Physical Education Teacher / Coach
Full-time, Exempt
Reports to: Athletic Director
Job Description 2025-2026
Physical Education Teacher
The Physical Education Teacher is responsible for implementing Trinity's PE curriculum, which is taught in a progressive sequence to promote a lifetime of wellness and healthy habits, foster healthy team relationships, teach good sportsmanship, and prepare student-athletes to win while teaching life lessons through physical activity and sports. The PE Teacher instructs students in movement, key motor skills, cooperative games, fitness, skills development, and an introduction to team sports in a safe and positive environment. The PE Teacher is responsible for creating an age-appropriate, welcoming environment focused on respect, honesty, and fair play.
Mission: Trinity School of Midland is a college preparatory community that provides a nurturing environment to enrich the mind, strengthen the body, enliven the soul, and inspire servant leadership.
Responsibilities
- Report to the Physical Education Coordinator and Athletic Director.
- Implement the curriculum for all levels of the Physical Education Program in a progressive sequence for Preschool, Lower School, and Middle School.
- Ensure students are taught in movement, key motor skills, cooperative games, fitness, skills development, and an introduction to team sports in a safe and positive environment.
- Create an age appropriate, welcoming environment focused on respect, honesty, and fair play.
- Meet with the Athletic Director for mentoring, evaluation, and planning meetings. Develop strategies and make recommendations to enhance the future of the program.
- As directed by and in coordination with the Physical Education Coordinator and Program Directors/Varsity Coaches, incorporate common terms, core drills, fundamentals, and basic plays in a progressive manner to advance our youth sports program in grades 4 through 6.
- Follow and implement the procedures, policies, and expectations as described in the Coaches Handbook, the Trinity Sports Medicine Handbook, Concussion Protocol, the Trinity Athletic Handbook, the Student/Parent Handbook, and the Employee Handbook.
- Follow disciplinary procedures as outlined by school guidelines for PE students.
- Provide locker room supervision for student-athletes participating in PE.
- Model appropriate behavior while representing Trinity School.
- Coach at least two of Trinity’s sports at the Middle or Upper School level.
- Perform other duties as assigned beyond those responsibilities stated above and are expected to support the school and its leadership in pursuit of the school mission, values, and core competencies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Substantial knowledge of Physical Education Curriculum.
- Ability to work cooperatively with students, faculty, staff, and administrators in support of the mission of the school.
- Ability to partner with teachers and parents and to communicate effectively with them.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to establish priorities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to maintain professionalism and tact.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in the classroom as well as coaching children in assigned sports.
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 job. Reasonable accommodation will be made, absent hardship.
- Standing, walking, and sitting for long periods of time. Usually needed intermittently for brief and long periods of time. Frequency may vary depending on activities and location.
- Frequent bending during several hours or more while working with students. Usually performed for 5 to 30 sec at a time.
- Frequent reaching and hand dexterity
- Squatting/kneeling may be needed for specific activities.
- Able to lift, push and pull up to 40 pounds. Frequent lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 30 pounds.
- Traveling may be required for offsite trips.
Work Environment
- May deal with stressful situations in the normal course of duties, including a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
- The work environment is a standard classroom, gymnasium, and/or outdoor setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate, but occasionally high depending upon student population and activities. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions and/or outdoor weather conditions. The employee may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens and/or bodily fluids.
The information contained in this job description is not an exhaustive list of the responsibilities or duties performed by this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Trinity School is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with the requirements of all applicable federal, state, and local laws unless a particular status protected by federal, state, or local laws contradicts the deeply held religious convictions of the School or the Church or an employee is covered by the ministerial exemption.
Interested candidates should apply electronically by submitting the following information to Rocio Cantu, Human Resources Director at hr@trinitymidland.org
- Resume to include relevant employment history, educational background, and references.
- Letter of intent/introduction.
- Completed Faculty Employment Application (Note: A “fillable” form can be downloaded at the bottom of this page).
Additional information about Trinity School of Midland can be accessed on the school’s website at http://www.trinitymidland.org or by contacting Steve McCarthy, Athletic Director, at
smccarthy@trinitymidland.org.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Trinity School of Midland will not sponsor applicants for work visas.