Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
CHINESE TEACHER (K-8th Grade Roles)
Instruction and learning provided in English and Chinese.
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This posting is for a position during the 2025-2026 school year which would start in August 2025.
Must-Haves - High-priority skills and qualities
- Engages in culturally responsive, equitable, and anti-racist practices
- Continuously reflects, grows, and develops professional practice
- Makes decisions aligned with the SLLIS Mission, Values, and Purpose
- Believes in the capacity of each child to achieve at high levels
- Cultivates a collaborative, adaptable, and solutions-focused culture
- Approaches all situations with an asset-based and growth mindset
- Develops and uses effective organization systems
- Communicates in a proactive, timely, and effective manner
Minimum Qualifications
- Near native fluency in spoken and written English and Chinese
- A license to teach in Missouri or other state (early childhood education, elementary or middle school education, K-6, or K-8) or ability to teach in the country in which the teacher received their training
- Bachelor's degree in education, literacy, language, or a closely related field
Nice-to-Haves - Skills and qualities that are a plus but not necessarily a requirement
- Teaching experience in K-8 classroom
- Strong data tracking and interpretation habits
- Solid understanding of academic and behavioral strategies for students with various needs
- Knowledge of best practices when working with language learners
Responsibilities
- Provide instruction in core content areas (literacy, math, science, etc.) to both elementary and middle school students in either Chinese and English
- Ensures safety of students by providing active supervision
- Builds strong relationships based on mutual respect across dimensions of difference with students, families, and all stakeholders
- Provides appropriate, research-based scaffolds and differentiates instruction
- Develops and uses an effective classroom culture plan
- Collects and analyzes data, and uses it to drive decisions
- Prepares and implements daily lessons aligned to the curriculum
- Provides high-quality and consistent input in the language of instruction per the dual language model
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