Upper School Spanish Teacher
Description
Main Purpose of the Role:
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School is seeking an enthusiastic full-time Teacher of Spanish for the 2024-2025 School Year.
The ideal candidate will have an excellent knowledge of teaching Spanish effectively to a wide ability-range of Middle and High School students. As a school we seek to find an individual who is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Applicants should have an undergraduate degree or masters in a related field.
Key Responsibilities:
(The primary tasks, functions and deliverables of the role)
- Teach 5 classes
- Guide an advisory
- Keep accurate grades using Standard Based Grading
- Communicate with students and families with feedback and progress on academic learning throughout the year.
The Middle and High School Spanish teacher is expected to:
- Differentiate instruction and assessment to meet the diverse needs of Middle and High School students.
- Provide opportunities for student expression using spoken, written, and electronic forms of communication.
- Provide a safe learning environment in which students can take intellectual risks.
- Understand and apply a wide range of teaching and assessment strategies consistent with course content and objectives.
- Identify students who need additional academic assistance and be able to refer such students appropriately.
- Provide reports on student progress and maintain open communication with ensuring that these reports are accurate and constructive.
- Use learning resources and technology to effectively enhance lessons
- Create an environment that is respectful and fosters a global mindset.
- Attend functions in support of school and community.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly developed presentation skills.
- Effective organizational skills including but not limited to lesson planning, implementing units of study, differentiating instruction, designing and implementing assessments.
- Highly developed collaborative skills and the ability to plan, implement and review effective curriculum and teaching
- Exercise good classroom management with the use of fair and consistent standards and appropriate expectations that are clearly articulated to the students.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of two year’s Middle and/or High School teaching experience required
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the position will remain open until filled. To learn more about our school, please visit the website: www.lemanmanhattan.org