Chinese Language Immersion Teacher

About the role

St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri seeks 3 full-time Chinese Language Immersion Teachers.

Responsibilities

• Plan Chinese language immersion instruction for students in Kindergarten through 8th grade (elementary and middle school) in core courses such as Social Studies, Science, and/or English and Math appropriate to the abilities and cultural background of students.
• Create and organize classroom rules, procedures, and routines.
• Manage student behavior to ensure student learning.
• Establish a culture of high expectations, diversity, cultural sensitivity, and understanding.
• Create clear content and language objectives for all lessons, units, and projects.
• Provide differentiated instruction as needed.
• Maintain ongoing communication with students and parents about the student's level of instruction, academic progress, and/or deficiencies.
• Evaluate student progress regularly.
• Represent the School and program to the School district, county, state, and/or federal community groups.
• Interact with outside agencies as necessary.
• Teach Summer classes if necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Education, Language and Literacy, or a closely related field.
• Near native fluency in spoken and written Chinese and English.
• A license to teach in Missouri or other state (Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, K-6, or K-8) or the ability to teach in the country in which the teacher received his or her training.