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2010-2011 Part-time Specialist in Spanish

The Glenview New Church School is currently seeking a part-time Spanish Teacher for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Key Position Requirements:

The selected candidate will be accountable for the stewardship of The New Church’s founding values and teachings.


Tasks:

  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

  • Make sure material is up-to-date.

  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

  • Assess the ability of all students.

  • Help individuals to improve their subject knowledge and ability.

  • Give students detailed and constructive feedback.

  • Give the parents and teachers of students feedback.

Knowledge:

  • Fluency in the Spanish language is a plus, detailed knowledge of Spanish syntax.

Skills:

  • In-depth subject knowledge

  • Enthusiasm

  • Patience

  • Good communication skills

  • Good teaching skills

  • Good organizational skills

  • Flexibility

  • Motivational skills

  • Good administrative skills

Glenview New Church School

The Glenview New Church School is at a pivotal point in its 115 year history, with a hard-earned system-wide commitment to expanded relevance within the Glenview community. It is developing its core competencies, restructuring its governance, exploring educational best practices, and continuing to engage in a multi-year commitment toward system improvement.

We have a brand new and totally supportive board dedicated to mentoring, nurturing, and adequately funding every teacher.

  • Our campus is truly one-of-a-kind which makes for great outdoor learning opportunities!

  • Every teacher every day is asked to consider “Is this in the very best interests of the students?”

  • The sponsored student-teacher relationship involves lots of love and tolerance, encouragement, pride-building, and one-on one attention.

  • We are a loving environment where tolerance and kindness are modeled for each student by each teacher every day.

  • We have very few disciplinary issues to deal with, partly due to our size and partly due to the good fit of parents, teachers and students.

We seek qualified teachers to join the faculty, and work within this strong foundation to serve more students and families. We are at an exciting time in our history (new board energy, beautiful campus, loving school environment, and strong teamwork) and I would welcome the chance to visit with you and hear about your passion, your experiences, your dreams and how you could partner with GNCS to deliver an outstanding education.

Please submit a letter of interest and a resume to Erik Synnestvedt, Director, by June 30, 2010 at Glenview New Church Schools, 74 Park Drive, Glenview, IL 60025, via email or by phone 847-724-0057. A more detailed position description is available upon request.