Lower School Spanish Teacher (SY 25-26)

Capital City is looking for innovative experienced and passionate teachers for the school year 2025-2026. At Capital City we challenge the status quo every day. Our staff are skilled compassionate solutions-oriented and unwavering in their commitment to give children of all ages all backgrounds and all abilities the education they need to thrive. If you want to help prepare the next generation of changemakers apply today!Teaching roles are 10-month positions which are exempt and therefore not eligible for overtime pay under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards teach at Capital CityWork hard and achieve results together! At Capital City teachers work on collaborative teams that grapple with challenges celebrate successes and support and learn from one equity and inclusion arent just buzzwords. We believe the diversity of our staff and the students we serve is our greatest asset. We take seriously the responsibility to achieve equity for our students and build a culture where staff engage in dialogue about race and work to build an inclusive in your own learning. Capital City prioritizes the professional growth and learning of our teachers through weekly internal professional development and opportunities to learn from experts around the country. Campus and school-wide leadership opportunities are available for teachers who want your classroom and curriculum your own. Our teachers value the autonomy they have at Capital City to design a curriculum that is dynamic personal and exciting. There is a culture of innovation that is supported by Principals and Instructional Coaches. In the following areas the Spanish Teacher is expected to:Curriculum/InstructionImplement the principles and components of Expeditionary Learning and the Coalition of Essential Schools. Teachers at Capital City are expected to commit to learning these challenging and engaging lessons and experiences designed to help students achieve content and curriculum standards. Ensure that lessons have multiple entry points and support structures so that children with different abilities and learning styles are to help plan and develop a middle school and high school Spanish curriculum that addresses both local and national standards and motivates students to learn with the Instructional Coach/Curriculum Coordinator to plan and develop Spanish courses that best meet the needs and interests of our strong long-range plans including a curriculum map for the year. Share plans with the Principal. Provide students and their families with a semester-long course with teaching teams to plan projects and activities related to classroom learning the needs and goals of students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and English Language Learners (ELLs). Differentiate instruction and provide accommodations and supports as keeping with the CES principle Student As Worker Teacher As Coach utilize a workshop model as the main format for instructional time. Keep whole group and lecture-style lessons to a diversity issues and multi-cultural content into curriculum and instruction throughout the year in big and small ways. Ensure that all students see their culture(s) represented in curriculum and and revise clear criteria and standards for quality work and regularly examine student work to ensure that it meets increasingly higher standards of student work documenting the process that went into creating the work. Involve students in developing and creating with teaching teams to plan exhibitions of student work at least two times per year to give students an opportunity to share their work with an audience of parents other students and community ongoing assessment of student work using multiple assessment tools including anecdotal records performance assessments with rubrics exams and individualized assessments as appropriate. Use assessment data to plan for instruction and to set short and long-range analyze student data to improve instruction insure equity and make program recommendations and for the collection of portfolio items outlined in the criteria for portfolio collection established by the teaching staff. Support students in selecting and reflecting on pieces for their portfolio. Work with the teaching teams to coordinate the Curriculum/School CultureCreate and maintain a physically and emotionally safe environment for students. Communicate respectfully to students at all times. Model practice and discuss respectful unbiased and effective communication with students in creating classroom rules. Establish and consistently apply logical consequences for not following and support the school-wide discipline policies. Document serious and less serious infractions to the policies and seek help and support from colleagues and administrators when discipline concerns students in age appropriate discussions of diversity. Use student observations questions actions and reactions as teachable moments to explore Collegiality and ProfessionalismCheck in regularly with teaching teams and meet formally with each team at least once per at least weekly with the other Spanish teacher(s).Seek information and support from the Director of Student Services to best support students in classes with special needs. Attend child study meetings as needed or on time for classes duties team meetings and professional development activities. Communicate about and plan for absences in advance with teaching teams and the Principal. Seek to resolve conflicts with colleagues as soon as they arise. Seek support from the Principal when classes open to visits from other teachers administrators family members prospective families and visitors to the school in ways that are not disruptive to student learning. Involve students in welcoming visitors and communicating about the DevelopmentParticipate in weekly Professional Development Time (currently scheduled for Wednesdays 1:30-4:30p.m) and contribute to sessions by sharing ideas and student work offering feedback and facilitating some sessions or in peer observation using protocols established and agreed upon by in a Summer Professional Development Institute. The Institute will be two weeks in August before students out additional opportunities for professional development that will lead to achieving personal and school-wide professional development Communication and InvolvementSupport teachers in communicating verbally with Spanish speaking narrative progress reports 2 times per year using the reporting procedures agreed upon by the teaching staff and the principal. Collaborate as needed with other with parents as requested to share information about student parents immediately when concerns arise about student performance or work parent volunteers in the classroom in ways that meet the needs of the class and utilize the strengths talents and interests of volunteers. Seek to involve Spanish-speaking parents in the life of the parents informed about classroom activities and units of study through on-going communication and regular parents in understanding the instructional approach at Capital City through regular communication. Assist with planning and facilitating at least one parent workshop per Professional ResponsibilitiesAttend and participate in school events. Teachers are asked to attend at least two community meetings or events per year (note: one of these may be the parent workshop that the teacher helps lead.)Check voicemail and e-mail daily and respond promptly to requests from parents administrators and students during lunch and recess times according to an agreed upon City seeks to employ experienced credentialed teachers. Ideal candidates have a Masters degree and 3 years of full-time teaching required qualifications: Bachelors degree and at least one of the following:A major in education or field of instruction or equivalent 30 semester hours of creditDistrict of Columbia teaching license in field of instructionTwo years of verifiable teaching experience as a teacher of recordOne year as a support teacher at Capital City and enrollment in a teacher education or certification programAdditionally strong candidates have: A commitment to meeting the needs of a diverse populationExperience working in urban environmentsStrong knowledge of pedagogy and experience teaching in a constructivist wayProven ability to work as a member of a teamStrong leadership capabilitiesA commitment to their own addition to the above requirements teachers must meet the requirements of all hires at Capital City including a criminal background check.