French Teacher - High School

Alpha Academy • Fayetteville, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Alpha Academy seeks a French Teacher to teach at the high school level in Fayetteville, NC. The role involves planning, organizing, and presenting instruction to help students learn subject matter and skills that contribute to their educational and social development. Key responsibilities include managing instructional time, student behavior, and presenting lessons effectively. The teacher will also monitor student performance, provide feedback, facilitate instruction aligned with curriculum goals, and interact positively with students, colleagues, parents, and the community. Non-instructional duties and adherence to established policies are also expected, along with a commitment to professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree.
• Hold or be eligible to hold a NC teaching license in French (K-12).
• Bilingual French/English.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitates by work assignments.
• Data Conception: Ability to compare and/or judge the characteristics of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions.
• Language Ability: Ability to read various documents and prepare correspondence, reports, forms, and instructional materials.
• Intelligence: Ability to apply logical/scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions; interpret technical instructions; deal with abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, and follow instructions; communicate effectively in various professional languages.
• Numerical Aptitude: Ability to utilize mathematical formulas, perform calculations, and apply principles of statistics.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to handle office equipment and hand tools; minimal eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions; adaptability under stress and in emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Ability to talk and hear; communicate via telephone.

Nice To Haves

• May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

Responsibilities

• Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready; get the class started quickly; get students on task quickly; maintain high student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: Establish rules and procedures for routine matters, student participation, movement, and transitions; monitor behavior and address inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining student dignity.
• Instructional Presentation: Review previous materials; introduce new lessons and objectives; speak fluently and precisely; use understandable concepts and language; provide relevant examples and demonstrations; assign tasks with a high success rate; ask appropriate questions; conduct lessons at a brisk pace, adjusting as needed; make smooth transitions; clarify assignments; summarize main points.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear, firm, and reasonable work standards and due dates; circulate to check student performance during class work; use oral, written, and other work products to check progress; pose questions clearly and one at a time.
• Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on in-class work to encourage growth; provide prompt feedback on out-of-class work; affirm correct responses; provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses or no response.
• Facilitating Instruction: Maintain an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide curricular goals; use diagnostic information to develop and revise objectives/tasks; maintain accurate student performance records; align objectives, learning strategies, assessment, and student needs; utilize available resources.
• Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably; interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
• Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties; adhere to laws, policies, rules, and regulations; follow a plan for professional development and demonstrate growth.
• Perform other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level