MIDDLE SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER(S) 0.4 FTE 2026-27 CHINOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Duties & Responsibilities

• Teach French courses to students in Grades 6-8.
• French language instruction 90%-100% of the instructional day.
• Advise co-curricular clubs and activities.
• Center instruction on high expectations for student achievement.
• Provide clear communication with students and engage them in learning.
• Demonstrate effective teaching practices through questioning and discussion techniques.
• Recognize individual student learning needs and develop strategies to address them.
• Foster and manage a safe, positive learning environment.
• Use multiple student data elements to modify instruction and improve student learning.
• Design student assessments, use assessment in instruction, and maintain accurate student records.
• Communicate and collaborate with parents and the school community.
• Participate in a professional community, growing and developing professionally.
• Establish student growth goals to ensure student growth over time.
• Direct the activities of assigned non-certificated personnel.
• Attend or participate in all required staff meetings and other activities.

Requirements

• Possess or qualify for immediate issuance of a valid Washington State teaching certificate with an endorsement in French.
• Prefered Experience in extensive travel, study, and/or residence in a French-speaking country.
• Literate in French.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of and/or experience with instruction using sound research-based instruction, best practices and pedagogy.
• Knowledge of Bellevue School District's curriculum and instructional practices.

Skills

• Training in and/or direct experience with middle school aged students.
• Commitment to the District's vision, mission and goals.
• Commitment to equity through culturally relevant teaching practices.
• Knowledge of differentiated instructional practices and data-driven instructional decision-making.
• Ability and skills necessary to individualize instruction.
• Commitment and ability to work with a full range of students including gifted, mainstreamed special education, English language learners, and students from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
• Ability to develop students’ technology literacy.
• Ability to work in a collaborative or team approach.
• Ability to communicate effectively, professionally, collaboratively and positively with students, parents, and colleagues, orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with students in multi-aged groups.
• Ability to use varied assessments, including performance tasks, portfolios, and student self-assessment.

Education

• Possess or qualify for immediate issuance of a valid Washington State teaching certificate with an endorsement in French.

Pay

$75,821 to $142,176 annual salary, actual salary prorated based on FTE (based on the negotiated collective bargaining agreement salary schedule).