Job Summary

Ashbrook Independent School is seeking an enthusiastic, caring, and creative Spanish Teacher to teach in the World Language Department that serves Kindergarten through 8th grade students. This is a part-time position teaching 3 classes each day (approx 5 hours daily including prep time). .

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The K-8 Spanish Teacher will:

• Plan flexible learning opportunities and curriculum to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for further education.
• Create and maintain a positive and caring classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth to motivate students to become lifelong learners.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and health of children in the classroom.
• Collaborate with staff within the foreign language program as well as with other staff throughout the school.
• Communicate proactively and positively with parents.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education.
• Knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and curriculum designed to promote learning for middle school students.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to use current instructional technology.
• PREFERRED: A minimum of two years of successful teaching experience in a Spanish classroom.
• PREFERRED: Spanish endorsement
• PREFERRED: A basic understanding of The Comprehensible Input Method for teaching a new language.

Compensation

Salary will be determined by experience and degree level in accordance with the current salary schedule.Eligible for participation in flexible spending account and retirement plan as well as paid professional development and paid sick leave. Full medical and dental benefits provided to the staff member.  Students of staff members receive a 50% tuition discount off the yearly tuition for the first student.

Apply

Your application should include a current resume, cover letter, and professional references.

The position is open until filled. 

The cover letter should clearly articulate how you meet the qualifications of the position.

Ashbrook Independent School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the School

Ashbrook Independent School is a secular, private, coeducational institution whose mission is to “Challenge and Nurture Academically Capable Students”. The school includes a preschool, an elementary school, and a middle school. 

Ashbrook Independent School believes that educational excellence occurs when a combination of outstanding teachers, a clearly-defined curriculum with an emphasis on the arts and sciences, small classes, motivated students, and a well- equipped learning environment co-exist. When these factors are in place, students learn not only the joy of discovery, but also traditional values such as courtesy, enterprise, self mastery, and the importance of personal responsibility. Our programs support the Jeffersonian ideal of free citizens interacting voluntarily for the common good. Our hope is that in habits of mind an Ashbrook graduate will be ready for the twenty-first century: open-minded and curious, yet able to evaluate ideas critically.

Ashbrook’s educators continue to nourish children’s joy of discovery and passion for learning and to provide for all children’s social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and moral growth. Specifically for younger children, it is important to give special attention to the mastery of those basic skills and concepts that are the foundation of all future learning. As children grow older, they enter a period in their educational experience where they experience a variety of significant changes, both individually and collectively. The range of academic ability and physical and emotional development becomes wide.

For additional information on the history of Ashbrook and its programs, please go to our website at www.ashbrookschool.org.