OPPORTUNITY

Join the vibrant community at the Chinese American International School's Lower School campus as a Kindergarten Teacher. Become part of a team striving to be the world’s most innovative, inspiring, and influential Chinese English dual-language immersion school.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate finds resonance with CAIS’s mission to Embrace Chinese, Become Your Best Self, and Create Your Place in the World. As CAIS aims to empower independent, effective, and inspired learners, we look for a candidate adept at student-centered pedagogy such as differentiation, use of assessment to inform teaching, and Workshop-based instruction. This candidate can foster a joyful learning community that strikes a developmentally appropriate balance between establishing foundational academic skills and nurturing the curiosity and creativity of our youngest learners.

Our new team member will collaborate with grade level Chinese and English partner teachers and enjoy a wealth of professional development opportunities. The candidate will enter an environment that values social emotional learning alongside academic challenge. Within the framework of a strong curricular vision supported by English and Chinese directors, the candidate will enjoy considerable autonomy in developing the classroom curriculum.

CAIS offers a dynamic dual culture setting, in which faculty are immersed in a culture of language learners. We look for a candidate who will embrace CAIS’s work to create an equitable, inclusive environment where all faculty, students, and families are supported in their individual identities. We welcome all applicants who aim to actively support and participate in our diverse and inclusive community.

BENEFITS

The CAIS Board of Trustees and administration are expressly dedicated to ensuring that CAIS is a great place work. The school has committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and rewarding top-tier faculty with benefits including:

• Small class size (approximately 15 students), with a Teaching Associate
• Transparent salary scale benchmarked to the Bay Area’s competitive standards
• Robust opportunities for professional development, support, and growth
• Comprehensive insurance package (covering 100% of premiums for individual employee)
• Numerous opportunities to participate in international travel
• Commuting cost and down payment assistance
• Consideration for relocation

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Position responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Demonstrate teaching excellence, a growth mindset, professionalism, and integrity.
• Support the educational program by challenging, supporting, and engaging students.
• Successfully teach all assigned classes in accordance with grade appropriate best practices.
• Encompass a positive discipline approach in guiding student behavior.
• Develop a positive intellectual, emotional, and social environment within the classroom and a class community in which all children feel valued and a sense of belonging.
• Actively support and collaborate on school initiatives, such as events and committee work.
• Work collaboratively and maintain standards of respect, courtesy, and mutual consideration with the school community, including students, staff, and parents.
• Communicate effectively, promptly, and proactively with families.
• Use Reading and Writing Workshop models to inform English Language Arts classroom instruction and assessments.
• Prepare assessments, grades, and progress reports according to school procedures.
• Integrate technology into curriculum.
• Attend faculty and division meetings including required meetings/events before the beginning of the school year and during the term of employment.