Spanish Teacher - Grades 9-12

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This is an onsite role located in Washington, D.C.

SEED DC requires that all team members be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for the safety of our students, family, and staff. Regardless of your current vaccination status, our team can advise you on how to fulfill this important requirement so that you can start the position in a timely manner.

The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, D.C. (SEED DC) is the nation's first college‑preparatory, public boarding school. Our mission is to provide an outstanding, intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for success in college and beyond.

SEED DC opened in 1998 and currently serves approximately 250 students in grades nine through twelve in a boarding school environment. Students live on campus from Sunday evening through Friday afternoon. We offer a rigorous college preparatory curriculum which integrates a robust co‑curriculum program with college preparatory coursework.

As a boarding school, SEED DC has a unique opportunity to foster learning opportunities after school and in the evenings through the student life program which provides academic support to students through structured study halls and homework centers; extracurricular activities such as dance, chess, robotics, theater, and athletics; and life skills instruction through the HALLS (Habits for Achieving Life‑Long Success) curriculum.

We also offer a wide range of external opportunities such as international trips, internships and community service‑learning projects so that our students feel greater satisfaction and are better positioned for success in college.

The success of the SEED model has been showcased in media outlets and publications such as 60 Minutes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and in the documentary film, Waiting for Superman. President Barack Obama has hailed SEED as "a true success story".

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The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, D.C. is seeking a Spanish Teacher with experience leading students through Spanish 1 and/or Spanish 2 coursework. In this role, the Spanish teacher will create a curriculum and classroom environment that guides students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate in Spanish. Teachers at SEED DC teach engaging lessons created from research‑based, standards aligned, curriculum.

These curricula aim to serve as windows and mirrors for our students to help them understand more about the world and themselves. This position will also collaborate with other instructional staff, school personnel and SEED DC's senior leadership team to help advance SEED's mission of supporting scholars to and through college completion.

• Continue to build and implement SEED DC's culture – establishing new routines and structures to prepare students for college completion and beyond.
• Develop and implement a balanced and engaging Spanish curriculum that promotes understanding.
• Use a variety of teaching practices to promote engagement and motivation, student choice and accountability.
• Teach SEED DC's curriculum in dynamic, participation‑oriented classes that focus on instruction and developing skills, not on rote memorization.
• Plan, organize, and deliver appropriate lessons for assigned area(s) of responsibility, and submit lesson plans to the Principal on an as‑requested basis.
• Differentiate instruction to reach all learners.
• Implement frequent formative assessments, in addition to summative assessments, and analyze student achievement data to inform and personalize instruction to meet the needs of students.
• Collaborate with fellow teachers on planning, professional development, and standards‑based curriculum and common assessment design to contribute to the continuous improvement of instruction at the school.
• Assess students' learning in a professional manner and communicate students' progress to parents and teachers to facilitate future instruction.
• Identify special needs of students and seek additional support, as…