National Association of Independent Schools Is Hiring A Head Mandarin Elementary Teacher

Join HudsonWay Immersion School (HWIS), a renowned pre-K through Grade 8 Mandarin and Spanish immersion school with a 20-year legacy of fostering global citizens through innovative language education.🌎✨

About HudsonWay Immersion School (HWIS)

Founded in the NJ/NY area, HWIS is committed to preparing students with the knowledge, skills, and character to thrive as contributors and citizens of the world. Our core values include excellence, respect, teamwork, integrity, communication, innovation, transparency, customer service, and accountability. The school has a strong academic reputation, with students consistently performing above average and gaining admission to top-tier independent schools. 🎓🌟

Responsibilities

• Plans and instructs assigned classes to meet students' needs.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional strategies and innovative techniques that enhance the immersion model. Incorporates social-emotional learning strategies in the classroom.
• Collaborates daily with colleagues to plan units of study and discuss student development.
• Guides the learning process toward achieving curriculum goals.
• Creates a classroom environment conducive to learning, appropriate for students’ maturity and interests.
• Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Builds a classroom community by partnering with families to facilitate academic success and personal development.
• Assesses students' accomplishments, including linguistic benchmarks in the target language, and provides progress reports as required.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.

Other Responsibilities

• Maintains accurate and correct records as required by law, school policy, and administrative regulations.
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct within the classroom.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attends professional development sessions, curriculum development meetings, staff meetings, and serves on committees as needed.

Qualifications

• Native speaker of Mandarin
• At least three years of teaching experience in elementary/middle school preferred
• Degree in early childhood or elementary education
• Dedication to learning and growing as an educator
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• High level of personal organization, planning, and classroom management skills
• Vigorous technology usage preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

HudsonWay Immersion School is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against anyone based on race, color, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual preference, or disability. 🤝🌟

For more information, visit www.hwis.org