Dual Language SPANISH Kindergarten Teacher, Bentley Academy Innovation School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2026-2027]

Dual Language SPANISH Kindergarten Teacher Bentley Academy Innovation SchoolSalem Public Schools Salem MA SY 2025-2026

About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at Academy Innovation School

The mission of the K-5 Bentley Academy Innovation School (BAIS) is to prepare all students for personal and academic success. The vision of BAIS is that students will achieve the same high levels of achievement regardless of socioeconomic status race native language or other elements of privilege or challenge. All staff members are committed to ongoing coaching and reflection to ensure students are supported by data-informed and research-based instructional and social emotional the 2020-21 school year Salem Public Schools began a Dual Language (Spanish) program at Bentley Academy adding one grade per year starting with kindergarten. The program is designed to both ensure students are bilingual and biliterate and that they are socio culturally competent through embedded social justice standards and practices.

What Youll Do:

Bentley Academy Innovation School in partnership with the English Learner and Bilingual Department of Salem Public School launched a two-way immersion Spanish-English dual language program in the 2020-2021 school year. The two-way immersion program has grown by one grade level each year and features a 90-10 model in the kindergarten year with 90% of instruction in Spanish. The goals of the program are for all students regardless of language background to become bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English to achieve academically in all subjects at high levels and to exhibit the skills and disposition of sociocultural competence.

The Dual Language Kindergarten Teacher will be responsible for planning and teaching interdisciplinary units of Math Science Social Studies and Spanish Language Arts in Spanish for English Learners and Spanish Learners together. Working closely with the partner kindergarten Dual Language teachers the educator in this position will be highly collaborative thoughtful and creative with a focus on instructional excellence and equity for all students. She/he will also support the growth of the program by participating in district and school professional development planning and strategy sessions engaging in family and community outreach to support the programs goals and development and acting as a steward of dual language.

Role Responsibilities:

• Teaches literacy language arts mathematics social studies science in Spanish using strategies conducive to native speakers and language learners such as sheltered instruction strategic pairing and cooperative learning
• Plans and uses appropriate instructional and learning strategies activities materials and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned.
• Provides structure in the classroom by promoting a positive classroom environment that is conducive to learning for students of all backgrounds and language proficiency levels.
• Prepares teaching materials and related reports including ongoing data analyses for the purpose of improving instruction implementing lesson plans and documenting student progress.
• Instructs and provides assistance for student learning individually or in groups designing lessons that both present and reinforce learning concepts.
• Assesses students in language and content proficiency collects data adjusts instruction accordingly
• Communicates regularly and proactively with all families about student progress concerns and employs a culturally proficient and respectful approach in all communication
• Attends professional development sessions to contribute to development and sustainability of dual language program
• Works under the general supervision of the ML Director building principal and other building administrators at Bentley Academy Innovation School

What Youll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from failure using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree Required; Masters Degree preferred
• Native Literacy or Highly Advanced Proficiency in Spanish Required
• Licensure in Early Childhood (K-2)
• Additional licensure in ESL or Spanish strongly preferred
• Bilingual Educator Endorsement or willingness to obtain Bilingual Educator Endorsement as required by MA State Law
• Ability to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice
• Licensure from other countries considered
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Work Year: Teachers in Salem Public Schools work a 185 day school year (180 student contact days plus 5 professional development days. Please click here to view the 2026-27 district and/or school calendars.

Salary: Teacher salaries in the Salem Public Schools are determined by the Salem Teachers Union collective bargaining agreement (2024-2027). Salary information can be found in Appendix A.

Benefits: The City of Salem offers Group Insurance Commission (GIC) benefits to all full-time employees. Click here for more information about our health benefits.

• Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

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