School Nurse – 2019 Secondary Summer Programs

Spring Lake Park High School – Spanish Teacher, 0.8 FTE

About Spring Lake Park Schools

Welcome to Spring Lake Park Schools! We are a vibrant school community serving about 5,800 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley and Spring Lake Park, in the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our district purpose — “High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses” – provides our focus to meet the unique and varied needs of each student.

Spring Lake Park Schools is recognized for our commitment to personalized learning, creating a culture of innovation and creativity through human-centered design thinking. We are working to create a system – a culture with a methodology and set of processes – where teachers and staff have the freedom, flexibility and invitation to design new ways of learning centered around deepening student engagement to continuously improve student success.

Position Overview

The successful candidate will be an individual who is committed to equitable education of all students.  She or he will have a strong background in instruction and assessment for learning practices, and will focus on ensuring the learning and achievement of each student.

Spring Lake Park High School firmly believes:

all students can and will learn, and that their learning can be directly influenced by focusing on factors over which we have control; in the need to work interdependently with teachers, school, and district leaders throughout the system, aligning the work of adults around improving student learning by meeting the needs, interests, and aspirations of students;
in the need to work in partnership with staff to continuously improve practices to enhance student and family engagement, creating the conditions for equity, excellence and student success; and
in personalizing learning for students, meeting academic, social, and emotional needs and aspirations so that each student feels valued and has a sense of belonging, leading to academic success

Primary Responsibilities:
Duties of this job include, but are not limited to:

Teaching Secondary Spanish and the application of literacy strategies, preferable at the Senior High School level, is required.  Candidate must be a strong team player with an enthusiasm for teaching High School aged students.  Successful candidate will have a good understanding of Professional Learning Communities, an understanding of interdisciplinary planning and teaching, and a knowledge of how technology can enhance instruction.  A strong interest and desire to work with students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds and academic ability levels is desired.

Preferences:
We strongly prefer candidates who have exhibited excellence in collaboration with colleagues and an enthusiasm to work with students.  Preferred candidates will also have a demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning as evidenced by graduate-level work or an earned degree, as well as participation in professional organization conferences or seminars related to the content area.

For any inquiries or questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact John Franke, Associate Principal, at [email protected] or (763) 600-5110.