Martial Arts Instructor

Job title Martial Arts Instructor Classification Exempt Reports to Principal Organization Unit Fitness Approved by Human Resources Effective date 5/9/2025
Job Purpose
The Martial Arts Instructor ensures that students receive physical education activities following the Performance Academies Mission to instill lifelong learning and physical well-being through the sport of martial arts. It is the responsibility of the Martial Arts Instructor to collaborate with team members, which include but are not limited to: the parent, classroom teacher(s), principal, related service providers, and Fitness Director to ensure the individual needs of students are met.
Duties and Responsibilities
Include but not limited to:
Student Learning

• Always supervise students; never leave a child unattended, never allow a child to run errands, use the restroom, go to the office, leave for intervention or speech services unattended or unsupervised by an adult
• Maintain all required certifications, licensures, background checks, etc. current
• Maintain high levels of classroom management at all times, including during transitions to and from PE, etc.
• Deliver high quality instruction at all times
• Follow "coaching" model of PE instruction; focuses on tennis, soccer, martial arts or specifically related subjects
• Maintains visible charts, graphs and other forms of documentation of student progress in the PE room; regularly updates progress visually in the room
• Keeps accurate student assessment data of each and every student
• Turn in lesson plans on school template to Principal, Superintendent, Fitness Director, or
  Assistant Principal as required
• Choose only educationally related field trips, films, videos, or DVD's for students and use them sparingly only as a supplement to a specific lesson
• Prepare students to compete in Performance Academies tournaments

Compliance

• Start & end all fitness classes or other activities in a timely manner aligned with the schools schedule
• Keep fitness room free of chaos; maintain high standards of cleanliness, organization, and safety, and eliminate clutter
• Be mindful of students with disabilities; properly implement goals and objectives for all students with active
  IEP's, BIP's, or 504 Plans when appropriate or needed
• Work closely with Intervention staff to ensure consistency of academic and/or behavioral service delivery for students with disabilities
• Participate and help organize fitness competitions among schools
• Maintain appropriate and accurate inventory at all times of all fitness equipment, materials and resources
• Assist with bus duty and lunch duty as required by Principal or Assistant Principal
• Students must not leave the fitness classroom for restroom breaks or other reasons without being supervised
• Stay abreast of latest requirements in education and special education to the best of your ability
• Attend all required staff in-services or professional development days
• Turn in grades and interim reports in timely manner
• Manage your classroom; do not give power away by sending students to the office for minor disruptions
• Follow the Student Code of Conduct at all times as it relates to discipline
• Implement the schools positive behavior systems in your classroom
• Clearly post the classroom rules in your classroom.
• Encourage cleanliness and good hand washing behavior of students and ensure that students wear adequate foot covering at all times

• Report any change of address/status immediately to the HR office so that all mail, correspondence, pay stubs, W-2's, etc. can be mailed to your proper address.
• Report any obvious communicable disease or sickness to your supervisor.
• Refrain from driving students in your personal vehicle at all times

• Ensure that all appropriate field trip / tournament permission forms are signed, dated, turned into the office with appropriate written consent from parents for every child attending field trip (not just a sibling, for instance)
• Ensure that parents who volunteer at the school have a clearly assigned purpose for volunteering, particularly in the classroom or school office; they must have an assigned day and time and a specific job and may not be permitted to wander freely about the school; all visitors must sign in and out at the front office or in classrooms
• Turn in monthly column for school newsletter
• All correspondence to parents, students, in the school newsletter, to staff, etc. must be grammatically correct and free of spelling or punctuation errors; if unsure, consult a dictionary, thesaurus or colleague before sending
• Any and all contacts from news media, i.e., newspaper, television, radio, etc., must be immediately referred to Principal and Superintendent; never conduct an interview on your own
• Immediately report any and all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect to Superintendent, Principal, Assistant
  Principal, law enforcement and Children's Services agencies
• Maintain confidentiality of student records at all times and keep all student records locked
• Be an active participant in any and all IAT or IEP meetings for any students in your classroom who are being evaluated for special services; come fully prepared for those meetings with all required documentation, including samples of student work, behavioral documentation, etc.
• Maintain all keys, computers, fitness equipment, etc. in a safe and efficient
• Send home fully executed incident report for any student who falls, hurts themselves, is injured in any way
  within 24 hours of the incident
• Do not leave the building without express permission of principal
• Work collaboratively with any and all consultants to the school or organization, such as psychologists, guidance counselors, attorneys, philanthropists, etc.
• Follow all prescribed Superintendent, Principal, Fitness Director or Board policies faithfully
• Read and understand all policies outlined in staff handbook and student handbook/code of conduct
• Other duties as assigned by Superintendent, Principal, Fitness Director, Assistant Principal or management staff
• Maintain a high standard of care for all fitness equipment & keep an accurate Inventory of it
• Teacher Based Teams (TBT) must be conducted weekly with fitness team and monthly with leadership
• Follow faithfully all items in the Fitness Blueprint
• Sparring during martial arts or any contact activity should only begin in school once you have written permission from Fitness Director, Assistant Fitness Director, Principal or Superintendent

Family/Community Involvement

• Communicate regularly with parents and/or guardians, regarding students' progress
• Do not give out personally identifying information to students, i.e., cell phone number, home phone number,
  address, etc.
• Create a network of support for students by treating all students and families with respect at all times and actively working with parents/guardians to coordinate home and school connections.
• Hold regularly scheduled parent/Fitness Instructor conferences at school prescribed times, as needed

Professionalism

• Provide high quality lesson plans, schedules of services, and other related information to Fitness Director, Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Superintendent as required
• Follow the required school dress code for Fitness Instructors
• Read and understand all policies outlined in staff handbook and student handbook/code of conduct
• Refrain from discussing student or parent issues with staff members outside of IAT meetings, except as needed to ensure educational efficacy of student; never discuss student or parent issues with other parents or the public; this also includes other professionals, including doctors, psychologists, attorneys, dentists, social workers, or anyone without explicit written, parent consent.
• Keep all student identifying information confidential at all times and all parent and student correspondences and communications confidential at all times.
• Report any and all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect immediately to Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Superintendent, before contacting Children's Services or local law enforcement.
• Maintain positive interactions with parents, students, and staff at all times, even in the most difficult situations
• Use all appropriate and required forms for the business office and the HR department as required, i.e., application forms, applications for insurance, requests for reimbursement, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• Valid and current Ohio Education License
• Satisfactory completion of federal and state required criminal history checks
• Experience with data analysis
• Proficient in computer applications, including Google Docs, MS Office Suite, e-mail, and internet

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics

• Reliable, dependable, and trustworthy work ethic; a strong sense of integrity.
• Strong ability to gather, analyze, and interpret student data to make sound educational decisions.
• Ability to work in a diverse educational community setting and as part of a team.
• Understand fitness-gram standards as well as state teaching standards, including Common Core and Extended Standards.
• Exhibit sound judgment while exhibiting flexibility regarding decision-making, daily challenges, and job duties.
• Ability to manage and communicate with students that need more support with regulating their emotions
• Ability to work well under pressure, and effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to be an active listener and critical thinker and make sound judgments.

Working Conditions

• Dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle other computer and other technology related components
• Report to the school no later than 7:30 AM and remain at school until 4:30 PM.
• Follow the required school dress code for building staff.
• Attend all required staff meetings, TBT meetings, Public School Works trainings, parent/teacher conferences, in-services and professional development days.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.