Middle School World Language Teacher (Chinese)

Position Responsibilities

Middle School Educator Responsibilities

• Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the Middle School.
• Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in Advisory, as well as the classroom, taking into account physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students.
• Experience and/or demonstrated skills facilitating restorative conversations when supporting student behavior in the learning environment.
• Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
• Design quality formative, summative and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate students’ growth and achievement.
• Plan and implement engaging learning experiences that are inquiry-based, collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated.
• Respond to learners’ diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions.
• Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection.
• Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles with Professional Learning Community Coaches and Principals.
• Design and implement inquiry-based learning experiences in and beyond the classroom to prompt learners to question, investigate, create, and reflect.
• Experience with or interest in co-teaching in a flexible learning environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
• Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning.
• Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
• Strive for continuous self-improvement as a life-long learner.
• Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community.
• Lead and engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the learning spaces, which extend learning experiences for students (supervision, overnight Classroom Without Walls trips, sports coaching, field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, TRi Time, community service projects, etc.)
• Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours (in person and via email communication)

Role-Specific Responsibilities

• Participate and contribute to professional learning in Chinese language and culture teaching areas with colleagues, and Chinese teaching professionals around the world
• The World Language (Chinese) Teacher is expected to integrate cultural content related to the language being taught, offering students meaningful insights into the customs, traditions, history, and arts of the target cultures.

Position Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (Chinese Language Instruction or Chinese Literature is preferred)
• Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
• Teaching license or a degree in education
• At least two years of full time teaching experience
• Standards-based curriculum experience preferred
• Knowledge of and experience with the ACTFL standards and proficiency guidelines preferred
• Strong background in Chinese language and the capability to teach both non-native and native speakers.
• Demonstrates a strong track record of effective collaboration
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills
• Demonstrates fluency in the Chinese language
• Confident technology skills for teaching and administrative tasks

Working Requirements

• Sponsoring and/or coaching after school activities are part of the responsibility of the professional educator. Therefore, faculty shall be available to coach and/or sponsor an athletic team or other extra curricular activity. Each faculty member is expected to do a minimum of one category 1 activity or sport per year.
• Mandatory attendance of school orientation and participation in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including "Back-to-School Night").
• Attend Responsive Classroom professional learning (virtual or in-person), specified by the school, in the months prior to the official start of employment.