Lower School Spanish Teacher - Leave Replacement - trevordayschool

Lower School Spanish Teacher - Leave Replacement, October 2024 through June 2025

Trevor Day School seeks candidates for a leave replacement Lower School Spanish Teacher from October 2024 through June 2025. The ideal candidate is a creative and outgoing person with experience in an elementary school FLES or full-immersion Spanish program. This teacher will join a dynamic team of language teachers, across both Trevor campuses, who develop and implement a cutting-edge language program. The successful candidate should be familiar with thematic units, inquiry-based learning, and technology integration. The ideal candidate should be a good team member who enjoys sharing and exchanging ideas, and has patience, a sense of humor, and a flexible response to change.   

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching Spanish across Preschool (Threes)–5th Grade 

• Meeting regularly with the Spanish team and classroom teachers

• Communicating student progress and goals through home reports, parent meetings, and emails

 Qualifications include:

• Bilingual and fluent in Spanish and English

• Bachelor’s degree

• Spanish teaching experience at the elementary level

• Experience using technology to enhance classroom learning

• Enthusiasm for collaborating with colleagues on lesson planning

• Proven ability to form strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues

• Familiarity with differentiated instruction to accommodate a range of learning styles

• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Flexibility, patience, and a sense of humor

The full-time salary range for this position is $51,000–$164,000 as per the school’s salary scale. When extending an offer for employment, Trevor Day School bases the salary upon several factors that include (but are not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education, training, key skills, and peer salary equity. The school also offers a comprehensive benefits package.

About Trevor Day School

Trevor Day School (www.trevor.org) is a Preschool through 12th grade coeducational, independent school in Manhattan serving approximately 725 students. Trevor Day School educates college-bound students to achieve academic and personal excellence in an inquiry-driven, idea-rich community. Trevor celebrates diversity of thought, experiences, and culture; promotes compassion, collaboration, courage, and creativity; and develops in children a recognition of their own unique potential as lifelong learners and leaders who act as responsible global citizens. 

Trevor Day School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our community.