Kindergarten Teacher - Spanish Immersion

About the role

The Kindergarten Spanish Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher position is open at the Spanish Immersion School for the 2026-2027 school year. The class will be taught in Spanish.

Qualifications

• Accredited college/university degree.
• Valid Ohio elementary teaching license is required for grades and subjects taught.
• Must possess Highly Qualified Teacher status.
• Must have near-native proficiency in the Spanish language.
• Successful experience in working in multicultural settings.
• A minimum of one year of living in a Spanish speaking country is preferred.
• Prior immersion classroom teaching experience is preferred.
• Teaching experience among K-8 age group, preferably in Spanish content.
• Experience using dynamic, child-centered educational techniques and media, and highly creative.
• Technologically prepared to teach in modern classrooms.
• Highly organized, motivated and willing to set high expectations for self and students.
• For non-native Spanish speakers, a score of "superior" on the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is strongly preferred.

Essential Skills

• Communications Skills: Reading, speaking, writing coherently and clearly, social media communication skills and proper protocols of online engagement.
• The Ability to Learn Independently: Working out what you need to know and where to find that knowledge.
• Ethics and Responsibility: Building trust, particularly important in informal social networks, in a world where there are many different players, and a greater degree of reliance on others to accomplish one's own goals.
• Teamwork and Flexibility: Collaborating and sharing knowledge with others in related but independent organizations.
• Thinking Skills: Identifying needs and finding appropriate solutions, critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, originality, strategizing.
• Digital Skills: Using technology in the knowledge domain of the subject area.
• Knowledge Management: Finding, evaluating, analyzing, applying and disseminating information within a particular context.

Duties/Performance Responsibilities

• Carry out all responsibilities associated with an elementary immersion teaching assignment.
• Conduct classroom instruction of all basic subjects in Spanish.
• Interweave cultural student activities throughout the school year.
• Infuse multi-cultural education and concepts into the curriculum on a continual basis.
• Develop multi-cultural curriculum materials and instructional strategies for elementary students as a part of a grade-level team.
• Communicate closely and encourage parental involvement regarding program goals, classroom activities, homework and school functions.
• Create a safe classroom environment.
• Collaborate with grade-level team members, program coordinator, principal and other staff regarding program implementation.
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends, procedures and evaluation processes in immersion programs.
• Participate in weekly program planning and staff development activities.
• Participate in all training programs required for the immersion program.
• Able to relate positively to primary-age children.
• Enthusiasm and a strong commitment to the full immersion teaching philosophy.
• Excellent proven communication skills (non-verbal, oral, written, and listening).
• Able to implement creative and innovative teaching strategies.
• Good organizational skills and flexibility in relating to students, parents, peers, and supervisors.
• Must be able to work well in a team environment through cooperation and participation.
• In-depth knowledge of a Spanish culture.
• In-depth knowledge of technology.
• Able to appropriately teach children with different ability levels and learning styles.
• Able to understand that students are individuals, and the skill to work effectively with individual strengths and needs of students.
• Knowledge and ability to creatively instill the love of learning in students.
• Able to incorporate international cultures into lesson plans throughout the year.
• Creatively strive to make connections with parent, other classes, community, and beyond.
• Assure the welfare, health, and safety of the children.
• Take daily attendance and keeping all required reports.
• Attend pre-service and in-service training as required.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned by the building principal.

Conduct

Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District. Each staff member shall serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings. Each staff member has a moral responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

Terms of Employment

Per the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education/Mansfield School Employees Association Negotiated Agreement. The Mansfield City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by law.