Spring Lake Park Schools - Spring Lake Park, MN
posted 3 months ago
About the position
Welcome to Spring Lake Park Schools! We are a vibrant school community serving about 6,200 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park, in the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our district purpose -- "High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses" - provides our focus to meet the unique and varied needs of each student. Spring Lake Park Schools is recognized for our commitment to personalized learning, and creating a culture of innovation and creativity through human-centered design thinking. We are working to create a system - a culture with a methodology and set of processes - where teachers and staff have the freedom, flexibility, and invitation to design new ways of learning centered around deepening student engagement to continuously improve student success. The priority of this position is to create the conditions within Spring Lake Park High School for students to successfully navigate Spanish curriculum in the 21st century. Our school has an amazing population of diverse learners, with wide-ranging skills. We are looking for teachers who can create personalized and engaging experiences so that each student feels valued, inspired, and has a sense of belonging, resulting in college readiness and aspirations for success. The successful candidate will be an individual who firmly believes: all students can and will learn, and that their learning can be directly influenced by focusing on factors over which we have control; in the need to work interdependently with teachers, school, and district leaders throughout the system, aligning the work of adults around improving student learning by meeting the needs, interests, and aspirations of each student; in commitment to partnership with staff to continuously improve practices to enhance student and family engagement, creating the conditions for equity, excellence, and student success; and in creating and fostering an inclusive environment, and meeting academic, social, and emotional needs of each student.
Responsibilities
- Create personalized and engaging learning experiences for students in the Spanish curriculum.
- Know each student by name, strength, interest, and need to lead personalized student work.
- Teach in multiple modes including Brick and Mortar, Hybrid, and Online.
- Approach learning from a student-centered platform rather than a teacher-centered platform.
- Innovate and blend learning across multiple subject areas, collaborating with peers.
- Maintain ongoing communication with families to build relationships and report on student progress.
- Analyze data, set goals, and adjust teaching practices based on student needs.
Requirements
- K-12 Spanish licensure or eligibility required.
- Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) is required.
- Highly effective interpersonal skills to work harmoniously with students, families, and staff.
- Commitment to equitable education for all students.
- Creative planning and organizational skills.
- Experience working with and celebrating diverse learners.
- At least 18 in-field graduate credits in the area of Spanish.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in collaboration with colleagues to enhance the Spanish curriculum.
- Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning through graduate-level work or participation in professional conferences.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and benefit package for the region, determined by teacher salary schedule.
