Skip to main content

This job has expired

Spanish Teacher, Ricks Center for Gifted Children

Employer
University of Denver
Location
Colorado, USA, Denver
Salary
Negotiable

View more

Job Details

Ricks Center for Gifted Children at the University of Denver is a Preschool to Grade 8 school serving the needs of gifted children since 1984. Ricks Center offers a progressive model of education focused on developing the intellectual, social, emotional, creative and physical needs of the gifted child. Our diverse student body benefits from small class sizes, expert teachers, a wide range of content offerings, integrated curriculum, and a focus on community, care and engagement.

Position Summary
The Ricks Center for Gifted Children at the University of Denver invites applications for a full time Spanish Teacher. We seek a candidate with expertise in Spanish instruction, and the developing adolescent. We desire a candidate who is adept at working with a diverse group of gifted students with varying abilities, and therefore is able to differentiate curriculum, individualize and compact instruction and ensure a depth of conceptual understanding. This position requires a dynamic individual who models a passion for and expertise in Spanish, and who can collaborate effectively others.

Essential Functions

  • Teach mixed-grade Spanish classes, collaborating with the MS team to integrate curriculum around central themes, when appropriate.
  • Assess student development and performance using a variety of assessment techniques and models.
  • Create a differentiated, high level curriculum Implement and co-create a Seminar curriculum, which encompasses the Habits of Mind and allows the teacher to serve as a point-person for the grade level groups parents.
  • Support the school mission through the active involvement in the school community.
  • Interact and be involved with parents, including proactive outreach on both positive aspects of learning and areas for improvement.
  • Ability and willingness to work with the school in a shift toward standards-based grading and reporting.
  • Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive, creative classroom environment.
  • Set and participate in team goals focused on student growth and supported by growth data.
  • Work with an administrator in a coaching model around professional goals and participate in reflection on own performance on teaching rubric.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to problem solve.
  • Ability to prioritize and multitask.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Strong time management ability.
  • Strong ability to work on a team.
  • Ability to work with many different types of people.
  • Organized and flexible.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Spanish or related field.
  • Valid teaching certificate/license, special license, or licensable.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Graduate hours or Master's degree in education of the gifted.
  • Experience teaching gifted children, twice-exceptional students, and middle school aged children.

Application Deadline
For best consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) on March 26, 2021.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number
The salary grade for the position is 8.

Salary Range
The salary range for this position is $45,000 - $52,000.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.

Benefits
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, military/ veteran status or any other status protected by law.

All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.

Organization

Founded in 1864—just a few years after the city of Denver itself was founded—the University of Denver is one of the country's premier private universities.

The University's 125-acre campus, a few miles south of downtown Denver, is home to more than 11,500 students hailing from all regions of the United States and 83 other countries.

The University offers:

Regardless of what they study, University of Denver students embark on a personal educational journey that helps them find and follow their individual purpose.

Collaborative, Experiential Learning

Our students work closely with faculty, peers and members of the community on projects, research and fieldwork. They cross disciplines to discover new perspectives and approaches to problem solving.

In and out of the classroom, our students learn by doing, whether they're collecting data in the field or putting theory into practice in a clinical setting.

The University of Denver Culture

Across the University of Denver’s many divisions, departments, and offices, supervisors are searching for new employees who strive to excel and innovate, prize integrity, and who value the opportunity to engage with the community.  The University is always looking for creative problem solvers, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners who want to know more and do more.

At the University of Denver, our culture is steeped in ethics and social responsibility. As a result, our faculty and students represent a wide array of perspectives and enjoy the healthy dialogue that grows out of diversity. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For all their differences, the members of our community are united by a common purpose: They're determined to confront society's most pressing challenges—everything from world health and the global economy to access to education.

Company info
Website
Telephone
3038717770
Location
2199 S. University Blvd.
Denver
Colorado
80210
US

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert