Chinese American International School seeks a PRESCHOOL CHINESE TEACHER (2021-2022). Full-time, exempt position.

OPPORTUNITY
    
Seize the opportunity to join the vibrant, dynamic, synergistic community at CAIS as a Preschool Chinese teacher. Become part of a team striving to be the world’s most innovative, inspiring, and influential Chinese English dual-language immersion school. This position offers a unique opportunity for passionate early childhood educators to be part of a preschool-8th grade program that places great importance on early learning. Consistent with its Strategic Vision 2020-2025, CAIS is committed to reimagining immersion to achieve greater student engagement and proficiency in Chinese and cultivate the cognitive, character and intercultural competencies that are the “CAIS Immersion Bonus.” We are seeking a teacher leader who can collaborate with our strong existing Chinese faculty to shape CAIS Preschool’s full Chinese immersion model, which will be implemented in the 2021-2022 school year. 

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE    
    
The ideal candidate finds resonance with CAIS’s mission to Embrace Chinese, Become your Best Self, and Contribute to a Better World. As CAIS aims to empower inquisitive, creative, and inspired learners, we look for a candidate adept at child-centered pedagogy such as differentiation, play based learning, inquiry based learning, and application of best practices in language and literacy instruction. Our new team member will collaborate with grade level Chinese partner teachers and enjoy a wealth of professional development opportunities. The candidate will enter an environment that values social emotional learning alongside intellectual challenge. Within the framework of a strong curricular vision supported by a Preschool-8th Grade Chinese Director and Preschool Director, the candidate will enjoy considerable autonomy in developing the classroom curriculum.

CAIS offers a dynamic dual culture setting, in which faculty are immersed in a culture of language learners. We look for a candidate who will embrace CAIS’s work to create an equitable, inclusive environment where all faculty, students, and families are supported in their individual identities. We welcome all applicants who aim to actively support our diverse and inclusive community.
            
        
ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Position responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Demonstrate teaching excellence, a growth mindset, professionalism, flexibility, and integrity
• Collaborate with Preschool teaching team, including other lead teachers, teaching associates, and specialist teachers
• Interact with children using positive, supportive, and respectful attitude, language, and tone
• Support child’s social and emotional development
• Maintain a healthy, safe, engaging, and developmentally appropriate environment
• Make sound, timely and appropriate decisions and take responsibility for the decisions
• Contribute to the development of community among staff by having open, constructive, and solution-oriented communication
• Encompass a positive discipline approach in guiding student behavior
• Partner with families towards students’ success
• Develop a positive intellectual, emotional, and social environment within the classroom and a class community in which all children feel valued and a sense of belonging
• Work collaboratively and maintain standards of respect, courtesy, and mutual consideration with the school community, including students, staff, and parents