Spanish Teacher

Job DescriptionJOB PURPOSE: The Spanish Teacher will educate students in grades 9-12 on Spanish basics.  This teacher is also responsible for fostering the habits and behavior that support the school’s value system of high expectations.  The school primarily serves at-risk students from low-income backgrounds in an urban setting.  The student body contains roughly 350 students.   JOB DESCRIPTION:•         Maintain and enrich their expertise in Spanish language and culture•         Develop lesson plans that ensure the attainment of state learning standards and the additional specific grade-by-grade learning standards •         Coordinate lesson plans with other teachers to maximize possibilities for teaching similar topics in the same general time frame, thus reinforcing student knowledge on an interdisciplinary basis•         Provide direct and indirect instruction•         Long and short-term planning addressing individual needs of students•         Prepare students adequately for all required assessments•         Evaluate students' progress•         Prepare monthly individual student achievement reports for parents•         Provide an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environment•         Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management•         Serve as an advisor to all students, including organizing advisory groups, overseeing the academic and behavioral progressQualifications•    Demonstrated expertise in Spanish, as evidenced by personal skills and knowledgeAn undergraduate major or minor or graduate degree in Spanish, or direct subject-area teaching experience•     Demonstrated ability and experience to engage the interest of high school-age children•     Demonstrated ability to work with diverse children, including those with special needs•     Teaching experience in a public or private school, preferably in an urban setting•     Demonstrated ability to work well with parents•     Demonstrated ability to evaluate tests and measurements. of achievement•     Demonstrated willingness to be held accountable for student results•     Preferred 9-12 Certification•     Can – do attitude. Driven to not accept failure as an optionAdditional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.