Elementary School Spanish Teacher
The Greenwich Country Day School
Location
Greenwich, CT | United States
Job description
- Fosters and stewards a culture of mutual respect, equitable practice, and joy in and out of the classroom
- Demonstrates cultural competency and is able to communicate and collaborate effectively across difference
- Sets high expectations for learning, academic achievement, and character development
- Exhibits strong working knowledge of student cognitive development and learning preferences
- Identifies and supports students’ social, emotional, and academic needs
- Provides timely feedback to students, and collaborates with faculty to offer specialized support in pursuit of each student’s learning goals
- Implements a wide array of pedagogical tools and strategies in appropriate and effective combinations
- Facilitates and designs effective group/collaborative work and productive dialogue among students and teachers
- Communicates effectively with students/families about classwork, learning goals, and student progress
- Demonstrates content knowledge and expertise; and scaffolds curriculum to ensure progress towards mastery
- Ensures that reading and writing are aimed across the curriculum and learning design
- Collaborates and plans actively for learning with teachers and students
- Implements backward design to align all lessons, activities, and assessments
- Designs formal and informal assessments that measure student progress; employs a variety of formative assessments to gauge student progress toward mastery
- Fosters student growth through structured opportunities for reflection
- Provides opportunities for student engagement through “Voice and Choice”
- Creates relevant and authentic learning experiences; is able to include and/or connect with outside experts and resources towards this aim
- Showcases student work within the community and prepares students to exhibit and communicate effectively
Responsibilities Include:
- Instructional responsibility in the content area
- Oversight of the development and progress of each child
- Assessment of all students’ progress in both written and verbal reports
- Communication with parents
- Collaborative work with colleagues on grade level, departmental and interdisciplinary faculty teams, Elementary School faculty and staff, and the broader school community
- Full participation in athletic or co-curricular programming in addition to classroom role
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
- Fluency in language
- A minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience with students in this age group, or demonstrated professional competency
- A passion for learning and the ability to motivate and inspire students
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive school community
- Willingness to take on multiple roles within the school
- Personal traits appropriate for nurturing the growth of children - must be energetic, creative, flexible, patient, and have an inexhaustible sense of humor
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in the field
- Capacity to teach multiple languages
- Demonstrated capacity and desire to teach across multiple disciplines/subject areas
- Athletic coaching experience
- Demonstrated experience in establishing collaborative relationships with external partners/organizations in the design and implementation of learning experiences
?Interested candidates are invited to use the link provided to submit a cover letter and resume to:
Raquel Salcedo, Director of Recruiting & Talent
About The Greenwich Country Day School
Greenwich Country Day School is an independent, co-educational day school with current enrollment of over 1400 students in grades N-12, and a faculty and staff of 400. The original Old Church Road campus is home to grades N-8. The new High School campus (9-12,) established in 2019, is located less than two miles away on Stanwich Road. Founded in 1926, GCDS is a school where innovative teaching is encouraged as teachers model and foster a love of learning, challenge and inspire children toward academic excellence, and cultivate students’ interests and talents outside of the classroom. We value purposeful and personal learning in a joyful environment, with emphasis on the development of character, creativity, and a sense of personal value along with strong academic skills. GCDS is committed to graduating ethical, confident leaders who possess a strong sense of purpose.
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