French Teacher

The Park School of Buffalo, a PreK-12 and Montessori independent school with a progressive educational tradition, is seeking an experienced French Teacher to teach courses in our lower, middle, and upper school. Candidates should hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a minimum of two years teaching experience.

The Park School offers French in Grades K-12. We embrace active learning and a collaborative, communicative approach to teaching. The position encompasses approximately 50% lower school teaching and 50% middle/upper school courses. This opening is more than a job. It's an opportunity to join a community of educators and families with the goal of helping children and young adults experience excellence in learning through hands-on, experiential instruction in the world languages.

The Park School of Buffalo embraces an inclusive and diverse approach to our hiring efforts. We are committed to recruiting highly-qualified candidates that are as representatively diverse as our wonderful student body. As such, we strongly encourage candidates from groups traditionally underrepresented in teaching to apply.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Park School of Buffalo engages the whole student in a diverse and creative community that nurtures the joy and responsibility of active learning in all, from our youngest learners to our graduates, who leave with the skills essential to college success and the confidence to serve and lead. And, it all starts with faculty such as our French Teacher.

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching French classes in lower, middle, and upper school
• Implementing strategies to help students with listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French, based on their individual needs.
• Evaluating students’ French proficiency in alignment with ACTFL Proficiency Standards
• Teaching an understanding of the diversity of Francophone culture

Requirements:

• Native or near-native French fluency
• Knowledge of ACTFL proficiency framework
• Experience teaching students with diverse learning styles
• Excellent interpersonal skills and flexible, responsive work style
• Demonstration of sensitivity toward each student’s academic, social, and emotional gifts and challenges, meeting each student where they are and challenging them to grow.
• Demonstration of successful experience teaching French in an elementary and/or middle school.
• Willingness to seek out, value and implement cross grade-level opportunities throughout the year.

Qualifications:

• Qualified applicants must have a relevant undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited educational institution
• A teaching certificate: preferred

Candidates may also be asked to serve as a club advisor for a group of middle school or upper school students.

The Park School is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified professional educators regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, or sexual orientation.

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: From $48,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person