Middle School Spanish Teacher

Middle School Spanish Teacher;
One Year Only

• Position Type:
  Middle School Teaching / Foreign Language - Spanish
• Date Posted: 2/25/2026
• Location:
  
  Jackson Hole Middle School
• Date Available:
  
  08/21/2026

Building Administration

To provide culturally embedded, student-centered, thematically-based, and literature-rich instruction in the secondary classroom that meets district standards and benchmarks. Instruction should focus on engaging students in meaningful activities to ensure they master oral language proficiency and biliteracy in Spanish.

• Plan lessons for daily instruction that derive from district standards and benchmarks.
• Align educational experiences in the classroom that reflect the philosophy and expectations of the world language program.
• Conduct the majority of instruction in Spanish.
• Commit to district-wide PLC collaborative initiative, evidence based grading structures, and alignment of course sequences through co-planning with colleagues to ensure program cohesion and student success.
• Structure activities in the classroom to encourage students to engage in both language input and output, to facilitate oral language production and comprehension.
• Effectively differentiate both content and language learning to ensure that all students successfully meet outcomes.
• Assess student progress in a formative manner in oral and written language development, and adjust instruction according to the results of those assessments.
• Use a variety of strategies to maintain frequent and regular contact with parents.
• Seek frequent opportunities for professional and language development.
• Work proactively to promote and support second language learning and bi-literacy throughout the school and district.
• Plans, develops, and utilizes a variety of instructional materials appropriate to support the learning of students from varied socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
• Is dedicated to implementing teaching practices that focus on student engagement and student growth.
• Provides whole group, small group, and individual instruction to students, and effectively utilizes the time available for instructional activities.
• Maintains appropriate standards of student behavior, using behavioral management strategies and techniques, including positive reinforcement.
• Embeds social emotional learning opportunities for students.
• Proficient in instructional technology and has experience with a Learning Management System (LMS) and working in a school that is a 1:1 environment.
• Other duties to be determined and as assigned.

• Native or native-like Spanish-speaker.
• Ability to support reading and writing development in the target language.
• Experience teaching heritage speakers, or in a dual immersion or bilingual education program.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Spanish Education.
• Applicants must have or be able to obtain a teaching certificate issued by the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board with a Spanish K-12 or Spanish 6-12 Endorsement, required. ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)
• Advanced - Mid on all four domains of ACTFL proficiency scale.
• Understanding of dual immersion programming and research.

Salary pending approval of the 26/27 Compensation Package; 25/26 package can be found here.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit on the floor depending on the age of the children.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs. 0 - 12 feet and on occasion up to 20 feet, such as boxes of books and AV/VCR carts. Occasionally the employee will bend or twist at the neck more than the average person, may need to lift arms…