Eastpointe Community Schools

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Job Title: High School Spanish Teacher Minimum Job Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field • Michigan Teacher Certification - highly qualified in subject area for level • FA-FS (Spanish) Endorsement • 1-3 Years successful teaching experience preferred • Consideration may be made for a non-certified applicant with a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish and a desire to enroll in a certificate program. Essential Performance Responsibilities: • To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate. • To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students. • To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. • To contribute to raising standards of student attainment. • To share and support the school's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth. • Be a role model for students, inspiring them to be actively interested in Spanish and other world languages • Ability to plan specially designed instruction for students with disabilities • Other duties as assigned. Our turnaround teacher will skillfully demonstrate: • The effective/efficient deployment of classroom support. • Maintaining discipline in accordance with the school procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behavior, standards of work and homework. • Promoting Spanish throughout activities. • Strong desire and ability to achieve outstanding student achievement results in a short amount of time • Ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students in order to exert academic press and influence. • Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students' social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed • Ability to motivate students and influence their behaviors • Aptitude to discuss subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning • Capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students • Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions • Design and utilization of formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis in collaboration with classroom and grade level teachers • Development of organized routines, communicate clear expectations, and grow a positive school culture • Building a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability • Ability to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction to increase achievement of highest risk students A turnaround teacher has the confidence to lead and possesses the following competencies: • Prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change • Achieve results by taking initiative and reflecting and acting on lessons learned • Maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead for increased student growth and efficient instruction for at risk students • Commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning for at risk students • Skillfully challenge the status quo by thinking analytically and conceptually, as well as problem-solving as it pertains to at risk students • To continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods Evaluated By: Principal Salary Data: New teacher contract salary schedule for 2025-26. 15 step schedule. Bachelor's lane: $49,350 - $80,483. Master's lane: $53,500 - $85,200, plus $3000 additional on each step for MA+30 or beyond. More Information about Eastpointe Community Schools: www.eastpointeschools.org