Head Mandarin Teacher, - NJ

HudsonWay Immersion School (HWIS) is a progressive pre-K through Grade 8 Mandarin and Spanish Immersion School founded 15 years ago in the NJ/NY area. The school’s mission is to prepare students with the knowledge, skills and character to become global contributors and citizens of the world. Our values are excellence, respect, teamwork, integrity, communication, innovation, transparency, customer service, and accountability. HWIS has a strong academic reputation. Students perform well above average and are accepted at top tier independent schools.

We are searching for a qualified and compassionate Mandarin Head teacher with an understanding and commitment to the vision of the language immersion model to join our talented team at Stirling, NJ location. S/He must possess an excellent command of the language of instruction (Mandarin) in order to model, instruct and maintain high academic standards as well as adhere to the language policy of the classroom. This position is for the 2024-25 academic year with training beginning the summer of 2024.

Responsibilities:

• Plans and instructs assigned classes to meet students' needs.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional strategies, innovating techniques that enhance the immersion model and 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 that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Builds classroom community by partnering with families to facilitate children's 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 conducts them in the classroom.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attends professional development, curriculum development sessions, and staff meetings and serves on committees as required.

Qualifications:

• Native speaker of Mandarin
• At least three years of teaching experience in elementary 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

No Relocation available. Need local candidate.

We regret we cannot respond to every applicant. Only those of interest will be contacted.

Thank you for your interest in HWIS.

www.hwis.org

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $44,000.00 - $62,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching: 2 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Stirling, NJ 07980 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Stirling, NJ 07980: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $44,000 - $62,000