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Lanterns Global
Spanish Teaching Assistant- Outdoor Immersion Program
Job Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic Spanish teacher who is passionate about language, culture, and outdoor education for our 2026-2027 academic year! Our ideal candidate is fun, nurturing, and excited to work in an outdoor setting. El Jardín Spanish Program El Jardín exists to provide Spanish immersion in an outdoor learning environment where students experience learning Spanish language and culture, gardening/farming/nature studies, sustainability, and art. Duties & Responsibilities You will be responsible for supporting the Head Teacher and managing your class group during El Jardín while speaking in Spanish roughly 90% of the time (immersion). This includes supporting with the following: morning introductions, calendario, song, teaching new Spanish vocabulary, directing the activity that incorporates those new words, leading the gardening and farming activities, organizing clean-up, overseeing students during lunch-time, recess time, and play time, managing siesta, facilitating art, continually checking for understanding, and being creative on-the-spot to make the most of learning moments for students to learn, understand, have fun, and appreciate Spanish language and culture. Assistant Teachers are the point of contact for parents running late (make sure they have your number and know to call you if they are late and can't find you). Core values You will be responsible for embodying our core values: Initiative Taking . We generate ideas, share them, and implement them so that our programs can be continuously improved each day at each location. Nurturing Influence . We go beyond the lessons and we use emotional intelligence to nurture our students to be their best selves. Ultimate Responsibility. We are personally committed to the long-term success of our programs/company and embody this to our parents. Joyful Flexibility . We embrace change, weather, ambiguity, and conflict with joyful hearts and with steady hands. Outdoorsy Grit . We love nature in all of its countless elements and we inspire others with this love. Passionate Lifelong Learner. We have our own interesting worlds of intrigue, hobby and expertise which we use to inspire others. Skills & Competencies Being a kind, assertive leader and self-starter. Fluent Spanish speaker/writer. Excels at teaching, creating fun, wonder, and joy in students. Eager to "get dirty" alongside the students in play. A highly motivated, organized, and creative individual who enjoys exceeding expectations. Experience with teaching and managing groups of children, compassionate communicator. Good communicator to students, other teachers, and parents during drop-off and pick-up. Enjoys being with children, experience with teaching and managing groups of children, and a desire to come alongside students to help them learn. Able to store, carry, and transport El Jardín teaching materials, as need be. Able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. Ability to walk long distances if need be. Enjoy being out in the open in nature. Able to work in the heat/sun. Physically and mentally able to respond quickly in the event of an emergency. Strong classroom management skills. A great team player who can work well with others. Demonstrate enthusiasm, professionalism, energy, fun, kindness, musicality, and Latino culture. An honest, good, and quick communicator with the management team.