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Instructor of Physical Education (Wrestling)

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A Physical Education Teacher works with elementary and secondary school students on physical education and athletic training. A PE teacher should have knowledge of sports, anatomy and handling common injuries. Sports taught include football, basketball, baseball, soccer, gymnastics, track & field, and aerobics.

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Instructor of Physical Educion (Wrestling) Department of the Air Force U.S. Air Force Academy Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for
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informion. Learn more about this agency Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for
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informion. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Air Force Academy, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $76,828 - $89,721 per year Pay scale & grade AD 21 Promotion potential 21 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Term - 31-OCT-2027 Occupions and job series 1701 General Educion And Training Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-31-ADPW Control number 882703200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from current U.S. Citizens (either by birth or nuralizion). Duties Help Provides all cadets with realistic leadership and character development experience in a mentally and physically challenging environment. Prepares and motives cadets for a lifetime of service through physical educion, fitness training, and testing, intramural and intercollegie hletic competition. Generes a major portion of revenue necessary to opere a multi-million dollar hletic program. Promotes Academy to the nion through hletics. Effectively instructs cadets in undergradue Physical Educion courses. Prepares course merials according to published course descriptions and delivers well-organized instruction to facilite student learning. Counsels and evalues assigned cadets as approprie. Effectively provides student assessment and motivion. Provides extra instruction outside normal class and practice hours for cadets who require or request it. Serves as a course director when required by the Department of Physical Educion. Manages all facets of the intercollegie men's wrestling program. Instructs cadets in the sport of men's wrestling programs. Effectively assists in all organizional aspects of the intercollegie men's wrestling program, including but not limited to lesson planning, scheduling, budgeting, maintenance of supply and equipment accounts, and safety of hletic facilities and physical training. Manages training programs in full compliance with the rules, regulions, and bylaws of the Nional Collegie Athletic Associion (NCAA), Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Mountain West Conference (MWC), Pacific 12, or other applicable conference affiliion, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. Provides guidance to assistant coaches to ensure the professional conduct and performance of the program's staff. Manage, administer, and instruct summer sports camps as required by the Executive Director of Athletics. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required The selected candide subject to a security investigion leading to successful completion of a background investigion with a favorable adjudicion. The selectee's failure to meet this requirement grounds for terminion. Essential qualities expected of every faculty member include the personal tributes of integrity, industry, cooperion, initiive, and breadth of intellectual interests. Bachelor's degree (see Qualificions for required academic disciplines) The salary shown is the minimum (Annual) amount to be paid and may be set higher commensure with individual's qualificions and experience. You required to serve a 1-year trial period If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found : https://afciviliancareers.com/regulory/ As a condition of employment, male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
For additional informion go to:
http://www.sss.gov This is NOT a designed drug testing position
Direct Deposit:
All federal employees are required by
PL 104-134
to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit. Qualificions
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required. Candides must possess a minimum of ten (10) years of experience coaching within the collegie level.
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
N/A
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master's degree from an accredited college - NCAA. Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Search Committee Chair, George Nelson, george.nelson@afacademy.af.edu . Please do not email documents or completed applicions to this address as they will not be Candides will have a strong commitment to undergradue teaching. Leadership experience in curriculum development and academic assessment is desired. Applicants assessed based on educion, evidence of teaching effectiveness, quality of scholarship, and demonstred service to educional institutions and the discipline commensure with years in the discipline. Educion
EDUCATION
If selected, you requested to provide original copies of
ALL OFFICIAL
transcripts for degrees being pursued or obtained (or letter of degree completion if an
OFFICIAL
transcript is not available due to recent graduion) to support your educional claims as sted in your curriculum vitae . Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a transcript to be considered OFFICIAL, it should be printed on university letterhead and the registrar's official seal/signure must appear on the transcript. Your transcripts must also reflect the degree awarded/conferred de. Transcripts labeled
UNOFFICIAL
will not be accepted. Upon request , ensure you include ALL transcripts to support your educional claims as sted in your curriculum vitae (resume) even if not required for this position.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educional requirements. However, you must show proof th the educion credentials have been deemed to be least equivalent to th gained in a conventional U.S. educion program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying in the form of an "official" stement of U.S. equivalency from a Department of Educion approved (non-federal) agency (i.e.
AICE , NACES
), who will complete a U.S. Standard of Educion Conversion. Additional informion
Direct Deposit:
All federal employees are required by
PL 104-134
to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit. Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Svc are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion. Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temp and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.
