High School Spanish Teacher - Bronx, United States - Atmosphere Academy Public Charter Schools

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Spanish Teacher

Grades 9-12

An undergraduate degree and classroom experience is required. A graduate degree and NYS teacher certification is preferred.

Why Atmosphere


Atmosphere offers team members:

  • Culture
  • Atmosphere nurtures and promotes a professional and pioneering culture that is focused on continuous improvement and development. This is realized through embedded professional development, coaching, mentoring, teaming, selfreflection, selfevaluation, peer observation, instructional rounds, continuous feedback, and other important supports that promote participation in and contribution to a professional learning community.


  • Compensation

  • Atmosphere offers salaries that are competitive with those paid by other charter and public schools in the New York area. Moreover, the school also provides an annual merit bonus of up to 16% that is tied to each employee's performance evaluation and ability to meet specific annual goals.


  • Benefits

  • Atmosphere provides a 401k plan (with employer matching up to 8%), health insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), dental insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), vision insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), 10 paid personal days (in addition to school and summer recesses), and flexible spending plan.

Qualifications:


  • Relevant teaching experience in a charter school or other school setting
  • Proven track record of successfully working with Atmosphere's student population
  • Experience working with diverse student groupings that may include a range of ELL students, special education students, general education students, and gifted students
  • Dynamic teacher persona that engages students and seamlessly manages the classroom
  • Strong lesson planning, curriculum development, and assessment development skills
  • Studentcentered teaching philosophy and pedagogy that is compatible with both the SIOP and GRR instructional model
  • Strong interpersonal skills and track record of collaborating with diverse stakeholders
  • Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
  • Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Relentless determination to do whatever it takes to help Atmosphere students succeed
  • Proactive and creative problemsolver
  • Values input and feedback
  • Teamplayer capable of working both collaboratively and independently
  • Strong recommendations from prior employers and colleagues
  • Master degree in related field preferred
  • Bachelor degree in related field required
  • NYS certification in field preferred

Responsibilities:

Instructional Duties

  • Develop daily lesson plans and unit plans
  • Create curricular documents that support student learning, including review sheets, worksheets, activity sheets, assignment sheets, rubrics, tests, etc.
  • Identify and implement multimedia resources and tools that enhance the learning experience by presenting students with blended learning opportunities
  • Support the creation and improvement of curriculum guides, scope and sequences, etc.
  • Collaborate with coteachers and other support staff to ensure all students' needs are met
  • Maintain a highlyengaged classroom setting that promotes good order and a love of learning
  • Highlight student voices and promote studentled discovery of meaning
  • Serve as an advisor in tandem with a coadvisor by leading a daily advisory class focused on the underlying soft skills that all students need to succeed in academia, in career, and in life
  • Complete all grades and comments in a timely fashion
  • Use data to drive instructional and curricular decisions
Professional Duties

  • Serve as a key team member, striving to collaborate whenever possible
  • Seek out internal and external professional development opportunities that are either presented by Atmosphere or independently identified
  • Take part in schoolwide special events or activities by serving as an advisor, coach, chaperone, etc.
  • Participate in and contribute to teacher team meetings, department meetings, data inquiry team meetings, coaching meetings (collaboration with instructional coaches), and mentoring meetings
  • Actively contribute to a professional learning community by partaking in coaching, mentoring, teaming, and other activities and tasks focused on promoting professional learning and growth

Pay:
$53, $134,000.00 per year


Benefits:


  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Experience:

- middle or high school teaching: 1 year (required)


Language:


  • English (required)

License/Certification:

  • Teaching Certification (NY or out of state) (preferred)

Work Location:
In person

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