2025-2026 Elementary Teacher - Dual Language Spanish
2025-2026 Elementary Teacher - Dual Language Spanish
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Job Summary
Position is responsible for creating a duallanguage immersion (Spanish) classroom environment that ensures learning and personal growth of every student; establishing effective rapport with students; motivating students to develop skills attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for becoming a responsible citizen in accordance with each pupils ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members. Position will provide standardsbased instruction in Spanish in two content areas with another teacher providing instruction in English in two other content areas. Fifty percent of the students will be native Spanish speakers and fifty percent will be native English speakers.
Essential Duties
1. Instructs students in a program of study which meets stated objectives and prepared students to master grade level standards.
2. Instructs students using strategies conducive to duallanguage immersion such as sheltered instruction cooperative learning and discovery learning.
3. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Newport News Public Schools.
4. Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the divisions basic instructional philosophy and congruent with course / SOL standards; provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students.
5. Translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best use the available time for instruction and to actively engage students.
6. Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom by providing positive reinforcement of acceptable behaviors and modifying unacceptable behaviors.
7. Evaluates academic and social growth of students prepares report cards and keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports checklists census forms and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.
8. Communicates regularly with parents or guardians through conferences and other means to discuss student progress.
9. Supervises and monitors student movement and escorts students to resources bathrooms buses cafeteria room changes and other activities in the building.
10. Administers standardized testing in accordance with division testing practices.
11. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
Minimum Qualifications
Must possess a Bachelors or Masters degree in education or a related field. Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Provisional Collegiate or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement to teach elementary school. Must possess native or nearnative proficiency in English and Spanish and a high degree of cultural competency. Must possess familiarity with second language acquisition pedagogy. Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students staff parents and the public.
In order to review the full job description please go to the following website: Newport News Public Schools prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color religion sex ethnicity national origin age disability pregnancy and childbirth marital status or any other basis prohibited by law. (Reference: School Board Policies 23344 and 46
Employment Type
Full-Time
