Jobs: Hastings HS position, Hastings, Neb.

German 1.0 †- beginning 2012-2013 school year - Hastings High School,

Hastings Public Schools, Hastings, Nebraska 68901

950 students grades 9-12

German program:

- solid enrollments, 4 levels

- School-sponsored ISE ten-day home stay and travel program to

Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria including 3 days in Munich every other year.

Next trip ñ March 2013. †Successful candidate can travel as one of the

sponsors with costs covered by program and school district.

Extra-standard pay from district for teacher(s) organizing and administering

program.

- Honors Academy Dual Credit Program for level three (101) and level four

(102) through Nebraska Wesleyan University

- AATG membership dues paid by district

- National German Exam administered annually

- A current rising senior German student scored at the 90+ percentile on the

most recent National German Exam and was selected to represent Nebraska on

the AATG/PAD Summer Study Trip to Germany in June and July 2012. †Another

HHS German student received the same Summer Study Trip to Germany award in

2010.

- Very supportive administration (materials, workshops, conferences, etc.)

- Up-to-date methods and materials, progressive foreign language department

- Regular placement of German students in Rotary International and/or

Congress-Bundestag student exchange programs. †One HHS student in each

program in Germany in 2011-2012.

- Community with a strong German heritage - very supportive of German

language education

- The current German instructor (20 years at HHS) received Duden Award this

school year from Nebraska AATG Chapter.

- The opening has resulted from the reassignment of the current German

teacher to another position within district.

- Professional development and continuing education opportunities are

available locally through Hastings College, Central Community College,

ESU#9 and elsewhere in the Tri-Cities at the University of Nebraska at

Kearney, College Park in Grand Island and ESU#10.

- Hastings is a progressive community of 25,000 with a vibrant economy

located 90 miles west of Lincoln and 15 miles south of I-80. †It is part of

the Tri-Cities that include Kearney and Grand Island.

For more information, please contact:

HHS Principal - Jay Opperman,             402-461-7550      , jopperma@esu9.org HPS Director

of Human Resources - Craig Kautz,             402-461-7500      , ckautz@esu9.org German

Instructor - Patrick Vogel, pvogel@esu9.org

HPS Website: http://hastingspublicschools.org