Urgently Require Spanish Teacher in Forestville, MD

Job title: Spanish Teacher
Company: Bishop McNamara High School
Job description: Description

Bishop McNamara High School is a private, Catholic co-educational high school in the Holy Cross tradition, offering its students a challenging college preparatory curriculum and a complete range of athletics and activities. The school is located in Forestville, Maryland, about 10 minutes from Washington, D.C.

JOB SUMMARY:

Bishop McNamara High School has an opening to join the Modern and Classical Languages department teaching Spanish. You will be supported by a collaborative and experienced team of educators.

School Mission

To educate hearts and minds in a dynamic, inclusive Catholic school community rooted in the Holy Cross tradition

School Vision

Empowered leaders, inspired by the Gospel, transforming the world.

About the Modern & Classical Language Department

We teach world languages through a Communicative Language Teaching philosophy, allowing students to process language as naturally as possible. Our goals are aligned with those of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By focusing on culture, we help students not only learn another language, but also understand and respect the people who are native speakers of the language. All of our French and Spanish honors students participate in Le Grand Concours or the National Spanish Exam, respectively.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teaches content and skills in subject area utilizing designated curriculum and other appropriate learning activities.
• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the school's basic instructional philosophy and congruent with course standards; provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students.
• Evaluates academic and social growth of students, prepares report cards, keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.
• Evaluates each student's progress in meeting the course standards.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive classroom environment.
• Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve learning, health and attitude problems.
• Communicates with parents and school counselors on student progress.
• Supervises students in assigned out-of-classroom activities during the working day.
• Participates in faculty meetings.
• Administers testing in accordance with testing practices.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Possess familiarity with the subject(s) being taught.
• Demonstrate some knowledge of the principles and methodologies of effective teaching.
• Experience using technology to extend and enhance learning, such as Desmos or G Suite for Education (Google Apps) in a 1:1 BYOD environment.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, and parents.

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent in the target language (Spanish)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Spanish language, language education, or related field
• Commitment to development of the whole student, in alignment with the Holy Cross tradition of education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching in a high school, with demonstrated expertise in differentiated instruction.
• Experience using technology to extend and enhance learning, with expertise in synchronous and asynchronous remote instruction.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and reach overhead.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

LOCATION/TRAVEL: While Bishop McNamara High School is located in Forestville, MD, you may live anywhere in the surrounding region, but be willing to make any commute to the school.

DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS: Bishop McNamara High School will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Bishop McNamara High School is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.The essential functions and basic skills have been included. This is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Supervisors as deemed appropriate may assign additional functions and requirements.
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