PS-LS Spanish Teacher

Position Purpose

The St. John's World Languages Department seeks to ignite in students an interest in and passion for language study that leads them to discover different cultures and contributes to the growth of students' language skills and global perspectives.

The first-grade through fourth-grade Spanish teacher serves as a bridge from the Lower to Middle School Spanish curriculum. This full-time position requires the teacher to teach Spanish in a blended on-campus and virtual 1:1 iPad environment that values project-based learning, collaboration, and differentiated instruction. The Spanish curriculum encompasses:

• Teach beginning Spanish to instill a love of the Spanish language and culture.
• Create a developmentally appropriate, activity-based, sequential curriculum that includes cultural exploration, vocabulary, emergent dialogue, and written expression.
• Plan and collaborate with the Primary School Spanish teacher to ensure continuity of curriculum and skills acquisition. Key Accountabilities
  • Guide the development of age-appropriate Spanish skills.
  • Cultivate a culturally competent Spanish classroom by establishing and maintaining a respectful and conscientious environment.
  • Participate in continuous curriculum evaluation and collaborate with grade-level peers and integrated arts, drama, and technology specialists to extend and enrich the curriculum.
  • Collaborate with vertical team members to ensure Spanish curriculum continuity between Primary, Lower, and Middle School. The vertical team monitors and advances the overall program's quality and students' progress and success.
  • Maintain curriculum documentation in accordance with School requirements.
  • Understand and meet the developmental and academic needs of first through fourth-grade students of varying academic, social, and emotional abilities. Differentiate instruction to meet individual student needs.
  • Provide feedback to students and parents using various tools, including progress and grade reports, in-person and video conferences, phone calls, emails, and one-on-one meetings. The teacher is expected to write thoughtful, meaningful, and well-articulated comments that reflect students' progress and give specific direction for growth.
  • Maintain daily lesson plans and effectively use the Student Information System, Learning Management System, and other online tools. The teacher is expected to record attendance, gradebooks, and reports electronically.
  • Attend and contribute to grade?level, vertical, divisional, and all-employee meetings.
  • Fulfill other duties as assigned, such as lunch and carpool duty. Adapt curriculum and instructional modalities based on whether learning occurs on campus, at home, or in a hybrid environment. Demonstrate technical proficiency and the ability to plan, organize, teach, and communicate in person and in synchronous and asynchronous online environments