Physical education teacher in high school - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Physical education teacher in high school earn

A Physical education teacher in high school earns between $1.061 and $8.328 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.862 and a median salary of $1.977 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 1.627 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Science and arts professionals
• • teaching professionals
• • • high school teachers
• • • • high school teachers

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Main workplaces

High School Teachers they work with clients of different age groups, with a predominance of teenagers, coming from communities with different cultural and social contexts. They work in schools or educational institutions in the federal, state, municipal, private and NGO public networks. They work in urban areas, as statutory or registered employees. They carry out their activities individually and in teams, with occasional supervision, in places suitable for teaching activities. In some activities, they may be exposed to the effects of loud noise, vocal cord fatigue, and the stress of working under pressure.

What does it take to work in the field of High School Teachers

The exercise of these occupations requires specific higher education training, depending on the area of activity. In public schools, a public tender is required.

Functions and activities of Physical education teacher in high school

High School Teachers must:

Activities

develop activities for abstract reasoning and critical reflection of students;
organize courses for teachers and the community;
modify strategies during class for greater learning;
define interdisciplinary contents and activities;
becoming aware of the pedagogical proposal of the school and the subject ;
request parental support in solving student learning issues;
ensure an ethical posture in pedagogical action;
organizing cultural, scientific, sports and philosophical;
work in trade unions and academic associations;
appropriate the content to the predefined objectives and the student's prior knowledge;
write reports of teaching and student activities;
ensure the maintenance of the teacher's achievements and rights;
discuss pedagogical issues with peers;
examining the national curriculum parameters for the definition of the proposal school pedagogy;
adjust the syllabus to the available class time;
intervene in the definition of school budgets;
inform the student about the relevance of knowledge for human development;
request assistance from professionals specialized in educational and pedagogical guidance;
establish investigation committees;
adapt pedagogical material to the objectives of the class;
meet with peers of the discipline and area to discussions of pedagogical issues;
inform peers about union referrals and matters of interest to the teaching category;
adapt teaching material to the objectives of the class;
evaluate the development of students through specific records;
contribute to the establishment of democratic relationships at school;
structuring the transmission of knowledge;
meet with parents or guardians of students;
diagnose the problems of the learning process;
read newspapers, magazines, periodicals and books;
intervene in the definition of municipal, state and federal budgets in relation to education;
indicate the purchase of didactic and pedagogical material;
learn about trends related to the teaching of the specific field of knowledge;
attend theater, cinema, exhibitions and libraries;
develop activities for political understanding of society's problems;
ensure the development of course content;
elect strategies, methodologies and teaching approaches;
determine the subjects and contents of the subject;
designing the school's pedagogical project;
analyze the adequacy of the didactic material to the pedagogical project;
empathize with students;
adjust the subject proposal to the school proposal;
request support from parents in solving students' learning issues;
raise students' awareness of the importance of content for human development;
examine the national curriculum parameters for the definition of the proposal school pedagogy;
meeting with parents or guardians;
adjusting the subject proposal to the school proposal;
develop activities for insertion in the specific languages and codes of each discipline;
adjust pedagogical material to the class objectives;
survey the student's needs and interests regarding the didactic material ;
adapt the planning to the classes;
communicate student assessment results;
update in the use of new information technologies;
comment the assessment results with students;
meet with parents or guardians;
influence the decision to purchase didactic material;
express yourself clearly;
applying assessment instruments;
interact with students;
require conditions for access to publications of teaching interest from the school;
participate in cultural, scientific, sporting and philosophical school events;
develop activities related to contemporary scientific, philosophical and artistic production;
correct tests, assignments and other assessment tools;
continuously reflect on one's own teaching practice;
manage conflicts;
probing the socioeconomic and cultural situation of the students;
complete class diaries: attendance, content and evaluation;
research about the content to be worked on in each class;
teach theoretical and practical classes;
subsidize students for self-assessment;
assume positions of coordination, representation, direction;
discriminate specifications of the didactic and pedagogical material for acquisition;
encourage student participation in activities;
define objectives for the area of knowledge;
develop activities for the production of knowledge by students;
participate in teacher training activities carried out by the school;
maintain an environment that enables learning in the classroom;
apply assessment instruments;
perform the continuous return of activities developed for students;
follow refresher courses in the discipline or related areas;
survey bibliography of didactic and pedagogical material;
instrumentalize students for study activities;
select texts and class bibliography;
stimulate professional vocations through the content of the disciplines;
monitor the learning process;
comment assessment results with students;
integrate interdisciplinary study groups;
transform the results of assessments into a stimulus for the advancement of learning;
learn about trends related to teaching in the specific field of knowledge;
forward memos to management and coordination;
master the knowledge of the specific area and the pedagogical area;
respect the cultural, economic and social differences of the school community;
prepare for teaching competitions;
survey the student's needs and interests regarding the teaching material ;
adjust the subject proposal to the school's proposal;
comment on assessment results with students;
request teaching material;
choose textbook;
discuss the teaching practice in pedagogical meetings;
adjusting pedagogical material to the objectives of the class;
develop activities to establish relationships between content and practices;
propose the acquisition and maintenance of equipment and facilities;
measure specific knowledge;
work in trade unions and academics;
inform yourself about demands and needs of society related to areas of knowledge;
encourage students' creative ability;
elaborate assessment instruments;
encourage continuity of schooling;
select scientific, philosophical and cultural information disseminated by the media for analysis in class;
transpose knowledge into teaching and learning situations;
compete in literary, scientific and sports competitions;
keep up-to-date records on student development;
choose didactic and pedagogical material;
discuss the evaluation systems used in the school;
request funds and staff to organize events at the school;
diagnose students' previous knowledge and skills;
review teaching procedures and strategies based on the results;
collect different teaching resources for the class;
choosing didactic and pedagogical material;
request maintenance of materials, equipment and rooms;
serve parents and students;
establish examination boards for new teachers;
compose deliberative class and school councils;
stimulate continuity of schooling;
relate with the school community;
produce didactic and pedagogical material according to the school's pedagogical proposal;
maintain lines of communication with the governing bodies;
to compile a bibliography of didactic and pedagogical material;
ensure the development of the course content;
work in trade union and academic associations;
dialogue with students;
select didactic and pedagogical material to be worked in class;
request parental support in solving students' learning issues;
to demand from the competent bodies the conditions for updating the teacher in the new technologies;
indicate the advances in learning;
request parent participation in school events;
influence the definition of career plans;
stimulate the student for continuous learning;
request parent participation in school events;
inform yourself about scientific, cultural, artistic, philosophical;
select didactic and pedagogical material to be worked on in class;
develop aesthetic, ethical and political perceptions in students;
set the timetable;
interact with students;
request technical and legal support services for the exercise of the teaching profession;
indicate learning advances;
set the calendar;
guide students to participate in literary, scientific, artistic and sports competitions;
require from the school conditions of access to publications of teaching interest;
attend to student reactions in the room;
select texts and bibliography for the class;
design the school's pedagogical project;
propose the hiring of specialized services;

Sectors that hire Physical education teacher in high school the most in the job market

• physical conditioning activities
• elementary school
• high school
• child education - pre-school
• activities of associations for the defense of social rights
• social, sports and similar clubs
• other teaching activities
• sports education
• sporting goods retail trade
• general public administration