Middle School Spanish Teacher

Mission Statement: St. Paul’s prepares students to be confident and skilled learners, cultivates in them a strong sense of purpose, and inspires them to be generous and active citizens of the world.

St. Paul’s Episcopal School, located across from Lake Merritt in Oakland, enrolls approximately 370 students from diverse backgrounds in Kindergarten through 8th grade. St. Paul’s provides an education that is intellectually challenging, culturally pluralistic, and morally and spiritually enriching. Caring, committed faculty members, in partnership with parents, serve as role models, mentors and guides. St. Paul’s has an academically talented and ethnically diverse student body and seeks the same in its faculty.

St. Paul’s seeks to fill a Middle School Spanish Teacher position, for the 2026-2027 academic year, with an experienced, dynamic individual who:

-has attained a BA degree (mandatory)
-has 3-5 years of experience teaching middle school Spanish
-can create a developmentally appropriate cooperative learning environment
-amplify Spanish language and culture in the life of the school through assemblies, excursions, guest speakers, and authors
-develop and implement a comprehensive Spanish language curriculum aligned with grade-level state or national standards and ACTFL proficiency benchmarks
-design and deliver interactive lessons that emphasize speaking, reading, listening, and writing
-develop and implement a comprehensive Spanish language curriculum aligned with grade-level state or national standards and proficiency benchmarks
-design and deliver interactive lessons that emphasize speaking, reading, and writing
-teach with an understanding of the development and growth of Middle School students
-communicate and collaborate with other faculty and staff regarding each student
-assess student progress using a variety of methods
-differentiate for students at various language skill levels
-communicate with parents about the program and student progress
-attend grade level student support meetings for collaborative discussion and sharing of student concerns
-identify materials, resources and technology needs for program
-include use of appropriate technology tools and resources for instruction
-has interest and/or experience integrating service learning into the curriculum
-can expose students to a multicultural perspective of universal human experience
-has interest and/or experience teaching social-emotional curriculum to middle school students
-has excellent communication skills with both children and adults
-has experience collaborating with a team of teachers to deliver curriculum
-values collegiality with other teachers and administrators
-has a warm and energetic personality and a good sense of humor
-has experience working in a private/independent school setting (preferred)
This teacher will collaborate with our other Middle School Spanish Teacher to provide our students with a vibrant opportunity to learn Spanish. In addition, this teacher will work closely with the grade level team consisting of a Math, Science, ELA, and Social Studies teachers, and a group of specialists – Physical Education, Music, Technology, and Art.

This is a 1.0 FTE. Salary range for this position is $68,000 to $100,000, depending on education and experience. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and references to Marcus Chang, Director of Middle School. Please send materials electronically, in PDF format to Ryan Louie: rlouie@spes.org.

St. Paul’s is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. St. Paul’s is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay and other forms of compensation, training, and other terms and conditions of employment.