Need Spanish Teacher in Bethesda, MD
Job title: Spanish Teacher
Company: The Goddard School
Job description: A Spanish Teacher at The Goddard School® is responsible for establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy ,and nurturing learning environment. Additionally a Spanish Teacher is responsible to work together with classroom Teachers and in conjunction with the entire faculty.
Daily Responsibilities:
- Meeting the individual needs of the children by interacting with the children to support play, exploration, and learning.
- Communicating appropriately and professionally with parents and fellow staff.
- Creating a positive learning environment in their classroom where children develop a lifelong love of learning
- Presenting expectations that are appropriate to the child?s age and developmental level
- Planning and implementing activities that develop self-esteem and social skills
- Building teamwork
- Committing to continuing education.
- Ensuring compliance with Goddard?s Quality Assurance Standards
- Ability to hear the conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid
- Ability to see and read newsprint, with or without corrective lenses
- Ability to speak and be understood under normal circumstances
- Ability to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds
- Ability to use arms, hands, legs, and feet, with or without corrective devices; this includes the ability to evacuate the building during emergencies
- Ability to handle crisis situations, especially where children are involved
- Ability to respond immediately to emergency situations
- An Associate?s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Child Development or a related field preferred.
- A current CDA or Early Childhood Teaching Credential.
- Proof of current and active enrollment in an accredited Associate?s or Bachelor?s degree program in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
- An Associate?s degree or higher in Spanish Language
- Communicate, in a professional manner, with families and faculty
- Encourage families to become an integral part of their children?s learning experiences
- Assess supplies and materials needed to implement activities
- Build teamwork
- Develop lesson plan books and posted lesson plans
- Manage classrooms according to GSI QA Standards
- Promote GSI philosophy and educational objectives
- Support a code of ethical conduct
- Pursue professional development/continuing education
- Attend faculty meetings, in-service days, conferences and professional growth opportunities
- All foreign degrees MUST be converted to U.S. credits.
- All foreign courses and/or credit hours must be converted to U.S. standards.
- Elementary Education
- Home Economics
- Child Development
- Child Life
- Psychology or Sociology with a minor in Education
- Special Education
- Child Psychology
- Child Development
- Human Growth and Development
- Educational Psychology
- Child Psychology
- Methods: Age Birth to 8 years
- Children?s Literature
- Developmental Assessment of Young Children
- Measurement and Evaluation
- Nutrition
- Health and Safety
- Child Care Administration