Upper School Spanish Teacher

Charlotte Latin School has an exciting opportunity for an Upper School Spanish teacher to begin in the 2025-2026 academic year. The Upper School Spanish teacher is an integral part of Latin’s Upper School World Languages Department. It is essential that World language teachers collaborate actively with colleagues to ensure cohesion and coherence across the students’ learning experience while also having the opportunity to develop unique language courses for upper level standard and honors students. This position is ideal for motivated teachers with a knowledge of ACTFL standards and a particular passion for teaching upper school students. Additional responsibilities may include sponsoring extra-curricular activities, advising, and/or coaching.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Teach 4 class sections (Level 1- AP). 
• Partner with colleagues to maintain, create, and update course curriculum, as needed.  
• Collaborate with colleagues on grading and assessment practices.
• Assess students’ academic performance, including regular grading through assigning and grading regular homework assignments, formative assessments, and summative assessments. 
• Provide 1:1 support to students during office hours, before and after school.  
• Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current within the field
• Additional responsibilities may include sponsoring extra-curricular activities, advising, and/or coaching.
• Engage with colleagues to maintain Latin’s strong culture of collegiality. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

• None

Education and Experience

• Experience teaching Spanish is required; Additional experience teaching French desired
• A bachelor’s degree in Spanish or a related World Language is required; a Master’s is preferred
• An understanding of ACTFL proficiency standards and how they apply to language acquisition.
• OPI rating of Advanced High or above preferred

Skills

• Proven ability to contribute to a high-performing team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate patience, dedication, compassion, and respect for students
• Promotes critical and creative thinking
• Able to contribute to student life outside the classroom
• Proficient in using technology to support education
• Promotes a safe classroom environment that supports student learning and is conducive to individualized and small-group instruction
• Strong classroom management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated commitment to intercultural competence with an appreciation for diverse perspectives, identities, and lived experiences
• Maintain a philosophical alignment with our core values and curriculum and instruction, which can be found on our website: www.charlottelatin.org, including a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Intermittently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25 pounds.
• Continuously see, sit, balance, grasp, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers; and some fine finger dexterity.
• Frequently talk and hear.
• Intermittently stand, stoop, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, crawl, walk, climb stairs, step stools and ladders, operate foot and hand controls, squeeze, and reach above shoulders.
• Exposure to dust, chemicals, fumes, flammables, grease, dirt, stacked materials, electrical equipment, machinery, low to medium noise levels, and moderate indoor heat and cold temperatures.
• Long or odd hours, as needed.

Are you a skilled language instructor who thrives in a collaborative, creative environment and brings enthusiasm to every lesson? If so, we’d love to hear from you!