Middle School Spanish Teacher 

Start Date: August 2025

Location: The Bronx, NY  

Dedicated teachers with a professional and personal dedication to student achievement are the single most important factor to the success of students and the school.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Middle School Spanish teacher passionate about the Spanish language and culture. Responsibilities will include creating a Spanish curriculum with speaking, writing, and reading foundations, history and culture lessons, and understanding of language as an expression of culture and identity. 

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Developing lesson plans and curricula based on the needs of individual students.

• Providing conversational classes where pronunciation and important words and phrases are taught.

• Teaching writing and Spanish composition classes.

• Measuring and monitoring student progress to encourage the mastery of state/national standards

• Conducting research on teaching methods, materials, and language games that can be used in class.

• Scheduling and preparing students for oral and written examinations.

• Providing suggestions for further learning and scheduling intervention sessions with struggling students.

• Teaching students about Spanish culture, which may include history, festivals, traditional food, and dress, and social conventions.

Each of our teachers will be supported by: 

• Attending a new staff orientation

• Professional development sessions that target:

  • Working alongside students with disabilities, specifically students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

  • Conceptual understanding and planning using the Common Core Standards

  • Deep knowledge of the curricular programs used in the school

  • Delivery of instruction

  • Intensive methodology in scaffolding curriculum to meet diverse learners

  • Developing assessments to track effectiveness of lessons

  • Higher-order thinking

  • Inquiry-based learning

  • Classroom management 

  • Including families as partners

Educational Background and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (required)

• Proven written and verbal proficiency in Spanish (required)

• One year of teaching experience working an urban setting (preferred)

• Knowledge around students with disabilities, specifically high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (highly preferred)