Spanish Teacher

Job Type
Full-time
Description
Spanish Teacher
Full Time - 2024/2025 School Year
The Overlake School, Redmond, WA
The Overlake School seeks a permanent full-time Spanish Teacher for the 2024/2025 school year. Expected start would be on or about August 15, 2024, and continue through to the end of the school year.
Founded in 1967, The Overlake School is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory day school. Each Overlake community member is committed to the school's mission to inspire excellence, develop intellectual curiosity, teach responsibility, embrace diversity, and foster a compassionate community .
The Overlake School is committed to diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, or disability in the administration of its educational policies, financial aid, employment, and other school-administered programs. Our school is committed to the strategic goals of developing our collective capacity in areas of well-being for all, the attraction and retention of talented and qualified educators, integration of diversity, equity & inclusion into the life of our school, and defining our institutional identity.
The Overlake World Languages Department strives to instill enthusiasm, passion, and a lifelong appreciation for language learning. We believe that the study of world languages broadens students' understanding and appreciation of the world's diversity. We empower students to be active participants in a global society, interacting with cultural competency in multi-lingual communities both at home and around the world.
Job Responsibilities
This opening is a full-time teaching position with the following major responsibilities:
Teach Four sections of middle and upper school Spanish
• Courses can range from Spanish 1 to Spanish 4. Experience with heritage speakers curriculum is highly desired.
• Expectations for teachers include lesson design in collaboration with department colleagues, communicating with students via our learning management system (Canvas), and providing feedback to families via quarterly rubrics and reports.
• Class section size is 7-16 students.
• For more information on our Spanish Curriculum, please visit our department website: https://www.overlake.org/academics/curriculum/languages
Serve as homeroom advisor for a group of 10 students.
Advisors care for students' social, emotional, physical, and academic well-being, and serve as advocates for their students
Salary: $57,200 - $105,542 Depending on Education and Experience
Benefits: Overlake Benefits
For more information about The Overlake School, or to apply, visit: www.overlake.jobs .
Requirements
Requirements
We are looking for teachers who...
Have experience teaching people under the age of 18 using best pedagogical practices.
• We seek someone who motivates students, has effective classroom management skills, and makes learning enjoyable.
• Experience with the UbD and UDL frameworks for course design desired.
• While Overlake language classrooms lean towards a more traditional classroom setting, we welcome applicants with experience in other related settings.
Demonstrate a history of an open and collaborative approach to teaching and learning.
• All of our middle school teachers work collaboratively in grade level and departmental teams and sometimes team teach specific units.
• There is a wide variety of skill and comfort levels in our student body, and our teachers need to be proficient in differentiated instruction and a variety of assessment styles.
Possess the cultural competency necessary for working with a diverse population in an inclusive and equitable community.
• We have a diverse student body, and we want all our teachers to have the skills necessary to ensure that their classrooms are safe, inclusive places for everyone.
• We seek a teacher who is aware of the racial, socio-economic, gender, and many other inequities present in the world, and actively works to eliminate them in their classroom.
Can communicate well, both in writing and verbally, with colleagues, students, and families.
• Much of our work involves clear, frequent communication with the students and their families on student progress, recommendations, and program information.
• We incorporate much student feedback in day-to-day practice. We use direct feedback during activities, rubrics, assessments, and comments/grades to help them improve.
Model a culture of flexible, continuous learning for students.
• We want our teachers to be people who are excited to learn and try new things.
• We are always looking for ways to strengthen and improve our craft and we want teachers who have a broad background of disciplines and/or interests.
• New Overlake teachers do not need to come in as experts in the specific technologies or methods we currently use but should have the flexibility and ability to learn and improve on them.
Job Requirements
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Ability to successfully pass required background checks
• Experience with the UbD and UDL frameworks for course design preferred