Junior School PE Teacher

West Point Grey Academy is seeking a Junior School Physical Education Teacher beginning August 25 2025. This is a permanent fulltime position that is eligible for benefits.

Great schools have great faculty and WPGA has exceptional teachers and staff who are dedicated to shaping lives of inquiry action and joy.

West Point Grey Academy teachers and staff focus on the individual child the whole person and a balanced life. They give each student transformative learning experiences rooted in inquiry shaped by action and celebrated with joy.

Our PE Teachers are a valued members of our Junior School community who with the support of the school leadership and teaching teams provides futurefocused engaging program delivery and a warm supportive learning environment to their class of learners. The Junior School PE Teacher plays an important role in developing physical literacy skills and practices that promote health and wellbeing for students in Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 7. Teachers with backgrounds and enthusiasm for coaching are encouraged to apply.

All WPGA Faculty:

• Embrace a growth mindset are childcentred and support a wholistic education model.
• Provide futurefocused programs and personalized learning experiences.
• Provide and plan for inspirational learning environments that facilitate innovation collaboration and inclusion.
• Strengthen our relationship to each other and to our local and global communities with a positive school culture partnerships and service to others.
• Inspire joy in learning.

In your first year at WPGA youll be directly involved in:

Teaching

• Preparing and delivering engaging futurefocused lesson plans and interactive learning activities/materials that follow BC curriculum guidelines for Physical Health Education.
• Coaching various school teams (assigned with a view to past experience)
• Collaborating with gradelevel colleagues and homeroom teachers to provide optimum learning experiences in all areas of instructional programming.
• Creating a safe and inclusive classroom with routines that increase and enhance engagement.
  
• Differentiating learning to address all needs in the class.
• Utilizing a variety of assessment methods to perpetuate growth and demonstrate learning including student reflection studentled conferences learning updates and summaries
• Supporting students and families with open ongoing communication.
  
• Integrating curriculum and helping students make positive connections.
• Creating a positive learning environment that helps each child achieve their personal best.
• Giving students opportunities to try new things and grow in developing their confidence.

CoCurricular Involvement

• Modelling and promoting our core values and high standards of behaviour in and out of the classroom.
• Participating in school life and cocurricular activities by coaching a sport and sponsoring a club.

Growing as a Professional

• Actively participating in faculty meetings.
• Seeking opportunities for collaboration.
• Participating in professional development by reading and attending courses seminars and other professionaldevelopment opportunities and sharing learnings from professional literature
  

About You

I understand that...

• Our students are at the core of our decision making.
• Current practices and research guide our school programs.
• We work alongside each other with an inclusive spirit that reflects diversity and equity.
• A sense of belonging and relationships is integral to our environment.
• We encourage others and are collaborative
  
• We are passionate about teaching and learning and excellence in our program organization and delivery.

I am able to...

• Create safe positive learning environments.
• Make intentional plans for learning that include conceptual understandings competencies and character development.
  
• Understand the broader curriculum in order to plan meaningful sequences of learning.
• Share my passion for learning with my students and bring expertise to curricular and cocurricular learning.
• Communicate effectively through clear direct and supportive written verbal and digital skills.
• Contribute to a climate of joy at the school through positivity enthusiasm a sense of humour and fun.
  
• Collaborate with all partners (families administration teachers counselling team and community service providers) to maximise positive learning outcomes for students.

I am becoming more...

• Able to anticipate need and communicate proactively with key stakeholders including parents teachers and principals.
• Attuned to the root causes of behaviour.
• Openhearted and openminded and value critical thinking to make sense of complex issues.
• Aware of how to care for myself and others so that my presence adds to the health of my community.

In my work I want to

• Work alongside other talented professionals passionate about making a better world one student at a time.
• Feel connected be part of a valuescentred community and have fun!

About Us

Founded in 1996 West Point Grey Academy is an independent coeducational day school in Vancouver British Columbia. Set on 18 acres with sweeping views of English Bay and the North Shore mountains we offer futurefocused programs to 940 students in junior kindergarten to grade 12. WPGAs educational philosophy is to develop the whole child who guided by creative dedicated teachers and supported by our inclusive vibrant community is nurtured to achieve his or her full potential academically emotionally physically and socially.

Our Process

At West Point Grey Academy we cherish diversity in our staff and our greater community. We are committed to minimizing bias in our recruitment process as part of our commitment to strengthen inclusion diversity and equity across all areas of the school.

Candidates are asked to complete their application by April 21 2025 @ 4:00 pm Pacific Time.

1. Screening

You will be asked to submit your resume and provide thoughtful responses to few scenariobased questions. Your responses to the questions should outline how you demonstrate the About You section. It will also illustrate how you imagine your first year in the role. Responses will be anonymized and randomized prior to screening. We will screen candidate responses based on the alignment with the knowledge competencies and character required for this position. The intent is to minimize bias in the first assessment stage. Only after these responses have been assessed will we review your resume.

You can answer the questions on the form provided or submit your responses on a single document and upload the file. Please note that all responses will be reviewed for AIgenerated content.

If you require accommodations to fully participate in our recruitment process please email .

2. Initial Conversation 30 minutes)

Successful candidates selected move forward in the process and will be contacted to arrange an informal conversation. On this call you can ask us questions about the school and the role. You will also hear more about our skillbased hiring process.

3. Authentic Belonging Interview 60 minutes)

If successful you will progress to an interview where we will discuss the school and how you see yourself as a member of our community.