Spanish Teacher - High School (SY 2025-2026)

Spanish Teacher - High School (SY 2025-2026)

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Spanish Teacher - High School (SY 2025-2026)

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Perspectives Charter Schools Network is seeking a High School Spanish Teacher for the 2025 - 2026 school year!

About Perspectives Charter Schools

All Perspectives Charter Schools will provide scholars with a rigorous and relevant education, based on the ethical principles of A Disciplined Life, preparing them for life in a changing world and helping them further become intellectually reflective, caring and ethical people engaged in a meaningful life.

All of Perspectives Charter Schools achieved Level 1 or 1+ this year. As one of the first charter schools in Illinois, Perspectives has a long record of preparing scholars for success in college and beyond. Our five schools across the South Side of Chicago offer an education that combines character development and academic rigor through the A Disciplined Life education model.

Our scholars come from some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country, but they graduate from high school, enroll in college, and persist in college at a rate above the national average. The keys to our success are our dedicated, hard-working, creative, and compassionate teachers.

Job Purpose

The role of a teacher is to create a flexible program and class environment that is favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with students; to motivate students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for all students in accordance with each student's ability; to establish good relationships with parents and staff members.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Teaches Spanish, utilizing courses of study adopted by the Board of Education and all other appropriate learning activities
• Literate and fluent in Spanish, can develop a cultural understanding and appreciation of Spanish speaking countries
• Develops fluency and can guide students in conversational Spanish
• Develops lessons plans and instructional materials, provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student
• Uses a variety of instruction strategies, such as inquiry, group discussion, lecture, discovery, etc.
• Translates lessons plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom
• Evaluates students' academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records and prepares progress reports
• Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss students' progress and interpret the school program
• Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude and learning problems
• Creates an affective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards and interest centers
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by professional growth activities
• Participates cooperatively with the appropriate administrator to develop the method by which the teacher will be evaluated in conformance with guidelines
• Selects / requisitions books and instructional aids; maintains required inventory records
• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day
• Administers group standardized tests in accordance with State testing program
• Participates in curriculum development programs as required
• Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the principal or other school leadership

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Language Skills

Physical Demands

Majority of work will be performed in a general office / school environment. Position requires availability for extended hours plus non-traditional hours required to perform job duties. Also requires participation and attendance at organization sponsored events and meetings

Benefits Summary

Perspectives offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including health insurance, dental, vision, paid time off including holidays, short and long term disability, paid life insurance, 403B and the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund

Perspectives Charter Schools works affirmatively to include diversity among its workforce and does not discriminate in the selection of its staff on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, income, marital status, or any other dimension of diversity. We encourage diverse candidates to apply for this position.

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