Canton High School seeks a highly qualified and DESE-certified German teacher who has native or near-native fluency in the language and is able teach one section of German for the 2024-2025 school year. The candidate would also lead our well-established German-American Partnership Program (GAPP) Exchange. Near-native speakers should have experience studying, working and/or teaching abroad. Proficiency in French, Italian or Spanish is a plus.

Successful applicants should be capable of teaching any level of German. Prospective candidates must have the knowledge and capacity to design and implement effective, student-centered high school world languages curriculum units and lessons.

We are seeking dynamic professionals who will bring inclusive, differentiated, and purposeful standards-based instruction to the world languages classroom. Applicants must be effective communicators who can articulate what they believe to be the essential ingredients of quality world languages instruction and be able to deliver lessons in the target language that meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all learners.

Desired candidates will be creative self-starters, able to design, scaffold, and implement instructional units and Integrated Performance Assessments informed by the 2021 MA World Languages Curriculum Framework, ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, 21st Century Skills, Understanding By Design (UbD), and the essential design elements of Project-Based Learning (PBL).

Candidates must be comfortable using a variety of technologies, such as a digital language laboratory and Google Classroom, to engage learners in authentic learning experiences. Successful applicants will have experience with content-based instruction, proficiency-based teaching and learning, TPR/S, CI, universal design for learning, and 1-to-1 student exchanges, like the GAPP Exchange.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Current Massachusetts DESE certification in German (5-12)
• Additional DESE certification in French, Italian, and/or Spanish is desirable
• Successful student teaching experience 
• Three (3) current professional references
• Experience integrating technology, including digital language lab technology, into lessons
• Familiarity with the NGE, the AAPPL Examination or other proficiency exams, such as the STAMP 4S
• Interest in collaborating with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary instructional units and common assessments 
• Ability to coordinate the well-established GAPP Exchange
• Flexible, dependable, and organized
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Passion for teaching high school students