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Key School is seeking a full-time Lower School (grades 1-4) Spanish teacher for the 2023-2024 academic year. Reporting to the Lower School Division Head, co-curricular teachers provide integral specialty area content for students across the spectrum of age groups within the division. 

Essential Functions of the Position:

• Develops, implements, assesses, and modifies, as necessary, a dynamic Spanish language program for Lower School students that aligns with Key School mission, vision, and values
• Teaches Spanish through a multidimensional approach, with an emphasis on oral communication and culture
• Organizes classroom systems and procedures and manages student behavior to ensure all students are fully engaged and learning
• Promotes principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in both classroom program and practices
• Implements progressive teaching and learning activities that contribute to a climate where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences
• Assesses students’ knowledge for the purposes of refining classroom activities and providing feedback to students, parents and administration regarding students’ progress, expectations, and goals
• Creates a caring community for learning through thoughtful, individual relationships with all students and families
• Actively seeks opportunities for professional learning
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned by the Lower School Division Head

The Ideal Candidate:

• Works collaboratively with the Lower School faculty in striving to achieve an excellent program by actively participating in grade level and divisional meetings and events
• Joins the all-school faculty, staff and administration in providing an outstanding educational community through daily interactions, departmental meetings and all school meetings and activities
• Engages in and seeks out professional growth and development opportunities to promote one’s lifelong learning and to further knowledge and best practices in education

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in Spanish, unless native speaker); Master's Degree in education preferred.
• Minimum two years of experience teaching Spanish
• Fluency and expertise in conversational and written Spanish
• Strong initiative and organizational skills
• An ability to work in a joyful, culturally responsive, and collaborative environment

About Key School

SCHOOL CULTURE STATEMENT Founded in 1958 by professors from St. John's College, Key School engages children from 2.5 years of age through grade 12 in a progressive, coeducational, college-preparatory, day program on its picturesque 15-acre campus located 4 miles from downtown Annapolis. Perhaps no mandate in Key School's Mission Statement lies closer to the heart of the community than its injunction to "Sustain an ethical school culture that engenders an inherent respect for the dignity of every human being, recognizes that personal liberty must be balanced by personal responsibility and individual action by the needs of others, and stresses to all members of the School community the importance of trust, mutual respect, and compassion." Key students are collaborative critical thinkers who are motivated and open-minded. Highly committed to their students, Key faculty and staff are supportive, industrious, creative, and approachable. A student-centered environment, Key places great value on respectful open discourse among students and adults alike. With a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, Key is particularly interested in candidates with experience in creatin...g inclusive school settings and who are culturally responsive. We are seeking candidates with a commitment to educational equity and justice. Key School is an equal opportunity employer.

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