Job Title: Spanish Teacher - Eastpointe High School 

Position Description: Spanish Teacher

Minimum Job Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field
• Michigan Teacher Certification - highly qualified in subject area for level
• FA-FS Endorsement
• 3-5 Years successful teaching experience
• Consideration may be made for a non-certified applicant with a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish and a desire to enroll in the Concordia/Eastpointe Residency Program.

Essential Performance Responsibilities: 

• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate. 
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students.
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. 
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment. 
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth. 
• Be a role model for students, inspiring them to be actively interested in Spanish and other foreign languages
• Ability to plan specially designed instruction for students with disabilities
• Other duties as assigned.

Our turnaround teacher will skillfully demonstrate:

• The effective/efficient deployment of classroom support.
• Maintaining discipline in accordance with the school procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behavior, standards of work and homework.
• Promoting Spanish throughout activities. 
• Strong desire and ability to achieve outstanding student achievement results in a short amount of time
• Ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students in order to exert academic press and influence.
• Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed
• Ability to motivate students and influence their behaviors
• Aptitude to discuss subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning
• Capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students
• Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions
• Design and utilization of formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis in collaboration with classroom and grade level teachers
• Development of organized routines, communicate clear expectations, and grow a positive school culture 
• Building a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability
• Ability to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction to increase achievement of highest risk students

A turnaround teacher has the confidence to lead and possesses the following competencies:

• Prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change
• Achieve results by taking initiative and reflecting and acting on lessons learned
• Maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead for increased student growth and efficient instruction for at risk students
• Commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning for at risk students
• Skillfully challenge the status quo by thinking analytically and conceptually, as well as problem-solving as it pertains to at risk students
• To continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods 

Selection Committee

Evaluated By: Supervising Administrator

Salary Data: As per Negotiated Agreement with the EFE

More Information about Eastpointe Community Schools: www.eastpointeschools.org

Interested candidates should apply through TalentEd: https://eastpointeschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx