Part-Time FSL Teacher

Our School

The International School of San Francisco is a bilingual, multicultural learning community where students learn to navigate the complexities of the world with confidence, empathy, and joy. Our vibrant urban campus is situated in the heart of the city and serves nearly 1,100 students beginning at age 2 and continuing through grade 12. 

Mission

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, The International School of San Francisco offers programs of study in French and English to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to communicate across cultures is of paramount importance. 

Opportunity

Working at The International School of San Francisco opens up a myriad of opportunities both personal and professional. When minds and cultures from around the world come together, boundless curiosity takes hold; faculty and staff benefit from that deep intellectual engagement and joyful discovery as we live out our values of respect, integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and curiosity. Each employee is both teacher and learner in our vibrant, multicultural, multilingual school community.

Position

The International School of San Francisco is seeking a dynamic and dedicated French as a Second Language/Français Langue Étrangère (FSL/FLE) teacher to support language acquisition for students in Kindergarten. The teacher will work with multilingual learners to develop their proficiency in French through targeted small-group instruction as well as language support within the classroom. This is an hourly position (approximately 13 hours per week) reporting to the Maternelle and Lower School Principal. Exact hours of work will be determined with the principal.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide targeted small-group and one-on-one language instruction in French as a second language to students in Kindergarten, totalling 8 hours of student contact time per week
• Collaborate with section leadership and classroom teachers to support language integration within classroom learning and projects
• Assess students’ language development using a variety of formal and informal methods
• Provide assessment and maintain accurate documentation of student progress
• Communicate effectively with the student support team
• Support students’ social and academic language development across a range of contexts
• Maintain a positive and inclusive learning environment that reflects the school’s values of multilingualism and global citizenship
• Establish a positive relationship with each child’s family
• Attend regular meetings as needed and participate in student support team meetings as needed.
• Perform other professional responsibilities and duties as required or assigned

Skills and Qualifications

• Proficient in the languages of teaching (French and English)
• Experience with and enthusiasm for young children, and an ability to create a positive, supportive learning environment
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• Capable mentally and physically of caring for a group of children without additional staff present
• An awareness of the unique needs of young children and appropriate expectations of their abilities
• A strong work ethic and high standards for themselves and others
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a diverse, fast-paced, multilingual educational environment 
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

This is a part-time hourly position comprising 13 hours per week, compensated at $43.75/hour. This role may be combined with the K-2 Library Assistant position and/or Extended Care Program responsibilities to reach up to 35 hours per week; different rates of compensation apply for those roles.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY

The International School of San Francisco is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical ability, or medical condition. We seek to increase the presence, representation, and inclusion of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual, and bicultural students, faculty, and staff; and, to provide an environment that will attract and retain individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQI).