Education, K-12

High School Spanish Teacher- IMMEDIATE

DelawareOnsiteFull Time$50,000–$90,000 /yrPosted 10 days ago

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Required skills

Spanish Teacher
high school
Wilmington
Freire Charter School
8th-12th Grade
standards-aligned curriculum
speaking skills
listening skills
reading skills
writing skills

Nice to have

college counseling
individualized college counseling

Role summary

Freire Charter School Wilmington is seeking a High School Spanish Teacher to join their instructional team. The role involves bringing Spanish to life through high-quality, standards-aligned curriculum that builds students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, while fostering critical thinking and high achievement. Responsibilities include creating a positive classroom culture, developing learning materials, communicating with families, and collaborating with staff. The ideal candidate possesses a strong belief in student success, relevant teaching certification, strong Spanish language content knowledge, and at least two years of experience with diverse student populations.

About Freire Schools

Established in 1999, Freire Schools (www.freireschools.org) is a network of four charter schools across Philadelphia and Delaware whose mission is to prepare students from historically underserved communities for success in college and beyond. We’re distinguished by our belief in every student who walks through our doors, our strong code of conduct and commitment to peace that ensures a safe environment for all, our sense of family throughout our community, and our joyous and engaged classrooms that focus on academic achievement. As evidence of our impact, in 2023 Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes ranked Freire Schools in the top 15 in the country for academic gains out of 368 charter networks nationwide.

About the team

For this Spanish Teacher position, you’ll be working for our high school in Wilmington, Delaware called Freire Charter School Wilmington (8th-12th Grade): Freire is all about Graduation x 2 – graduation from high school and from college. We challenge our students to achieve higher than they ever have before, and we give them the support they need to get there, including individualized college counseling. 95% of The Class of 2025 received acceptances into 52 unique colleges and universities and earned nearly $4.3M in scholarship award offers. This success is possible because the Freire Wilmington community is a true family, where students and teachers work together to build the future each student wants and deserves.

Freire Charter Wilmington: 201 W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801

What you’ll do

As a member of Freire's instructional team, you'll bring Spanish to life through high-quality, standards-aligned curriculum that builds students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, pushes critical thinking, and drives high achievement in your classroom.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain a classroom culture of critical thinking, learning, respect, and high achievement for all students.

Leverage content specific curriculum and create learning materials to promote critical thinking and problem solving.

Establish consistent communication rhythms with families regarding individual student progress and school related information.

Actively participate in professional development and collaboration with staff to support the needs of our students.

Who you are

You possess an unwavering belief that our students are capable of success, including in learning a new language, and you both exude and cultivate our values of equity, love, critical thinking, and diversity by celebrating the many languages and cultures our students bring to your classroom.We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply.

Minimum requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Valid state teaching certification or the ability and willingness to obtain certification.

Strong content knowledge and grasp of the Spanish language.

Positive attitude, sense of humor, and willingness to do whatever it takes to get a job done

At least 2 years of previous successful experience working with diverse student populations.

Pay and benefits

*Salaries for certified teachers in DE entering their first year of teaching start at $55,000. Freire Schools also offers a top-tier benefits package, a strong commitment to developing all staff as professionals, and the opportunity to work with the best students in Wilmington.

The annual salary range for this role is $50,000 - $90,000. We offer a competitive salary based on your experience and qualifications. Our benefits package includes health, dental, vision, and more. Delaware employees are enrolled in Delaware’s state pension plan (and may. additionally choose to participate in the state’s 403(b) retirement plan).

Freire Schools is committed to maintaining a workplace environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and discriminatory harassment, in service of the policy goal to provide all persons equal access to all categories of employment regardless of a person’s actual or perceived race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic background, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, disability, veteran/military status, or any other category protected by state or federal law.

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