GYMNASTICS TEACHER

Employment Type: Full-Time

School Type: Edison Global Academy

Job Role

The Gymnastics Teacher is responsible for planning, delivering, and assessing high-quality gymnastics lessons for students across different age groups and ability levels. The role involves developing student's physical fitness, coordination, flexibility, strength, balance, confidence, and fundamental gymnastics skills in a safe, structured, and engaging school environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging gymnastics lessons in accordance with the school’s Physical Education curriculum.

• Teach age-appropriate gymnastics skills, techniques, movements, and routines.

• Develop students’ flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, agility, and body control.

• Provide differentiated instruction according to students’ individual abilities and learning needs.

• Demonstrate gymnastics techniques and ensure students understand correct body positioning and movement.

• Organize individual, pair, and group gymnastics activities and routines.

• Prepare students for school sports events, competitions, performances, and gymnastics showcases.

• Assess and monitor student's progress and maintain accurate assessment records.

• Provide constructive feedback to students to support their physical and technical development.

• Identify students with particular talent or interest in gymnastics and support their development.

• Maintain appropriate discipline and promote teamwork, respect, confidence, and sportsmanship.

• Ensure all gymnastics equipment is used correctly and safely.

• Conduct regular safety checks of equipment and the gymnastics area before lessons.

• Follow school safeguarding, child protection, health and safety, and risk-management procedures.

• Maintain appropriate supervision of students before, during, and after gymnastics activities.

• Work collaboratively with PE teachers, classroom teachers, school leadership, and other staff.

• Communicate appropriately with parents regarding students’ progress when required.

• Participate in school activities, assemblies, sports days, extracurricular activities, and other events.

• Maintain professional records, lesson plans, student assessments, and other required documentation.

• Participate in professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of the PE and sports programme.

Health, Safety and Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students during gymnastics activities.

• Apply appropriate warm-up, stretching, conditioning, and cool-down procedures.

• Teach students safe landing, spotting, rolling, jumping, and apparatus techniques.

• Ensure gymnastics apparatus is appropriate for students’ age and ability levels.

• Report accidents, injuries, hazards, or damaged equipment immediately through the school’s established procedures.

• Follow all school safeguarding and child-protection policies.

• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students at all times.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education, Sports Science, Gymnastics, Sports Coaching.

• Recognized gymnastics coaching/teaching qualification is highly desirable.

• Minimum 3 years of relevant teaching or gymnastics coaching experience, preferably in a school environment.

• Experience working with children and young people across different age groups.

• Good knowledge of gymnastics techniques, training principles, and safety procedures.

• Strong communication, classroom-management, and organizational skills.

• Ability to plan and deliver engaging and differentiated PE lessons.

Pay: QAR6,500.00 - QAR7,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person