Position: Job as part-time native Spanish tutor over Skype

We are looking for native Spanish tutors and/or Spanish teachers over Skype with the following characteristics:

• Native Spanish speakers ...


• with experience tutoring and/or working as a Spanish teacher in a school, university or as a freelance, and


• with a bachelor's degree, ideally in education or the Spanish language.

• Fluent in English and Spanish

• Desire to work in our Spanish language school for at least 2 years

• With a minimum availability of 20 hours a week (ideally at nights - 5pm to 9pm - and on weekends - 9:30am to 1:30pm) but always remaining flexible to adapt to variations in demand over time

• Excellent understanding of the similarities and differences in logic and structure between English and Spanish.

• Be open minded, energetic, enthusiastic, extroverted and obsessed in exceeding our Spanish student expectations, putting the interest of your students above your own.

• Commitment to show perfect alignment with our mission and vision.

• With authorization to work in the US without requiring sponsorship. Examples of accepted work authorization documents include: Green card, Employment Authorization Document, or American Passport). Our school participates in E-Verify. If you have the right to work, don't let anyone take it away.

• Open to sign a confidentiality and intelectual property agreement if receiving an offer.

• Able to provide contact information of 3 job references from direct supervisors, current or former (they do not need to be of jobs as a teacher; they can be of jobs performed outside of the US)

• Native Spanish tutors conduct Spanish tutoring and classes on a part-time basis to organizations, adults, teens and/or children over 13 years of age if the classes are in person, when possible, or over 8 years of age if the classes are conducted live online.

• Our Spanish tutoring and classes can focus on:
  
  
  • Everyday conversational Spanish
  
  
  • Standardized Spanish test preparation
  
  
  • Spanish for work purposes

...over Skype (Distance Learning):

• online live, though Zoom, Skype or any other online platform of choice


• online through pre-recorded classes to be published on our YouTube channel, and/or


• in person when possible at:

• coffee shops, bookstores, libraries or any other convenient public space (preferred option for the majority of our students), and/or


• your home (if convenient for both you and your students,commonly in a living room, dining room, home office, or common areas of a building), and/or


• the home or office of our students (your time and cost associated to this option may be compensated), and/or
  

...getting together, in the case of classes conducted in person or live online, regularly at the same times and days each week, week after week, as long as you are able to match or exceed your students expectations.

• Competitive salary between $25 a $30 an hour to get started
  

• Insurance for:
  
  
  • disability,
  
  
  • workers compensation (accidents during work),
  
  
  • unemployment
  
  
  • pause due to sickness (Sick Pay)


• the opportunity to choose to work between 20 to 40 hours per week, as long as demand allows

• Expense reimbursement

• Paid training

• Direct deposit to your bank account every two weeks

• The option to indicate us your preferences regarding times, days and neighborhoods where you would like to conduct your classes so that we can take them into consideration when possible.

• Full access to our teaching materials and methodology

• Good flow of students provided by the school so that you can focus on your teaching instead of looking for your own students, and eventually chasing them to pay you.

• Opportunity to help us decide the direction of our Spanish language school working in administrative tasks, which would supplement your class time income.

• Opportunity to continue working with us in any of the other cities where we operate, if relocating.

• Opportunity to join a dynamic and international team of teachers and staff

You can increase the chances of being invited to a job interview if ...

• You elaborate clearly on your application how you will help us pursue our mission of "developing practical abilities to speak in Spanish in the shortest time possible".

• You express clearly the reasons why you want to work with us in this moment in your life.

• You respond exactly to what you are being asked without exaggerating and showing to be open to sharing who you are.

If you match the criteria above and submit our online application, it is very likely that you will be invited for a series of job interviews! :)

To prepare for these, we recommend you the following:

• Read our website extensively, in particular the section Why Us. Please take some time to understand the differences between our methodology, philosophies and style and that of other language schools or any other alternative to learn Spanish.

Feeling nervous about the job interview? Watch to find tips to make a first good impression

• Review the Spanish grammar. You can find a good reference in: Learn Spanish. When you are asked about grammar concepts though, please make sure to use only simple explanations without using any technical reference. As a general rule, even though our instruction would be provided to adults, your explanation would need to be so simple that even a 7-year-old would understand you. You may also consider buying a book on Amazon about how to teach Spanish. This one has very good reviews: Teaching Spanish: The Essential Handbook. For the sake of transparency, please note that if you purchase this book after clicking on the link, Amazon will give us a small commission.

Please fill and submit this online application.

Good luck!