High School Spanish Teacher

Position Type:

High School Teaching/Foreign Language - Spanish

Date Posted:

6/10/2024

Location:

WOLCOTT COLLEGE PREP, CHICAGO

Date Available:

08/14/2024

Closing Date:

Until Filled

Job description

Mission Statement:

Wolcott School, an independent high school located in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, offers an exemplary college preparatory education for students with learning differences, tailored to the strengths and aspirations of each student. Employing best practices, our expert faculty is committed to helping each student achieve academically, communicate effectively, and grow socially as well as develop the self-awareness, confidence, and resilience to thrive in college and beyond. As valued members of our intentionally diverse and close-knit community, Wolcott students develop a sense of purpose and responsibility to themselves and others.

Job Summary:

Wolcott School, an independent college preparatory high school for students with learning differences, is looking for an energetic, innovative, and highly motivated Spanish teacher to join our teaching team.

The Spanish program builds upon the belief that students' language learning should be a positive, spontaneous and non threatening process. Using the Comprehensive Input approach to teaching, students learn not only language and pronunciation skills, but also develop learning strategies and cultural competencies that will aid them as they continue their studies in later years.

Students gain listening, speaking, reading, and writing proficiency through the repetition of high-frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures within an interactive and meaningful context. This dynamic approach weaves lessons related to important cultural and SEL themes with listening comprehension exercises, movies, songs, physical movement, stories, and novellas. The goal of the program is to foster spontaneous, proficient, and meaningful communication in Spanish among students, interest and enthusiasm for Spanish-speaking cultures, and empathy for the people living within those cultures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Utilize a Comprehensible Input / Story-telling approach to teaching Spanish

• Be responsive to and enjoy working with high school students, especially those with learning differences

• Use technology to expand and deepen learning for students

• Work effectively and collaboratively with a dynamic teaching team

• Be comfortable participating actively in discussions about cultural, racial, and other differences with students and colleagues

Education and Experience:

• B.A. or M.A. in Spanish or Education with Spanish emphasis

• Experience teaching children Spanish

• Native and heritage Spanish speakers encouraged to apply

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Possess effective oral and written communication skills.

• The ability to work with students and adults in a positive manner.

• The ability to comprehend and follow written and verbal instructions.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• The ability to appropriately deal with day-to-day instruction and supervisory situations.

• The ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues that supports a cooperative work environment.

• The ability to handle and maintain the confidentiality of employee, student and other sensitive school information.

• The ability to set goals and establish methods for achieving these goals.

• The ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

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 regularly required to stand, walk, sit, bend, write, type, speak, and listen. In addition, the employee may occasionally be required to bend, twist, reach and climb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, peripheral and distant vision.

The noise level in the work environment ranges from quiet/moderate to loud. The employee is frequently required to interact with the public and other staff. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being and work output of students.

The statements in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work to be performed by (an) individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities related to the position. This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity and School Board Policy and procedures. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

Wolcott College Prep does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, or religion in the administration of its hiring policies.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chicago, IL 60622: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person