Upper School Spanish Teacher

Overview

Sacred Heart Greenwich has been empowering girls and young women since 1848 in an educational environment aligned with the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education. The mission supports the development of spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills. The school operates as a 1:1 laptop school, integrating technology to enhance collaboration, exploration, discovery, and creativity. We aim to form students of faith, intellect, and awareness who will use their gifts in service to others.

Relationship and mentoring are central to the student experience, grounded in inquiry, problem solving, interdisciplinary connection, collaboration, and social justice. Student leadership and well-being are connected to every academic discipline, as all full-time teachers are also grade level advisors.

• Position Type:
  Upper School Faculty/ World Language:
  Spanish
• Date Posted: 6/9/2025
• Date Available:
  
  08/20/2025

Position: Upper School Spanish Teacher
Reports to: Upper School Head/ World Language Chair
FLSA Status: Exempt

The Upper School Spanish Teacher is responsible for providing a stimulating and developmentally appropriate educational environment in a way that is in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education and the philosophy that informs it. This philosophy includes providing children opportunities to develop spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills.

• Responsible for teaching four sections of Upper School Spanish
• Sincere and visible commitment to best critical thinking, reading, writing, and research practices and continued professional development
• Willingness to teach flexibly within grades 9-12 and to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines
• Genuine passion for and command of subject matter and enthusiasm for working with high school students
• Experience and demonstrated success in implementing a scaffolded, organized, inquiry-based, student-centered instructional approach
• Design of instruction that encourages students to think and write critically, ask questions, reason creatively, and inspires confidence in their own abilities
• Instruction encourages curiosity, exploration, and discovery appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of the students
• Supportive relationships with student, advisor, parents, and families
• Interactions with parents on students’ academic progress, social growth, and learning needs at designated times of the year, and meetings with parents as necessary
• Engaged participation in the Upper School community, including division and departmental meetings, assigned non-instructional duties, and our advisory program

The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in Spanish or a related field; minimum 3 years teaching experience that is directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the grade assignment. Ability to teach multiple languages is a plus.

As members of the international network of Sacred Heart schools, we are committed to attracting and retaining faculty with a passion for teaching who demonstrate an active faith, respect for intellectual values, promote social awareness, build community, and value personal growth and responsibility. We seek faculty who are committed to all-girl education and who will draw upon current research to maximize student learning.

Sacred Heart Greenwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes candidates who will enhance the diversity of our community.

Interested candidates are invited to complete the online application on our website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./employment

Postings current as of 9/13/2025 4:22:32 AM CST.

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