Temp and Term Appointments:
If you are selected for a temp or term position in the excepted service, your appointment may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition. Individuals who are eligible for Schedule
A, 213.3102
(u) appointments cannot be referred under the Air Force (AF) Selective Placement Program process for faculty positions. Schedule A applicants must apply via instructions in the "How to Apply" section and applicions must be received by the closing de of the announcement. Le or incomplete applicion packages will not be USAFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) and provides reasonable accommodion to qualified applicants with disabilities. The AF believes th diversity is essential to accomplishing its mission. The AF Academy highly values individuals who have a demonstred ability to work successfully with and help develop individuals of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. For the AF, diversity encompasses personal life experiences, geographic background, socioeconomic background, cultural knowledge, educional background, work background, language abilities, physical abilities, philosophical/spiritual perspectives, age, race, ethnicity, and gender. Please ensure your applicion package
DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PHOTOGRAPHS.
Applicions submitted with any documents th include photographs will not be Applicions submitted under this announcement considered ONLY for this vacancy. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nionwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vaced, depending on the course of ongoing litigion, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the
COVID-19
vaccinion requirement pursuant to Executive Order (EO)14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccinion for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement th applicants must be fully vaccined against
COVID-19
pursuant to EO14043, th req does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request informion regarding the vaccinion stus of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols reled to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and restriction from the workplace. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Starting September 27, 2025, USAJOBS began restricting all resumes to two pages in length. The restriction does NOT apply to this position. Please upload your Resume/Curriculum Vitae using the Other Documents - Curriculum Vitae option. You are still required to provide a document in the Resume section to successfully submit your applicion. In the Resume section, please upload a document informing your Resume/Curriculum Vitae was submitted using Other Documents . This position is not in the competitive civil service and le applicions from veterans do not apply. Applicants assessed based on their teaching credentials, scholarship, service, and educion. Your applicion package (curriculum vitae/resume and cover letter) used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evalued further. Interested persons should submit a curriculum vitae and a stement of interest th addresses the ways in which the applicant's qualificions meet the requirements of the ad to include evidence of teaching excellence and promise of research productivity. Additional documents are required to complete your applicion package, please reference the "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" section for more informion. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be received by the closing de of the announcement. Letter of applicion (cover letter)
Resume/Curriculum Vitae:
When applying, please submit your Resume/Curriculum Vitae using the Other Documents - Curriculum Vitae section on the Documents page due to the resume length restriction addressed in the How You Will Be Evalued section above. Veterans' preference documents, if applicable (i.e. DD-214 or Proof of Service letter (if active duty military), SF-15, Veterans Affairs letter for federal employment) It is highly desired th your cover letter and/or curriculum vitae address the following areas, as approprie:
Teaching Accomplishments:
Include teaching experience and teaching awards.
Professional Accomplishments:
Include research, consultions, publicions, and awards.
Service Accomplishments:
Include memberships, leadership roles, nure of service and contribution in collegial and/or professional organizions, societies, etc. Please also reference the "Required Qualificions" section for other documents desired by the hiring committee. Any supplemental documents intended for the hiring committee should be tached to the cover letter as a single file. Supplemental documents with large file sizes can be substituted with a link to comply with the 5MB maximum size of files submitted through this plform. An incomplete package will result in non-considerion of your applicion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the de the announcement closes, 09/11/2026. To begin the applicion process, click the Blue Apply Button the top of the page to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume/Curriculum Vitae If you submit more than one Resume/Curriculum Vitae, only the most recent (lest) reviewed to determine your qualificions. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. For qualificion determinion your Resume/Curriculum Vitae must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your Resume/Curriculum Vitae does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.
GS-0301-09.
Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name MUST be included on your resume. 2. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 3. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de •All close des are 11:59 PM
EASTERN TIME
•. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources
WILL NOT
modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion USAF Academy Faculty Staffing Team USAFAFacultyJobs@us.af.mil Address USAFA Faculty 5136 Eagle Drive USAF Academy, CO 80840 US Next steps You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your applicion. You will receive an email notificion upon referral/non-referral. If you are determined to be ineligible , you will receive an email of non- referral and your applicion will receive no further considerion. If you are determined to be eligible , you will receive an email of referral and your applicion forwarded to the selection committee for further considerion. If referred to the selection committee, you notified when a selection or final disposition is made. Hard copy notificions will not be sent. The USAFA Faculty Recruitment team will not have any updes while the applicions are with the selection committee. If the selection committee has any questions or requires further documention, they will contact applicants directly. We do not have the authority to disclose the hiring committees' informion. If selected, the following may be requested:
OFFICIAL
copies of your transcripts th also reflect the degree awarded/conferred de. For a transcript to be considered OFFICIAL, it should be printed on university letterhead and the registrar's seal/signure must appear on the transcript. You MUST provide original copies of ALL transcripts for degrees being pursued or obtained (or letter of degree completion if a transcript is not available due to recent graduion) to support your educional claims as sted in your curriculum vitae. Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities (e.g. Oxford) may be used to meet requirements, but applicants must obtain a stement of U.S. equivalency from a Department of Educion approved (non-federal) credentialing agency (i.e.
AICE, NACES
), who will complete a U.S. Standard of Educion Conversion for educion completed in foreign colleges or universities. List of three professional references (to include name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number) Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be received by the closing de of the announcement. Letter of applicion (cover letter)
Resume/Curriculum Vitae:
When applying, please submit your Resume/Curriculum Vitae using the Other Documents - Curriculum Vitae section on the Documents page due to the resume length restriction addressed in the How You Will Be Evalued section above. Veterans' preference documents, if applicable (i.e. DD-214 or Proof of Service letter (if active duty military), SF-15, Veterans Affairs letter for federal employment) It is highly desired th your cover letter and/or curriculum vitae address the following areas, as approprie:
Teaching Accomplishments:
Include teaching experience and teaching awards.
Professional Accomplishments:
Include research, consultions, publicions, and awards.
Service Accomplishments:
Include memberships, leadership roles, nure of service and contribution in collegial and/or professional organizions, societies, etc. Please also reference the "Required Qualificions" section for other documents desired by the hiring committee. Any supplemental documents intended for the hiring committee should be tached to the cover letter as a single file. Supplemental documents with large file sizes can be substituted with a link to comply with the 5MB maximum size of files submitted through this plform. An incomplete package will result in non-considerion of your applicion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the de the announcement closes, 09/11/2026. To begin the applicion process, click the Blue Apply Button the top of the page to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume/Curriculum Vitae If you submit more than one Resume/Curriculum Vitae, only the most recent (lest) reviewed to determine your qualificions. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. For qualificion determinion your Resume/Curriculum Vitae must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your Resume/Curriculum Vitae does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.
GS-0301-09.
Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name MUST be included on your resume. 2. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 3. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de •All close des are 11:59 PM
EASTERN TIME
•. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources
WILL NOT
modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion USAF Academy Faculty Staffing Team USAFAFacultyJobs@us.af.mil Address USAFA Faculty 5136 Eagle Drive USAF Academy, CO 80840 US Next steps You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your applicion. You will receive an email notificion upon referral/non-referral. If you are determined to be ineligible , you will receive an email of non- referral and your applicion will receive no further considerion. If you are determined to be eligible , you will receive an email of referral and your applicion forwarded to the selection committee for further considerion. If referred to the selection committee, you notified when a selection or final disposition is made. Hard copy notificions will not be sent. The USAFA Faculty Recruitment team will not have any updes while the applicions are with the selection committee. If the selection committee has any questions or requires further documention, they will contact applicants directly. We do not have the authority to disclose the hiring committees' informion. If selected, the following may be requested:
OFFICIAL
copies of your transcripts th also reflect the degree awarded/conferred de. For a transcript to be considered OFFICIAL, it should be printed on university letterhead and the registrar's seal/signure must appear on the transcript. You MUST provide original copies of ALL transcripts for degrees being pursued or obtained (or letter of degree completion if a transcript is not available due to recent graduion) to support your educional claims as sted in your curriculum vitae. Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities (e.g. Oxford) may be used to meet requirements, but applicants must obtain a stement of U.S. equivalency from a Department of Educion approved (non-federal) credentialing agency (i.e.
AICE, NACES
), who will complete a U.S. Standard of Educion Conversion for educion completed in foreign colleges or universities. List of three professional references (to include name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number) Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Air Force Academy, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $76,828 - $89,721 per year Pay scale & grade AD 21 Promotion potential 21 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Term - 31-OCT-2027 Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-31-ADPW Control number 882703200