DUTIES: Serves as an Instructor in the Department of Physical Education, primarily teaching Boxing, Fundamentals of Personal Fitness, and Lifetime Physical Activities. The flexibility inherent to this role may necessitate the delivery of instruction across diverse facets of the physical education program, potentially encompassing areas such as combatives, military movement (gymnastics), and/or survival swimming. The Boxing course incorporates all aspects of amateur boxing, inclusive of offensive and defensive skills required to cope with a face-to-face physical confrontation (i.e., a fearful situation). Cadets are evaluated and provided feedback on their ability to box. Course content includes on-guard stance (OGS), movement, basic punches (jab, cross, and hook to body & head), defense, strategies, and tactics. Instruction on refereeing, judging, and serving as a corner second is presented.

The Fundamentals of Personal Fitness course incorporates a variety of Health, Fitness, and Kinesiology concepts found in a higher education coursework. It emphasizes basic human physiology concepts and the mechanisms by which the body adapts to and benefits from physical training. Instructors will teach how to assess, develop, and maintain individual health and fitness as defined by the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) system. Instructors must effectively communicate how to optimize performance through tailored physical training, effective nutritional fueling, recovery through sound sleep habits, and the development of performance-based psychological skills. The Lifetime Physical Activity courses are comparable to many Sport and Activity courses found in higher education coursework. LPA courses are intended to provide cadets an opportunity to learn additional sports skills which can be incorporated into lifetime fitness goals and activities. Instructors must be able to teach and demonstrate a wide range of skills and sports based on current trends, resources, instructor expertise, and cadet needs. Examples include, but are not limited to: golf, basketball, skiing/snowboarding, scuba, soccer, tennis, etc.

Additional duties will include serving as a sport educator (coach, mentor, subject matter expert) in the USMA Company Athletics (Intramural) program, administering a variety of physical fitness tests to Cadets including the Army Combat Fitness Test and the Indoor Obstacle Course Test, providing physical readiness training instruction as a member of a teaching team during Cadet Summer Training, contributing to the professional development of faculty within the department, and serving as a member of a directorate or committee assisting in administrative duties in support of the department’s mission.

APPOINTMENT/WORK SCHEDULE: This is a full time 3-year non-tenure track term appointment in the accepted service beginning on or about 1 OCT 2024. Position may include working selected weekends, evenings, and holidays.

QUALIFICATIONS: Earned Bachelor’s in Physical Education or related field required, Master’s or higher level of academic achievement preferred. The candidate must have performance, teaching, and/or coaching experience in basic boxing techniques, health, fitness, and/or Kinesiology courses, and a variety of sport and/or activity courses. In addition, the candidate must have experience in assisting or leading faculty professional development in basic boxing skill techniques. 

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTORS/KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs):

Applicants will be evaluated on the following factors: 1) Academic degree in Physical Education or related field (Master’s degree or higher preferred); 2) Demonstrated ability to perform, teach and/or coach a variety of basic, intermediate, and advanced boxing skill techniques (three or more years preferred); 3) Demonstrated ability to teach Health, Fitness, and/or Kinesiology courses at the collegiate level (three or more years preferred); 4) Demonstrated ability to teach a variety of Sports and/or Activity courses at the collegiate level (three or more years preferred)

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