Kindergarten Teacher - Spanish Immersion

Kindergarten Spanish Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher

There is a Kindergarten Spanish Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher position open at the Spanish Immersion School for the  school year. The class will be taught in Spanish. Listed below are some duties, responsibilities and requirements for this position:

Qualifications:

• Accredited college/university degree.
• Valid Ohio elementary teaching license is required for grades and subjects taught.
• Applicant must possess Highly Qualified Teacher status.
• Must have near-native proficiency in the Spanish language.
• Successful experience in working in multicultural settings.
• A minimum of one year of living in a Spanish speaking country is preferred.
• Prior immersion classroom teaching experience is preferred.
• Teaching experience among K-8 age group, preferably in Spanish content.
• Experience using dynamic, child-centered educational techniques and media, and highly creative.
• Technologically prepared to teach in modern classrooms.
• Highly organized, motivated and willing to set high expectations for self and students.
• For non-native Spanish speakers a score of "superior" on the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is strongly preferred.

Job Objective:

To provide the instruction, motivation and encouragement that will enable the students to fulfill their optimum potential and achieve at the highest level.

Directly Responsible To:

The building principal or his/her administrative designee.

Essential

Skills:

• Communications
  
  Skills:
  
  As well as the traditional communication skills of reading, speaking and writing coherently and clearly, social media communication skills and proper protocols of online engagement are essential.
• The Ability to Learn Independently:
  This means taking responsibility for working out what you need to know, and where to find that knowledge.
• Ethics and Responsibility:
  This is required to build trust (particularly important in informal social networks), in a world where there are many different players, and a greater degree of reliance on others to accomplish one's own goals.
• Teamwork and Flexibility:
  This depends heavily on collaboration and the sharing of knowledge with others in related but independent organizations.
• Thinking Skills (critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, originality, strategizing):
  Of all the skills needed in a knowledge-based society, these are some of the most important.
• Digital
  
  Skills:
  
  Most knowledge-based activities depend heavily on the use of technology.
• Knowledge Management:
  Knowledge is not only rapidly changing with new research, new developments, and rapid dissemination of ideas and practices over the internet, but the sources of information are increasing, with a great deal of variability in the reliability or validity of the information.

Duties/Performance Responsibilities:

• Carry out all responsibilities associated with an elementary immersion teaching assignment.
• Conduct classroom instruction of all basic subjects in Spanish.
• Interweave cultural student activities throughout the school year.
• Infuse multi-cultural education and concepts into the curriculum on a continual basis.
• Develop multi-cultural curriculum materials and instructional strategies for elementary students as a part of a grade-level team.
• Communicate closely and encourage parental involvement regarding program goals, classroom activities, homework and school functions.
• Create a safe classroom environment.
• Collaborate with grade-level team members, program coordinator, principal and other staff regarding program implementation.
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends, procedures and evaluation processes in immersion programs.
• Participate in weekly program planning and staff development activities.
• Participate in all training programs required for the immersion program.
• Ability to relate positively to primary-age children.
• Enthusiasm and a strong commitment to the full immersion teaching philosophy.
• Excellent proven communication skills (non-verbal, oral, written, and listening).
• Ability to implement creative and innovative teaching strategies.
• Good organizational skills and flexibility in relating to students,…