Lake Forest Country Day School in Chicago is seeking a Grade 4-8 Mandarin Chinese teacher for the 2014-15 school year. LFCDS is seeking an innovative teacher with experience teaching American children and native or near-native Mandarin language ability. The successful candidate will build on LFCDS’ successful, seven-year-old Chinese program built on Comprehensible Input-based teaching. LFCDS seeks a teacher with an interactive, collaborative teaching style who maximizes use of Chinese in classes at all levels while maintaining student comprehension and engagement. Cultural understanding will be interspersed throughout the curriculum. Communicative proficiency will be the main goal, with most students ready to enter Chinese 2 or above in high school.
Other duties include student supervision, advisory, and collaborating with colleagues. A 5-day Chinese immersion field trip to San Francisco, led by the teacher, is a capstone of the Grade 8 Chinese program.
Interested teachers should send a resume and cover letter to Andy Sperling, Head of the Upper School, at andy.sperling@lfcds.org