Spanish Teacher for Middle School/High School

Spanish Teacher for Middle School/High School

The Ludington Area School District in Ludington, MI seeks a dynamic, relationship-driven Spanish teacher to provide instruction to high school and middle level students in a school community with a tradition of excellence. Ludington Area School District, located on the picturesque Lake Michigan shoreline, has recently undergone a major renovation project to provide teachers with the most up-to-date teaching technology in a positive classroom environment. The successful candidate for this full-time position will meet the requirements listed below: 

• Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate learning for high school middle level students using the Michigan standards for Spanish as well as the district-approved curriculum to drive instructional decisions.
  • Collaborate with teachers within the structure of a Professional Learning Community to enhance curriculum, instruction, and assessment. 
  • Use relevant technology, including the development of learning modules in the Canvas Learning Management System, to support and differentiate instruction and engage students in the learning process. 
  • Establish a classroom structure that values positive relationships and supports the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports system. 
  • Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and needs.
  • Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.

Additional Qualifications: Qualified candidate should skillfully demonstrate the following competencies: 

• The strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students.
• The skill and willingness to leverage the ASCD Whole Child model to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed.
• The ability to collaboratively create and execute clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning.
• The ability to integrate 21st Century competencies such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, goal setting, ethical citizenship, and personal accountability in curriculum.
• The capacity to create a system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a tiered intervention system.
• The capacity to align curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to individual needs of students.

Required Professional Qualification: 

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Education
• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate in Spanish 
  • FF endorsement
• Valid state licensing to meet Highly Qualified requirements

Apply in writing with a letter of interest, resume, copies of certification, transcripts and three letters of recommendation to Mr. Steve Forsberg, Principal, Ludington High School, Ludington Area School District, 809 E Tinkham Avenue, Ludington MI 49431. Application materials should be submitted as one (1) PDF attachment to: sforsberg@lasd.net.