SPANISH TEACHER-High School

Alpha Academy • Fayetteville, NC

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to develop well-rounded students who are able to express themselves formally and conversationally in Spanish. The teacher will help students understand the development of the Spanish language, as well as historic and cultural understanding, and foster enthusiasm for learning a new language. The role involves planning, organizing, and presenting instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills contributing to their educational and social development.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in foreign language education or B.A / B.S degree in teaching (from accredited institutions) or in a related area that will qualify for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively: speak fluently, read and write Spanish.
• Knowledge and implementation of relevant technology.
• Meet professional teacher education requirements of school, district and state.
• Basic skills assessment; Praxis Spanish: World Language.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

Nice To Haves

• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs, etc.
• Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
• Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal and counseling terminology.
• Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

• Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready, start lessons quickly, get students on task, and maintain high student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: Establish and enforce rules and procedures for routine matters, student participation, movement, and monitor behavior, stopping inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining student dignity.
• Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with a review, introduce objectives, speak fluently and precisely, use understandable concepts and language, provide relevant examples, assign tasks with a high success rate, ask appropriate questions, maintain a brisk pace, make smooth transitions, clarify assignments, and summarize main points.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear, firm, and reasonable work standards, circulate to check student performance during class, use various work products to check progress, and pose questions clearly.
• Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on in-class work to encourage growth, regularly provide prompt feedback on out-of-class work, affirm correct responses, and provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses.
• Facilitating Instruction: Maintain an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide goals, use diagnostic information to revise objectives/tasks, maintain accurate records, align objectives, strategies, and assessments, and use available resources.
• Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably, and interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
• Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties, adhere to laws and policies, and follow a plan for professional development.
• Perform other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level