciplinary cognitive skills into daily instruction.
- Actively collaborate with students, staff, and regional industry partners to design meaningful learning experiences that provide students with professional exposure and measurable real-world outcomes.
- Organize and lead quarterly RWL Showcases at each grade level, providing a platform for KIPPsters to demonstrate their mastery, present their projects to community partners, and celebrate applied learning growth.
- Use student performance data and feedback from industry partners to continuously refine RWL experiences, ensuring they meet KIPP KC’s standards for academic excellence and 21st-century skill development.
Additional Duties (Applicable to Course and Grade Level)
- Facilitate evidence-based Health lessons that empower students to make informed decisions regarding nutrition, mental wellness, and personal safety, aligned with Missouri’s Grade Level Expectations (GLEs).
- Design and implement personalized Strength and Conditioning programs that utilize physiological principles to improve student-athlete performance, focusing on proper form, injury prevention, and long-term physical literacy.
- Oversee competitive Athletics and team sports modules, leveraging physical activity to teach high-level leadership, collaboration, and the KIPP KC values of grit and integrity.
- Lead Dance instruction that explores a variety of genres and cultural traditions, focusing on choreography, rhythmic accuracy, and the use of movement as a vehicle for creative storytelling.
- Coordinate school-wide showcases and athletic exhibitions where students demonstrate mastery of complex movement patterns and artistic choreography for community partners and families.
- Integrate foundational knowledge of human anatomy and kinesiology into daily movement labs, helping students understand the "why" behind physical training and peak performance.
- Utilize fitness-tracking technology and performance data to help students set, monitor, and achieve personalized wellness goals, mirroring professional-grade athletic training environments.
- Establish partnerships with Kansas City health professionals, fitness experts, and dance companies to provide students with professional mentorships and exposure to careers in sports medicine and the performing arts.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
Relentless focus on results and a commitment to teamwork
Deep commitment to educational equity and underserved communities
Valid Missouri Teaching license with required certification for subject and level assigned*
Demonstrated knowledge of core subject area assigned
Satisfactory outcome of a background check
Additional Information
Physical Requirements:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
- The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school or office throughout the workday.
- The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.
Work Environment
- Reports to work Monday-Friday.
- Typical school or office environment with frequent interruptions.
Travel Requirements:
- Ability to travel to work location.
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary range for this position based on years of experience, educational background, and level of expertise.
As a full-time KIPP Kansas City employee, you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Kansas City benefit plans. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, as well as life insurance, fertility, and disability plans.
KIPP Kansas City is committed to the professional growth and development of our staff. We provide numerous opportunities for advancement, ongoing professional development, and leadership training to help you achieve your career goals.
KIPP Kansas City provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Selection Process:
Our application process is grounded in equity and fairness, ensuring a just and unbiased selection process. Below is our standard selection process for regional roles:
Selection Process
Application Submission + Resume Review
Phone or Video Interview
If Applicable (Sample work or Performance Task)
Committee Interview(s)
1:1 Chat w/Hiring Manager
Reference Check
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