Instructor Spanish

Salary

$100,790 to $126,088 year

About the role

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• 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;
• Residing in campus-provided housing in Andover, MA.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Spanish and Latin American Studies or a related field plus 3 years of teaching experience.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Spanish and Latin American Studies or a related field plus 3 years of teaching experience.
• 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.

Skills

• Fluency in Spanish.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$100,790 to $126,088 year

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Application

Apply online at https://www.andover.edu/about/employment or send resume to: lbennett@andover.edu

Ref: 00074413.
Phillips Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by law. Any offers of employment will be contingent upon successful CORI/SORI and fingerprinting background checks as well as unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.