HudsonWay Immersion School (HWIS) is a progressive pre-K through Grade 8 Mandarin and Spanish Immersion School founded 20 years ago in the NJ/NY area. The school’s mission is to prepare students with the knowledge, skills and character to become global contributors and citizens of the world. Our values are excellence, respect, teamwork, integrity, communication, innovation, transparency, customer service, and accountability. HWIS has a strong academic reputation. Students perform well above average and are accepted at top tier independent schools.
We are searching for qualified and compassionate Spanish Head teachers for different grades with an understanding and commitment to the vision of the language immersion model to join our talented team at NJ location for 2026-27 school year. S/He must possess an excellent command of the language of instruction (Spanish) in order to model, instruct and maintain high academic standards as well as adhere to the language policy of the classroom.
Responsibilities:
- Plans and instructs assigned classes to meet students' needs.
- Utilizes a variety of instructional strategies, innovating techniques that enhance the immersion model and incorporates social-emotional learning strategies in the classroom.
- Collaborates daily with colleagues to plan units of study and discuss student development.
- Guides the learning process toward achieving curriculum goals.
- Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
- Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
- Builds classroom community by partnering with families to facilitate children's academic success and personal development.
- Assesses students' accomplishments, including linguistic benchmarks in the target language, and provides progress reports as required.
- Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
Other responsibilities:
- Maintains accurate and correct records as required by law, school policy, and administrative regulations.
- Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conducts them in the classroom.
- Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
- Attends professional development, curriculum development sessions, and staff meetings and serves on committees as required.
Qualifications:
- Highly proficient speaker of Spanish
- At least three years of teaching experience in elementary/ Middle preferred
- Degree in early childhood or elementary education
- Dedication to learning and growing as an educator
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- High level of personal organization, planning, and classroom management skills
- Vigorous technology usage preferred
We regret that we can not respond to every applicant. Only those of interest will be contacted.
The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, education etc.
HudsonWay Immersion School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual preference, or disability
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