Job Summary

 

Ashbrook Independent School is seeking an enthusiastic, caring, and creative Spanish Teacher to teach in the Lower and Middle School that serves Kindergarten through 8th grade students for a long term substitute position in the 26-27 school year, September-December.  

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

An Ashbrook Educator will:

• Be passionate about working with students of this particular age group.
• Know the appropriate knowledge and skills regarding developmental characteristics and needs of the specific age group with whom they work.
• Create a safe and secure environment in which students grow in both autonomy and the ability to work and play together, including providing specific programs that establish a bias-free environment inclusive for all, which focuses on eliminating cliques and establishing a climate where bullying is unacceptable.  
• Implement provided lessons that actively engage students in making connections, solving problems, and thinking independently.
• Employ a wide range of pedagogical techniques and assessment strategies to ensure all students are successfully challenged.
• Understand children’s patterns of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in order to support each child’s emerging identity, to respect and provide for each student’s voice, and to build a relationship with each student in which that student feels understood, nurtured, and challenged.
• Defend the dignity and worth of each member of the community and create an environment that fosters respect, understanding, and acceptance of differences.
• Help students learn to make responsible choices and understand the consequences of their actions.

 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

 

The Spanish Substitute Teacher will:

• Teach daily Kindergarten through 4th grade Spanish classes as well as daily middle school Spanish classes at various levels. 
• Follow lesson plans and curriculum to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for further education.  Curriculum and lessons are provided. 
• Create and maintain a positive and caring classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth to motivate students to become lifelong learners.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and health of children in the classroom.
• Collaborate with staff within the lower and middle school program as well as with other staff throughout the school.
• Communicate proactively and positively with parents.
• Perform other related duties as required.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education or working towards a degree in Education.
• Knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and curriculum designed to promote learning for lower and middle school students.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• PREFERRED: A minimum of two years of successful teaching experience in a lower or middle school classroom.

 

Compensation

 

Substitute pay rate is $21.00 per hour.  Hours are approximately 7:30am to 4:00pm, M-F depending on the class schedule.

 

Apply

Your application should include a current resume, cover letter, and professional references.

The position is open until filled. Official start date: August 24, 2026 to begin transition.

The cover letter should clearly articulate how you meet the qualifications of the position.

 

Ashbrook Independent School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

About the School

 

Ashbrook Independent School is a secular, private, coeducational institution whose mission is to “Challenge and Nurture Academically Capable Students”. The school includes a preschool, an elementary school, and a middle school. 

Ashbrook Independent School believes that educational excellence occurs when a combination of outstanding teachers, a clearly-defined curriculum with an emphasis on the arts and sciences, small classes, motivated students, and a well- equipped learning environment co-exist. When these factors are in place, students learn not only the joy of discovery, but also traditional values such as courtesy, enterprise, self mastery, and the importance of personal responsibility. Our programs support the Jeffersonian ideal of free citizens interacting voluntarily for the common good. Our hope is that in habits of mind an Ashbrook graduate will be ready for the twenty-first century: open-minded and curious, yet able to evaluate ideas critically.

 

Ashbrook’s educators continue to nourish children’s joy of discovery and passion for learning and to provide for all children’s social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and moral growth.  Specifically for younger children, it is important to give special attention to the mastery of those basic skills and concepts that are the foundation of all future learning. As children grow older, they enter a period in their educational experience where they experience a variety of significant changes, both individually and collectively. The range of academic ability and physical and emotional development becomes wide.

 

For additional information on the history of Ashbrook and its programs, please go to our website at www.ashbrookschool.org.