Middle School Spanish Instructor Job Nashville area,Tennessee USA,Education / Teaching

Harding Academy is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.

The mission of our school is to educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Members of the faculty are an important part of this effort. We strive and serve so that the students may become young men and women who are able to make choices that will benefit themselves, our society, and our world.

For more information, please use the contact indicated above. To apply for this job, consult the school’s career page and application.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Knowing that a classroom of students is comprised of individual and diverse learners, we believe that students learn best when instructional practices include:

differentiated instruction that is designed according to student readiness, progress, and achievement, and is aligned with curriculum standards;
academic enrichment that challenges students through accelerated learning experiences to advance critical thinking development;
academic support that addresses the needs of students who require additional practice and alternative instruction to achieve content mastery;
a brain-based pedagogical model that is informed by current research in human development and neuro-cognitive sciences which provides common language and consistent practices school wide.

The primary teaching responsibilities of the middle school Spanish teacher include delivery of the Harding Academy Spanish curriculum. Also to serve as a grade level advisor with all of its duties. In order to achieve this, Harding Academy faculty work with their students, families, and colleagues across the following four domains.

Instructional

Demonstrates a desire to meaningfully integrate technology into the classroom

Employs a variety of teaching methods to engage different learning styles and ability levels in the classroom

Prepares motivating and innovative lessons that reflect knowledge of the curriculum, child development, 21st century instruction, and student abilities

Encourages an inclusive classroom that accepts the different perspectives and backgrounds of the students and elicits a greater understanding of the world around them with a global perspective

Utilizes a variety of assessments and uses data in the classroom to develop lessons and instructional activities needed

Updates curriculum and materials as needed

Serves as a grade level advisor

Work collaboratively with the Learning Effectiveness Instructor to support and enrich students in and out of the classroom.

Participates in the Fall Grade Level retreats

Participates in and chaperones Spring Grade Level field trips

Teaching and Learning Environment

Creates a learning environment that is a motivating and age-appropriate setting with clear expectations for classwork and homework while maintaining instructional resources that support classroom learning

Seeks to actively know students’ strengths and weaknesses and responds promptly and with care to parent concerns. Communicates effectively with parents, colleagues, and administrators

Utilizes the school's online system to maintain an accurate and organized system for monitoring and reporting student grades and records.

Meets reporting deadlines and requirements and follows school-wide procedures for reporting grades

Prepares well-thought out and thorough conference reports and written documentation on student progress

Maintains substitute plans and engages substitutes in advance when needed and when possible

Demonstrates classroom management skills

Professional Development

Demonstrates a willingness to learn, grow, and improve as an educator

Continues to update knowledge of content area(s) taught, as well as instructional practices

Engages in goal setting and review process with assigned administrator

Attends and…