Full Time Kindergarten Head Spanish Teacher for the 2025-2026 School Year

International School of Brooklyn (ISB) is an independent, non-profit school that is known for its innovative and robust Pre-K 3 to 8th Grade French and Spanish language immersion program and International Baccalaureate curriculum. The ISB learning experience is driven by six core values: inquiry-based learning, diversity, global curriculum, language immersion, community, and international mindedness. Dedication to these values enables ISB to develop each student’s creativity, critical thinking, global citizenship, and intercultural understanding.

International School of Brooklyn is dedicated to ensuring that our school’s commitment to an inclusive and just world is reflected in all aspects of our school: in our classrooms, school culture, policies, and practices. ISB’s comprehensive commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion requires all staff and faculty members to actively and thoughtfully engage in work, training, and reflection around identity, anti-racism, and anti-bias. All staff and faculty members are expected to promote an inclusive and equitable school community.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a commitment to anti-bias and anti-racism work and be open to learning about how implicit biases in race, ethnicity, gender identity, and socioeconomic class can shape curricula and pedagogy. Preferred candidates will have experience implementing anti-racist and equitable practices in their teaching and work.

ISB seeks a Full Time Kindergarten Head Spanish Teacher  for the 2025-2026 School Year

Candidates should be able to use their expertise in preschool/elementary education to confidently lead a classroom on campus. In all contexts, teachers at ISB are expected to work collaboratively in lesson planning to implement a strong and engaging play-based curriculum. Candidates should hold a degree in Education and have at least two years of head teaching experience in a Pre/Lower School setting.

Qualification requirements:

Candidates should enjoy creating learning experiences designed to nurture the development of the whole child in a strong collaborative work environment. Ideal candidates will enjoy using a wide array of resources to build rich learning experiences while integrating multiple approaches to ensure differentiation. Experience working with preschool/elementary aged children with an ability to display effective classroom management is important in this role. 

Duties include teaching reading, writing, social studies, science and math in Spanish and providing social-emotional support. Applicants should also have experience teaching full classes in Spanish and be native Spanish speakers.  Knowledge of PYP and experience is a plus. 

ISB offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes fully paid individual health and dental insurance, a generous health reimbursement account, life insurance coverage, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching, and generous paid vacation, sick, and personal time. Employees also receive robust access to professional development, beginning in their first year of employment.

Salary Range: minimum $64,442 to maximum $106,337 (based on teaching experience and faculty scale year 1 – 30+).

Applying to this position:

Interested candidates should email letters of interest and resumes to Itzel Mendoza at jobs@isbrooklyn.org with the subject line "Kindergarten Head Spanish Teacher". 

Please, no phone calls.