Spanish Teacher

# Spanish Teacher (2026-27)
* English##

Job Description
** SPANISH TEACHER
**** CRSJ VISION
** Through a culture of joyful learning, Cristo Rey San José celebrates and develops students’ unique gifts as they encounter God’s love and become leaders who shape society with and for others.
** CRSJ MISSION
** Cristo Rey San José is a Jesuit, Catholic college-prep high school where students of any faith commit to a rigorous curriculum and professional work experience. Students realize their inherent potential and prepare to complete a post-secondary education that will set them on a path toward a sustainable, fulfilling future. Through the Ignatian charism of cura personalis, students facing barriers to opportunity become leaders filled with passion, purpose, confidence and conscience.
** POSITION SUMMARY
** Cristo Rey San José Jesuit High School is hiring for a full-time Spanish teacher for the  school year capable of teaching AP Spanish, as well as lower level Spanish classes for native and non-native speakers. The position will be teaching 5 sections in the Spanish department. All full-time teachers will be granted two prep periods plus additional prep time due to our unique Corporate Work Study Program.
** PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND VALUES - VISION FOR EDUCATORS:
** Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School teachers will consistently work as a team to model and help all students reach the characteristics of the : loving, open to growth, committed to faith, striving for justice, and intellectually and professionally engaged. This includes:
1. Personally modeling and simultaneously empowering students to live out Ignatian values of faith, service, and commitment to social justice.
2. Instilling in students the growth mindset of the harder you work, the more your intelligence grows
3. Promoting and assessing student ownership of learning by developing students’ self-discipline, study skills, persistence, and delayed gratification
4. Fostering a classroom culture of respect, honesty, and integrity
5. Developing meaningful opportunities in class for student leadership and growth of self confidence
6. Incorporating reading and writing skills daily
7. Creating opportunities for students to utilize complex reasoning strategies and problem solving skills
8. Consistently engages in work with positivity and adapts to the student and institutional needs with openness
9. Reinforcing professionalism and Corporate Work Study Program skills like precision and accuracy, computing, and time management
10. Teaching key content knowledge for given subject
** ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES – ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
**** Instructional Practice & Student Development
*** Plan for instruction of assigned courses in the content area by developing annual, unit, and lesson plans aligned with the Cristo Rey Network’s standards-based curriculum and the individual needs of their students.
* Set high expectations for student development and ensure all students develop grade-level proficiency to prepare for success in college.
* Design a comprehensive program to support academic, social, emotional, spiritual, physical, moral, and character development of every student. Promote student development of the whole person — mind, body, and spirit.
* Identify and remediate subject matter in which students require additional support. Identify and provide extension activities for students who are ready to progress.
* Develop interim benchmarks and assessments linked to course standards and work with other faculty and administrators to analyze results and refocus instruction based on student needs.
* Differentiate instruction to allow students with differing learning styles to access course content.
* Utilize classroom technology to engage students’ learning.
** Leadership and

Collaboration:

All teachers are expected to participate in the following:
*** Serve as an advisor to a small group of students one day a week; help students to navigate their developmental journey during their time at Cristo Rey.
* Serve as a moderator of student clubs and activities or a coach of athletic teams as needed. Serve as a chaperone/leader of field trips, immersion experiences, retreats, Christian…