World Language Teacher-Spanish

Woonsocket Education Department•Woonsocket, RI

About The Position

The World Language Teacher supports interdependent, student-centered classrooms that promote discourse and collaboration. The role plans and delivers instruction that meets students’ individual needs, interests, and abilities; fosters a learning environment appropriate to students’ maturity and interests; and guides students toward curriculum goals. The teacher assesses student progress, supports students with learning disabilities, communicates with colleagues, students, and parents, helps implement school policies, maintains classroom order, and works to improve professional competence.

Requirements

RIDE All Grades World Language Teacher qualification.
ESL/MLL Certification is required.
Right to Read Certification is required.
Strong experience working with students with behavioral, social, and emotional challenges.

Nice To Haves

Spanish, French, or Italian preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan a program of study that meets students’ individual needs, interests, and abilities as much as possible.
Create a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to students’ maturity and interests.
Guide the learning process toward curriculum goals and establish clear objectives for lessons, units, projects, and similar activities, communicating those objectives to students.
Use instructional methods and materials appropriate for meeting stated objectives.
Assess student accomplishments regularly and provide progress reports as required.
Diagnose students’ learning disabilities regularly and seek assistance from district specialists as required.
Counsel regularly with colleagues, students, and/or parents.
Assist the administration in implementing policies and rules governing student life and conduct.
Develop reasonable classroom behavior and procedure rules, and maintain order fairly and justly.
Maintain open communication with students and parents about assigned students’ academic and behavioral progress.
Strive to maintain and improve professional competence.