About the Role
This is a Grade 4 English teacher position in our Lower School. You will support students' teaching and learning experience, classroom routines, and nurture a positive atmosphere. You will also collaborate with faculty and communicate with families about student progress and well-being.
Responsibilities
- Deliver lessons in accordance with The International School of San Francisco teaching principles and curriculum
- Keep student records and grades up to date
- Attend meetings as required
- Collaborate with other English teachers and English curriculum Program Manager to ensure cohesive delivery of the program
- Provide student academic support in other classes
- Communicate with parents
- Participate in Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Attend school functions
- Effectively communicate with the entire school community (students, parents, and employees)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
- State certification as an Elementary School Teacher preferred
- Experience working with students in an educational setting is preferred
- Awareness of the unique needs of young children and appropriate expectations of their abilities
- Knowledge in French language preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of teaching experience
- Commitment to work in an inclusive and diverse community
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with students, staff, and parents
- Empathy, patience, and a genuine passion for supporting the holistic development of students
- Ability to promote The International School of San Francisco mission and values
Skills
- French language
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Empathy
- Patience
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 3 years of teaching experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
- State certification as an Elementary School Teacher preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $67,705 - $110,975
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
About the Company
- The International School of San Francisco is a PK-12 independent school in San Francisco.
- Founded in 1962, the school is a multicultural, multilingual educational institution with over 1,100 students across an urban campus in the heart of the city.
- 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.
- Our international community brings together people from many backgrounds.
- Together we strive to create a shared culture that develops compassionate, confident, and principled people who will make the world better.
- We base our community on these values: Respect, Integrity, Inclusion, Collaboration, and Curiosity.
- Working at The International School of San Francisco opens up a myriad of opportunities – both personal and professional.
- Critical to our Strategic Plan in creating a proud, engaged community; we appreciate our faculty and staff by fostering a community of ongoing learning, respect, and collegiality and by providing competitive compensation and benefits.
- It is also of paramount importance to us that we continue to foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion as we build a school community of individuals who are an actual representation of the world in which we live.
Equal Opportunity
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- French American International School 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, socioeconomic 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 bi-cultural 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)
