Teacher - First grade Spanish Immersion

Job Goal

To provide educational leadership through the Chandler Unified School District curriculum and to facilitate learning that challenges and supports all students in an equitable and safe environment, and that meets the District's mission and vision.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree
• AZ Teaching Certificate
• AZ IVP Fingerprint clearance card
• Appropriate approved areas/endorsements, depending upon the area of instruction
• Able to pass district-required language assessment demonstrating mastery of the Spanish language

Core Job Functions

• Speaking fluent (native or near native proficiency) in Spanish as measured by a district-administered STAMP assessment
• Planning, developing, and implementing class curriculum compliant with state standards in accordance with District guidelines
• Developing and teaching content-based immersion curriculum in core subject areas, including math, science, social studies, and Spanish Language Arts
• Providing direct services to students, consulting with other professionals, meeting and discussing issues with parents, planning, delivering, and evaluating instructional outcomes, and conducting the research needed to perform the essential functions of the position
• Direct instruction is delivered in the classroom and through a field experience
• Working as a team member, sharing common planning, professional development, curriculum design, and teaching responsibilities with your team, which includes Spanish and English-speaking members
• Assessing and documenting student progress toward curricular goals and language proficiency
• Administering Spanish acquisition assessment tools
• Using effective basic strategies for the management of behavior
• Participating in recruitment needs for the program
• Providing site, parent, and community liaison functions
• Conducting parent conferences as requested by the school site

Core Values

• Excellence in all we do
• Equity and fairness in all things
• Collaboration is an effective decision-making model as well as an effective morale-enhancing model
• Integrity is simply non-negotiable
• Efficiency is the essence of being a good steward of public trust

Professional Qualities

• Respond to all internal and external customers, as it relates to position, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner
• Function effectively as a team member
• Be responsible, reliable, and punctual
• Be flexible and adaptable to change
• Positively accept direction
• Maintain courteous, cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and parents
• Exercise positive problem-solving behavior and conflict resolution skills
• Adhere to the dress code appropriate to the site and job
• Share sensitive student and staff information on a need-to-know basis
• Be a positive role model
• Work with a large cross-section of people in a professional and non-judgmental manner

Physical Requirements

• Positions in this classification often require physical activities such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, and sitting
• The job involves finger or manual dexterity, repetitive finger motion, speaking, hearing, seeing (with correction), and focusing ability
• Employees may be exposed to travel, odors, dust, poor ventilation, workspace restrictions, and loud noises
• The work may require lifting or exerting up to 40 pounds of force occasionally and up to 10 pounds of force frequently

Pay

$58,000.00 Base Salary

Schedule

CALENDAR: 1960 (NEW TEACHERS) 1961 (RETURNING TEACHERS)