Spanish Teacher

Common Ground Is Seeking a Full-Time Spanish Teacher

Common Ground High School is the nation's longest-running environmental charter high school, founded in 1997. Our 225 students form an inclusive, powerful community of learners and leaders. These students benefit from a unique learning environment: an urban farm and 20-acre site, home to state-of-the-art school facilities, adjacent to West Rock Ridge State Park, and located in the City of New Haven.

We strive to create a learning environment grounded in foundational building blocks: rigor, responsive relationships, relevance that's rooted in the local community and environment, and real roles & rights. Common Ground's graduation rate consistently surpasses the state average, and between 97 and 100% of our students are accepted to college each year.

Common Ground High School is part of a community nonprofit organization that also operates an urban farm and community environmental education center. As a whole, Common Ground is a center for learning and leadership, inviting people across ages and identities to connect to their urban environment, build community, grow into their full potential, and contribute to a just and sustainable world.

We work toward this mission through active, authentic learning rooted in justice and our environment: a farm, in a forest, in a city.

We are seeking a dynamic, passionate, effective Secondary Spanish Teacher to join our team.

Candidates should possess or be on track to obtaining a CT Secondary Spanish Teacher License (023) prior to the start of the school year. This position is represented by our Collective Bargaining Agreement with UAW local 2110. Salary is commensurate with experience per the Common Ground High School Salary Scale.

The Spanish Teacher will:

• Teach 5 periods (out of
  8) of a combination of Spanish 1, Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 (depending on the year).
• Identify and adapt curriculum resources aligned with ACTFL standards and Common Ground's focus areas of environmental with support from school instructional leaders.
• Collaborate with vertical and horizontal team to explore real world connections and project-based learning opportunities within the Spanish curriculum
• Teach a guidance (advisory) group.
• Fulfill on-campus supervision duties up to one hour per week.

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate some or all of the following:

• Experience with teaching secondary Spanish
• Knowledge of and experience with the Connecticut Common Core of Teaching, Common Core and ACTFL Standards.
• Values and embraces collaboration, communication, and has capacity to work effectively within a team that includes multiple teachers and community partners.
• Experience with experiential, project- and place-based learning, where students engage in relevant and real problem-solving.
• Experience working directly with racially, economically, academically diverse high school aged young people, and with low-income young people and people of color in particular. Knowledge about and passion for working for an organization that is committed to social justice, the dismantling of systems of oppression, and creating a just, equitable, and inclusive culture.

We are also excited to consider candidates who have:

• A passion for our environmental mission and commitment to equitable and sustainable change
• Experience in trauma-informed work, restorative justice, social emotional learning / literacy.
• Experience working with Google applications, online course management platforms, and other online learning tools.

Application Instructions:

Please submit your cover letter and resume through our ADP online portal.

Nondiscrimination Policy and Notice:

Pursuant to Title IX and its regulations ("Final Rule" released on April 19, 2024), the Board of Directors has adopted and implemented a policy stating that the Common Ground District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity it operates, including admission and employment. Common Ground High School does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran,…