Middle School Spanish Teacher (Part-Time)

Part-time Middle School Spanish Teacher

Start Date: August 2026

VISION : Inspire students to achieve their dreams and reach beyond themselves to make a difference in the world.

MISSION : Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life. At Hillbrook, students are known, respected and valued as individuals and every day is a journey of self-discovery, imaginative thinking, creative problem solving, laughter and friendship.

CORE VALUES : Be kind. Be curious. Take risks. Be your best.

The Position: What Will You Do & How Will We Collaborate?

The Spanish teacher will be someone who loves visionary thinking as well as tactical execution, a teacher with an entrepreneurial spirit and a grounding in best practices in secondary schools. The teacher will join a highly collaborative and exceptional faculty and will be responsible for bringing a deep experience in teaching Spanish. The teacher will work alongside the other Spanish teacher to refine the core program in 8th grade.

The Hillbrook Employee: Who Are You?

Do our Core Values – Be kind. Be curious. Take risks. Be your best. – align with how you show up as a professional? Are you committed to building and bridging inclusive communities? Do you believe learning should be an active and relational process? Do you enjoy nurturing and maintaining best practices and continuity of programs, while also evolving programs in response to new information? Are equity and impact at the forefront of what you do? Are you entrepreneurial? Do you thrive in small collaborative environments? Do you seek opportunities for interdisciplinary, experiential learning? Do you believe that students are capable changemakers at any age and stage? A Hillbrook employee will emphatically say yes to each of these questions.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively participate in a collaborative employee culture that is committed to being at the leading edge of JK - 12th grade education.
• Teach 1 section of 8th grade Spanish
• Provide a hands-on, inquiry-based style of teaching that exemplifies how student wellness, intellectual rigor, and a deep commitment to social impact and DEI are critical to a Hillbrook learning experience
• Effectively manage flexible, collaborative learning experiences with various sized groups of students
• Participate in the design of the new campus and classrooms
• Thoughtfully integrate technology into the curriculum
• Actively participate in a faculty culture that is committed to being at the leading edge of JK-12 education
• Report to the Head of Middle School

Qualifications

• Desire and ability to work in a collegial, highly collaborative environment
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and learning in a diverse, dynamic, and progressive school community
• A commitment to anti-racism and demonstrated skill designing equitable and inclusive educational experiences and learning environments that incorporate themes of diversity and justice
• Bachelor’s degree in Spanish or related field.
• Experience using Teaching with Comprehensible Input
• Experience with competency-based education preferred
• A love of and experience in teaching Middle school-age children
• Proficiency in and curiosity about educational technology
• A growth mindset, sense of humor, and excellent organizational and communication skills

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, & Action

As noted in our Commitment to Community & Belonging , Hillbrook values a diverse and inclusive community that reflects the richness of Silicon Valley. All employees contribute to creating an environment where students and families feel respected, supported, and connected.

A highly collaborative community, we use the following norms to guide our communication with each other:

• Assume good will
• Come from your own experience
• Be more curious than certain
• Hold yourself and others capable

Our commitment to these norms makes it possible for us to partner meaningfully, disagree productively, and lean into conversations that are both challenging and generative.

Each and every day our students will be challenged to live out our Core Values - be kind, be curious, take risks, be your best - as they engage with an exceptional team of educators committed to helping each student reach their highest potential in school and in life. Our program is also guided by the core questions of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship - “What matters to you? What are you doing about it?” Simple yet provocative, these two questions inspire all members of our community as they convey two foundational beliefs: learning must be purposeful and have enduring impact, and leveraging student interest drives both engagement and success. Hillbrook, unlike any other school, not only calls on its students to make the world a b…