Kindergarten French Immersion Teachers Job ID #103073 in Kansas City, Missouri

Academie Lafayette•Kansas City, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves teaching Kindergarten in a French immersion environment. The teacher will employ a variety of teaching methods to engage different learning styles and ability levels, preparing motivating and stimulating lessons that reflect knowledge of the curriculum, child development, and students’ varying abilities. The position encourages an inclusive classroom that accepts different perspectives and backgrounds, nurturing students to be globally minded. Effective communication with parents, colleagues, and administrators is essential, as is the utilization of assessments and student data to inform instruction. The teacher will create a positive and engaging learning environment with clear expectations, routines, and procedures for classwork, homework, and assessments. A culture of literacy and inquiry will be maintained through current literature and resources supporting critical thinking. Responsibilities include meeting grade reporting deadlines, maintaining substitute plans, engaging in professional development (including IB training), participating in professional goal setting, attending faculty meetings, and working effectively in a multicultural environment. The role also requires efficient task management to meet deadlines and the integration of technology to enhance learning tasks. Prior to assuming classroom responsibility, candidates must pass a federal fingerprint background check through MACHS and register with the Family Care Safety Registry.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Education, Educational Psychology, English, French, Foreign Language Education or related field; or a field related to the assigned subject area.
Hold or be eligible for a Missouri Teaching Certificate, or, for non-US degreed candidates (Licence/Diploma), have valid credentials to teach in home country in accordance with MO Revised Statutes 160.420.
Demonstrated ability to teach assigned content in French (native or near-native proficiency in French).
Demonstrated effective classroom management skills.

Nice To Haves

IB training

Responsibilities

Employ a variety of teaching methods to engage different learning styles and ability levels.
Prepare motivating and stimulating lessons that reflect knowledge of the curriculum, child development, and students’ varying abilities.
Encourage an inclusive classroom that accepts the different perspectives and backgrounds of students and nurtures them to be globally minded.
Communicate effectively with parents, colleagues, and administrators and respond promptly to parents’ concerns.
Utilize a variety of assessments and student data to inform lessons and instructional activities.
Create a learning environment that is positive and engaging, communicates clear expectations, routines and procedures for classwork, homework and assessments.
Maintain a culture of literacy and inquiry through the use of current literature and other instructional resources that support critical thinking.
Meet grade reporting deadlines and requirements and follow school-wide procedures for monitoring and providing feedback on student progress.
Maintain substitute plans and engage substitutes in advance when needed and when possible.
Continue to engage in professional development opportunities (including IB training) to update knowledge of content area(s).
Engage in professional goal setting and review process with assigned administrator.
Attend and actively participate in all divisional and departmental/team faculty meetings.
Work and communicate effectively in a multicultural environment.
Manage multiple tasks efficiently and to meet deadlines.
Integrate technology to augment, modify and redefine learning tasks.
Pass federal fingerprint background through MACHS and register with the Family Care Safety Registry prior to assuming responsibility for classroom teaching (may be done post hire).