Secondary Spanish Teacher- 2025/2026 SY

Purpose: The Spanish teacher cultivates students language proficiency, cultural appreciation, and global awareness and helps students develop the communication skills, cultural insights, and confidence necessary to succeed in an interconnected world.

Reports To: Building Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in education
• Valid Kansas Teaching License with the appropriate endorsement
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in the field of education
• Three-plus years of certified teaching experience
• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
• Ability to foster a positive learning environment

Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily:

• Develop lesson objectives and materials that cater to different learning styles and levels of proficiency
• Design and implement comprehensive Spanish language lessons aligned with state and/or school standards
• Incorporate cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries to enrich the curriculum and increase student engagement
• Use a variety of instructional strategies to meet diverse learning needs
• Integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities to build communicative competence in Spanish
• Maintain accurate records of student performance and use data to tailor instruction and provide timely feedback
• Communicate academic progress, achievement, and concerns to students, parents/guardians, and relevant staff
• Establish and maintain an environment conducive to learning, promoting respect and positive interactions
• Implement and uphold school policies, procedures, and disciplinary guidelines consistently
• Work closely with fellow teachers and department staff to share resources, strategies, and best practices
• Participate in faculty meetings, professional development workshops, and continuing education to stay current in language teaching methods
• Engage in ongoing reflection and self-assessment to improve instructional effectiveness
• Participate in school-wide activities such as parent-teacher conferences, open houses, and department events
• Adhere strictly to professional ethics
• Prepare completely and adequately to carry out their responsibilities for all students within their classroom
• Perform the necessary administrative work related to the assignment, including but not limited to completion of all reports required by the District
• Attend all staff conferences and individual conferences between teacher and administrator, and is available for pupil and parent conferences, including conferences for writing IEPs and staffing for special education
• Supervise students in and around the school building, including before and after the school day, as assigned by the building principal
• React positively to change and frequent interruptions in an educational environment
• Ensure that substitute teachers will have adequate direction and lesson plans
• Report all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect
• Keep student information and records confidential
• Have regular routine attendance at work
• Carries out the duties and responsibilities as assigned by the administration

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Sit and stand for extended periods
• Enter data into a computer, read a computer screen, and printed material with or without vision aids
• Hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical ability to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Bend, stoop, and sit on the floor for prolonged periods of time
• Climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead

Terms of Employment: At-will employment. A 187-day contract under the Negotiated Agreement

Evaluation: Performance evaluations under the Negotiated Agreement

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, or promotion based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.