About the Role
Packer Collegiate Institute seeks a part-time Middle School Spanish teacher (grades 5-8) for the 2026-2027 academic year. The role involves teaching language, culture, and content with social justice themes, utilizing frameworks like ACTFL and CEFR.
Responsibilities
- Teach 3 sections of Spanish, designing curricula and lesson plans.
- Collaborate with department members.
- Engage in diversity, equity, inclusion, & anti-racism efforts.
- Communicate proactively with families about student progress.
- Lead and participate in off-campus field trips.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree preferred.
- Strong background in Spanish-language education and enthusiasm for working with elementary and middle school students.
- Commitment to anti-bias and anti-racism work.
- Commitment to promoting an inclusive, just, and equitable school community.
- Demonstrated ability to develop creative student-centered activities for diverse students.
- Familiarity with effective technology use in language teaching.
- Genuine desire to collaborate with colleagues.
- Comfort with and interest in working with students in an advisory capacity.
- Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
Skills
- FLES background
- Near-native Spanish proficiency
- Experience with Responsive Classroom techniques
- Understanding of ACTFL framework
- Understanding of CEFR framework
- Evidence-based evaluation strategies
- Experience with Responsive Classroom pedagogies (a plus)
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Part-time (75%)
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Years of teaching experience reflected in salary scale
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Graduate degree
Salary/Compensations
- Determined based on a scale reflecting years of teaching experience and level of education.
About the Company
- Packer Collegiate Institute values educational excellence, embracing diversity, fostering community, nurturing belonging, and ensuring all learners are valued and challenged.
- The institute actively embraces the diversity of New York City and seeks employees who share values of equity, inclusion, and belonging.
- Encourages applications from candidates with underrepresented backgrounds and perspectives.
Equal Opportunity
- The Packer Collegiate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- This policy applies to educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other school-administered programs.
