Spanish I Teacher

Eastern Mennonite School • Harrisonburg, VA

21d • Onsite

About The Position

Eastern Mennonite School aspires to embody the love of Jesus as a learning community where every student belongs, thrives, and joins God’s work in the world. The mission is to invite students to faith in Jesus Christ, academic excellence, personal integrity and compassionate service. This Spanish teacher provides core content instruction and learning experiences for Spanish I. Collaborative and relational strengths for working with other Spanish teachers is important. This is a 33% teaching position without employment benefits or duty assignments. This assignment is for teaching 2 sections of Spanish I that meet every school day during first (8 - 8:55) and second (9 - 9:55) class periods. The times are adjusted back one hour on Wednesdays.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in content area required
• Current certification in the state of Virginia
• Excellent interpersonal skills with students and adults
• Proficient with technology

Nice To Haves

• education courses preferred
• Master’s Degree desired

Responsibilities

• Serves as a role model for students demonstrating a strong personal faith and commitment to Christ by exhibiting the following traits: Participates in a local Mennonite Congregation (or congregation of teacher’s denomination). Maintains Regular devotional and prayer life. Shows care and compassion for students and colleagues. Shares faith and knowledge of the scriptures with students and colleagues as appropriate. Lives a lifestyle consistent with school policy and the expectations of Virginia Mennonite Conference. Maintains the highest level of integrity in all relationships.
• Exhibits professional practices that enhance classroom practice: Shows habits of punctuality. Completes teacher tasks in a regular and timely manner. Dresses in a manner which elicits the respect of students, parents, colleagues and other broader constituencies. Participates on committees and sponsors extra-curricular activities as agreed upon with the administration within the guidelines set by the extra-curricular policy. Demonstrates a strong commitment to Christian education at EMS and supports school policies and decisions. Periodically seeks written feedback from students in each class, and provides the results to the administration for review and comment. Cultivates positive communication with students and parents. Regularly attends faculty meetings, in-service activities and PTF functions. Shows evidence of an on-going commitment to professional growth and development. Works to develop new methodologies and participates in innovative educational practices, especially those determined by faculty action. Monitors student behaviors, language and attitudes in non-classroom settings on campus in accordance with school policy. Works collaboratively with colleagues to further the effectiveness of instruction.
• Strives to improve classroom instruction and to facilitate the learning process for students: Develop and/or update a curriculum scope and sequence for each course taught, including content skills and objectives, instructional strategies, assessments, and field trip opportunities. Develops a comprehensive syllabus for each class, including course objectives, projected schedule of activities, assessment procedures and an objective grading system easily understood by students and parents. Prepares daily and unit lesson plans for each class. Applies tested and validated teaching techniques appropriate to the content and the developmental abilities of the students. Teaches content and gifted behaviors as specified by the school. Manages class activities in a manner which requires students to develop a framework for understanding content knowledge and responding to knowledge in an analytical way. Carries out in a consistent manner, appropriate classroom discipline procedures. Regularly and appropriately integrates faith and scriptures into classroom activities. Builds content area expertise through consistent and ongoing professional development. Keeps parents abreast of student progress in accordance with school policy and in a manner which reflects the teacher’s position as advocate for the student. Integrates appropriate technology into the learning environment. Maintains connections to other professionals through discussion, classroom observation.

What This Job Offers

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