HS World Language Acquisition French & Spanish Teacher at American International School of Johannesburg

Qualifications:

The French/Spanish teacher should have: 

• Secondary license or certification for teaching French & Spanish, with a preference for a master’s degree   
• Successful experience teaching IB French/Spanish ab initio and Language B
• Recent training and/or experience in the current Language Acquisition curricula
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, teachers and others
• Positive attitude and proven belief that all students can learn
• Ability to differentiate instruction for all learners
• Ability to establish and participate in collaborative structures 
• Proven ability to develop successful academic programs
•  Proven ability to moderate assignments at all levels to ensure collective understanding of achievement
• Proven ability to use learning data to explore and improve teaching and learning practices
• Ability to engage students in language learning activities using a variety of current social media forms
• An active online profile
• Successful experiences with advisory programming
• Successful experiences with inspiring or leading innovative practices

Performance Responsibilities:

Teachers at AISJ are expected to:

• Communicate and liaise on a regular basis with fellow team department/grade members with regards to planning, assessment, parent and community contact, subject organization and classroom issues including discipline, expectations and routines
• Standardize assessments on a regular basis
• Communicate and liaise with other school colleagues and promote social and emotional awareness
• Take an active role in the advisory of class groups
• Constructively contribute to, staff meetings
• Maintain up-to-date records of assessment, attendance, planning, reports, conferences, and communication with parents
• Engage in ongoing professional development opportunities
• Establish links with the parent community to ensure that parents are kept well informed about student progress
• Assist, as required, in the development of social and emotional curricular materials
• Act as a resource/contact/support for new staff members (i.e. curriculum, schedules, procedures)
• Participate in and assist with, school events as required