Instructor Spanish

Phillips Academy

$100K — $126K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies or related field
  • 3 years of teaching experience
  • Effective communication skills with diverse audiences
  • Ability to create a positive classroom environment
  • Experience in residential supervision and student advising
  • Fluency in Spanish
  • Strong organizational skills, especially for extracurricular activities

Responsibilities

  • Teach SPA 300 intermediate language class and advanced current events courses
  • Develop curricular materials for Spanish language instruction
  • Review curriculum and proficiency assessments as section coordinator
  • Supervise day-to-day operations of a dormitory
  • Facilitate cultural learning activities for residents
  • Act as a Student Advisor for course selection and student support
  • Provide Spanish to English translation for student-parent communications

Benefits

  • Campus-provided housing in Andover, MA
  • Opportunities for community service with local Latino communities
  • Involvement in extracurricular activities, such as intramural competitions
  • Supportive teaching environment at a prestigious independent school
  • Collaborative development of curriculum with faculty peers
Full Job Description
Salary: $100,790 to $126,088 year

Spanish Instructor (Trustees of Phillips Academy; Andover, MA): Phillips Academy is a co-educational, non-profit, independent secondary school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12, along with a post-graduate year. Therefore, the Spanish Instructor role will be teaching at the secondary/high school level. The post-graduate program is available to recent high school graduates who have not yet started college or university. The course offerings and all associated tasks/duties related to courses offered through the post-graduate program are the same as the standard 9-12 course offerings. Specific responsibilities of the Spanish Instructor include: Teaching SPA 300 intermediate language class and Span 401, 402, 403 Current Events and Multimedia: Approaches to the Hispanic World; Developing curricular materials for Spanish language instruction; Convening with the SPA 300 faculty to review the curriculum, examining proficiency assessments as a section coordinator; Supervising, with a faculty team, the day-to-day operations of one of our dorms and facilitate integrative in-campus and off-campus cultural learning activities designed to foster academics, social, and personal growth for the residents; Acting as a Student Advisor, which involves: meeting each advisee individually and in a group, oversee their course selection, level changes, and course load management, and contact their parents/guardians, and if necessary, serve as a Spanish to English interpreter/translator in these conversations; and Residing in campus-provided housing in Andover, MA.

Minimum requirements: Master's degree or equivalent in Spanish and Latin American Studies or a related field plus 3 years of teaching experience.

Must have: Demonstrated experience with teaching and pedagogy. Demonstrated subject matter knowledge. Effective communication skills with both students and adults. Ability to create and maintain a positive classroom environment. Ability to teach up and down the curriculum from 9th to 12th grades. Ability to create safe and welcoming residential environment for 9th to 12th graders. Be able to contribute meaningfully and enthusiastically to community service projects in neighboring, predominantly Latino communities. Ability to organize and lead intramural competitions, with particular skill and interest in recreational basketball. Ability to participate effectively in key committees. Must be fluent in Spanish.

Apply online at https://www.andover.edu/about/employment or send resume to: [redacted] Ref: [redacted].

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