Preschool Spanish Homeroom Teacher for the 2023-2024 School Year

The Awty International School seeks a preschool Spanish homeroom teacher for the 2022-2023 school year.

At Awty, we believe that students learn best and faculty perform best in a culture of vibrant diversity. Diversity is an essential quality of our school environment; our commitment to learning and the pursuit of excellence can occur only in such a context. It helps us guide our students to become responsible world citizens. Our commitment to learning about and respecting one another’s diversity brings distinct richness to the Awty experience for students, alumni, employees, and parents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BA or equivalent in Preschool or Elementary Education or related field of education.
• Native-speaker proficiency in target instructional language (Spanish)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• At least three years of teaching experience in a preschool or elementary school setting.
• International and independent school experience preferred
• Experience working as a language immersion or dual-language teacher

APPLICANTS SHOULD: 

• Possess excellent teaching skills appropriate for children in preschool.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of interactive methodologies and technology integration
• Follow the School’s guidelines and curriculum
• Include activities to develop cross-cultural understanding
• Demonstrate professional strengths of gentleness, nurturing, respectfulness, consistency
• Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to childhood social, emotional and intellectual development within an international school setting
• Maintaining an in-depth familiarity with the appropriate curricula and current teaching trends and developments.
• Demonstrate an understanding of effective language immersion strategies for non-native speakers
• Be passionate about language immersion and early childhood education

THE ROLE:

A teacher at the Awty International School is expected, but not limited to, the following expectations:

1. Effectively teaching the preschool program, including undertaking appropriate lesson preparation and assessing and evaluating students as necessary.
2. Collaborating with other preschool teachers who are teaching in the grade.

3. Attending and positively contributing to subject, faculty, grade and division meetings as scheduled by the Division Head and whole school meetings as appropriate.
4. Performing snack, lunch, recess and other teacher duties.
5. Contributing to the wider life of the School in areas such as special projects and presentations, service learning, and by attending student events, Open House, prospective parent meetings, and other school and parent meetings.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BA or equivalent in Preschool or Elementary Education or related field of education.
• Native-speaker proficiency in target instructional language (Spanish)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• At least three years of teaching experience in a preschool or elementary school setting.
• International and independent school experience preferred
• Experience working as a language immersion or dual-language teacher

APPLICANTS SHOULD: 

• Possess excellent teaching skills appropriate for children in preschool.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of interactive methodologies and technology integration
• Follow the School’s guidelines and curriculum
• Include activities to develop cross-cultural understanding
• Demonstrate professional strengths of gentleness, nurturing, respectfulness, consistency
• Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to childhood social, emotional and intellectual development within an international school setting
• Maintaining an in-depth familiarity with the appropriate curricula and current teaching trends and developments.
• Demonstrate an understanding of effective language immersion strategies for non-native speakers
• Be passionate about language immersion and early childhood education

THE ROLE:

A teacher at the Awty International School is expected, but not limited to, the following expectations:

1. Effectively teaching the preschool program, including undertaking appropriate lesson preparation and assessing and evaluating students as necessary.
2. Collaborating with other preschool teachers who are teaching in the grade.

3. Attending and positively contributing to subject, faculty, grade and division meetings as scheduled by the Division Head and whole school meetings as appropriate.
4. Performing snack, lunch, recess and other teacher duties.
5. Contributing to the wider life of the School in areas such as special projects and presentations, service learning, and by attending student events, Open House, prospective parent meetings, and other school and parent meetings.