Summary of the position

Silicon Valley is seeking a long-term substitute from September 16, 2024, to approximately February 7, 2025, to provide support for a leave of absence within our Elementary School. The Elementary Chinese Teacher works across our language program classrooms to help inspire a foundational love for learning. They facilitate learning by establishing a relationship with students and by their organization of learning resources and the classroom learning environment. They develop and foster the appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children according to age, ability, and aptitude. They assess and record progress and document the learning journey. They link students' knowledge to earlier learning and develop ways to encourage it further. PYP Teachers challenge and inspire students to help them deepen their knowledge and understanding.

The Elementary Chinese Teacher must demonstrate commitment to INTL’s mission and the population we serve. They must also be experienced with teaching at the Elementary level. They must also be responsible, self-motivated, friendly, willing to work with a team of colleagues, and accepting and adaptable to a working environment with different cultures.

The position involves teaching through inquiry according to the PYP framework while also ensuring foundational skill acquisition and collaborating extensively with English, French, German, and Chinese program teachers. Time for collaboration with the other teachers is built into the schedule. INTL seeks teachers who know how to combine academic rigor with student engagement and have experience with inquiry-based teaching and learning.

Our Mission

Silicon Valley International School’s focus on inquiry and bilingualism empowers young minds to embrace complexity, think critically from multiple perspectives, and demonstrate integrity and sensitivity across cultures.

Our Guiding Principles 

​​1. We emphasize inquiry-based learning to foster intellectual curiosity and encourage depth of knowledge and thought.

2. We focus on academic depth and rigor, instilling confidence to tackle the challenges of an increasingly complex world.

3. We celebrate diversity on a daily basis through our bilingual immersion programs and our commitment to the IB learner profile.

4. We are honest, respectful, inclusive, and we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

5. We pursue service and impact whenever and wherever we are.

Our C.O.R.E. Values

Community: We respect, support, and collaborate to achieve results greater than we could ever reach individually.

Openness: We appreciate different cultures and perspectives by communicating honestly and without bias.

Resilience: We accept challenges, commit to overcoming them, and learn from our mistakes.

Empathy: We strive to understand each other and to treat everyone with care and kindness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 2 years of teaching experience
• Authorization to work in the United States 
• Experience working with elementary-age learners
• English Speaker
• Experience with the PYP and in bilingual schools is strongly preferred

Compensation and benefits

The salary for this teaching position is contingent upon educational attainment and years of professional experience. The salary scale for this role ranges from $73,460 (BA Step 3) to $118,672 (PhD Step 22). Please note that this range will be adjusted proportionally based on the actual number of weeks worked within the full academic year.

We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee only
• Employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program 
• Eligible for prorated paid sick leave and paid time off
• Receive holiday pay and paid during scheduled school break 
• Eligible to participate in the School’s 403(b) retirement plan with a generous employer match after 2 years of service

Silicon Valley International School is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and makes employment decisions based on merit. INTL prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics or information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. INTL will afford equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees as to all terms and conditions of employment, including, without limitation, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, transfer, discipline, and termination.

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