Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare engaging, age appropriate lessons that reflect extensive knowledge of the curriculum and student development and abilities.
• Utilize a variety of teaching methods to meet the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles.
• Integrate meaningful and effective technology in the classroom.
• Demonstrate strong classroom management.
• Meet deadlines for reporting grades.
• Monitor students’ progress, strengths, and weaknesses and communicate these when necessary to parents/guardians and administrators.
• Prepare substantive parent-teacher conference reports and written documentation on student progress.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the middle school as well as the world languages department.
• Serve as an advisor to a group of middle school students.
• Attend and contribute in full, divisional, departmental, and team faculty meetings.
• Take an active role in professional activities and attend relevant professional meetings and conferences.
• Stay abreast of the latest advances in Spanish education.

Work Environment:   This job operates in a professional school environment.  

Position Type:  This is a full-time position with teaching responsibilities from August – May.  As with any independent school, faculty should be ready to chaperone class trips, perform typical day-to-day duties such as lunch and carpool duties, and engage fully in all school events that develop the student.

• Bachelor’s degree in Spanish required. Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of three years teaching experience preferred.  
• Demonstrate fluency in Spanish and possess a strong understanding of Spanish grammar and vocabulary.
• Knowledge of and experience with communicative language teaching approach preferred.
• Represent the school in the larger community in a positive manner that reflects the values of the school.
• Ability to interface and maintain effective relationships with students, faculty, administrators, and parents/guardians.
• High degree of cultural competency and demonstrated commitment to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Professional written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Google Suite required.

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