Details
Posted: 08-Feb-23
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Foreign Languages
Upper School Spanish Teacher
Exempt
10-Month
Wilmington Friends School offers a college preparatory curriculum—including athletics, the arts and community service—in which Quaker values and high expectations are mutually supportive. The defining belief of Quakerism is that there is “that of God” in everyone. That belief gives rise to a school community that welcomes a variety of faith traditions and where we share an obligation to seek and answer what is best in ourselves and in others. Students at Friends are challenged to realize their potential: as learners, well prepared to succeed in college and career; as leaders, recognizing their power and opportunity to be agents of change; and as active and responsible members of communities, from the classroom to the world. The school seeks to serve students, age two through grade twelve, who demonstrate ongoing promise in their ability to succeed at Friends, both academically and in meeting expectations for integrity and conduct.
Wilmington Friends School is a Preschool to 12 Quaker, college preparatory, day school located in Wilmington, Delaware and enrolling approximately 740 students.
Wilmington Friends School is an International Baccalaureate world school and offers the Diploma Programme in grades 11th and 12th. All teachers and departments are expected to participate in the preparation of our students for this international standard.
A highly qualified candidate is one who:
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Has strong coursework (graduate level preferred) in Spanish
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Is highly fluent in the target languages
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Has experience teaching in an independent school
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Has experience working in an immersion classroom environment
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Is passionate about the language, grammar and writing and fosters this same enthusiasm in young scholars
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Is familiar with current research, trends, best practices and pedagogy
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Understands and loves working with high school aged students
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Is committed to and interested in working in a diverse, multicultural environment
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Is comfortable working with technology
Specifically, the highly qualified candidate will be able to teach all levels of Spanish, grades 9-12.
If interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references electronically to Candice Culmer-Smith, Upper School Administrative Assistant, cculmersmith
@wilmingtonfriends.org. Address the cover letter to Rebecca Zug, Head of the Upper School.
It is Wilmington Friends School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, first responder status, or other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. It is the intent and resolve of Wilmington Friends School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. This equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, training, promotion, compensation, termination, and retirement.
About Wilmington Friends School
Founded in 1748, Wilmington Friends School (WFS) is the oldest independent school in Delaware and the eleventh oldest in the nation. WFS is a preschool through 12th grade Quaker day school enrolling approximately 700 students.
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