World Language Teacher (SY24-25, High School)

What You’ll Do

As a World Language Teacher at Veritas Prep High School you will play a crucial role in fostering students' language acquisition skills, cultural understanding, and appreciation for global perspectives. This position offers an exciting opportunity to inspire and empower students to become proficient communicators and global citizens.

Responsibilities:

• Teach World Language classes in grades 9-11
• Run a daily advisory block and serve as the primary person for a small group of students
• Foster a supportive and inclusive classroom environment conducive to language learning, cultural exploration, and mutual respect.
• Utilize and continually strengthen your deep content knowledge to prepare high-quality, effective lessons
• Use relevant technology to support and differentiate instruction, when needed
• Encourage, monitor, and provide feedback on the progress of individual students and use information to adjust teaching strategies.

• Maintain accurate and complete records of students' academic and behavioral progress and development.
• Participate in department, school, district, instructional coaching, and parent meetings.
• Learn, contribute to and use school-wide routines and systems that help our school run smoothly and keep the focus on teaching and learning
• Use data to make decisions and to support the growth of our students in the classroom
• Support the development of valuable college and career readiness skills and embed this skill-building into your lessons and daily interactions
• Build deep relationships and actively partner and communicate with students, parents, families, and community partners
• Engage in learning about and supporting anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education
• Support a school-wide student-centered culture, providing opportunities for student feedback and leadership
• Collaborate with your colleagues and our higher education partners for coherence and alignment in our work and efficiency in preparing students for the next level.
• Collaborate with colleagues to integrate language learning across disciplines and promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation.
• School-based duties, up to and including small-group interventions, collaborating with professors and our early college team, hallway and lunch duty, and other duties as assigned
• Stay current with best practices in language teaching, educational research, and technology integration to continuously enhance instructional effectiveness and student outcomes
• Actively participate in professional development opportunities

Requirements

What You’ll Need

• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
• Relentless pursuit of a classroom that centers students and continuously improves learning outcomes
• A passion for continuous growth as an educator
• A dedication to fighting racism in our educational institutions and in daily life, and knowledge of the history of race and racism, as well as the systems of oppression our students face
• A commitment to creating engaging learning experiences that are relevant to our students’ lives and prepare them for success in an early college setting
• One to two years of teaching experience (preferably at the secondary level)
• Deep content knowledge in language acquisition and cultural understanding
• Bachelor’s degree
• Have or be eligible for a MA teaching license in a foreign language
• SEI endorsement within one year of employment
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
• Alignment with our Values of
• Students First: We make decisions with our students in mind and know our actions model the way.
• Grow Together: We are role models of growth mindset, teamwork, and collaboration.
• One Team, One Mission: We cheer for, lean on, and support each other as we play unique roles in support of the same mission.

Think you don’t quite meet all the qualifications listed above? Apply anyway! We are looking for a truly diverse team of educators, and research shows that historically marginalized groups are less likely to apply if they do not meet every requirement. We are working to become an anti-racist organization and want to recruit and support a diverse staff, to understand the history of inequity in education, and to ensure students see teachers, staff, and leaders who look like them working in their schools.

Want to learn more? Set up a call with a recruiter by emailing recruitment@vpcs.org.

Veritas Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other status or condition protected by applicable law. This policy extends to, but is not limited to, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, training, and termination.

Benefits

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep is a public, tuition-free school in Springfield that prepares students in grades 5 through 12 to compete, achieve, and succeed in college and beyond. Veritas Prep accelerates every student’s path to college and career by helping them set a strong academic foundation in middle school and guaranteeing access to college classes and college prep support in our wall-to-wall early-college high school.

At Veritas Prep, we are not only breaking down barriers to college access but also providing the tools students need to persist through college and prepare for a successful career. Our middle school program has been serving students in Springfield since 2012 and is one of the top middle schools in Springfield. Our scholars are supported by skilled, dedicated, and diverse teachers and are challenged to achieve at high levels academically, socially, and emotionally, setting them up for success as they enter our high school.

Our early-college high school program, in partnership with STCC and Worcester State University, prepares students to earn high-impact college degrees, saving students up to two years’ time in college and thousands of dollars. Students can earn up to an associate degree for free, and the general studies associate degree from STCC means students enter as JUNIORS at any Massachusetts public college or university after high school graduation.

Students at Veritas Prep benefit from high academic standards and robust support, an exceptional learning environment, a diverse staff of high-quality educators, a strong commitment to social/emotional and practical skill development, and an inclusive, anti-racist community that values the identities and backgrounds of all students.