Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School (Washington DC) looking for an Early Childhood French Immersion Teacher

Position Title:           Early Childhood/Elementary French Immersion Teacher

Start date:                   08/10/2020

Schedule:                     Monday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM

School:                        Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School – East End Campus

District:                       District of Columbia

School Address          5600 East Capitol St., NE – Washington, DC  20017

Responsibilities:          Performs a variety of tasks leading to the development and education of students:

• Creates appropriate differentiated learning environment:  stimulating, active, safe, respectful, project-based learning
• Teaches core subjects of language arts, math, science, social sciences or target language
• Implements interdisciplinary/thematic activities

• Involves students and parents as a resource in planning, peer assistance, school operations and service

• Assesses and monitors student learning outcomes

• Assures that activities use an array of community and other learning resources
• Cooperates with the work of the instructional team
• Infuses multicultural content into the instructional program
• Infuses ELL specific strategies into learning activities

• Infuses community service learning activities into the instructional program
• In conjunction with Wellness and Arts Coordinators, infuses arts, health and physical education instruction into the instructional program

Qualifications:

Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood or Elementary Education or equivalent. Fluency in English, French is required. Passing score on Praxis II-Elementary Education Content Knowledge Exam. Criminal background clearance and Tuberculin screening certifying that the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis.

A minimum of one year of experience teaching young children preferred. Teaching certification is not required.

About our French Program:

The Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School prepares 350 culturally diverse pre-school and elementary school students in the District of Columbia to be leaders, scholars and responsible citizens who are committed to social justice. We teach children to think, speak, read, write and learn in two languages: English and French or English and Spanish. Literacy instruction and content instruction are delivered in both languages. Students in Pre-Kindergarten spend 90 percent of their day immersed in Spanish or French while Kindergarten through fifth grade spend 50 percent of their instructional time learning in each language.

About our Students:  

Stokes School is one of the most diverse schools in the District of Columbia.  Our scholars in Pre-K through 5th grade and their families come from many different cultures and backgrounds and reside in all quadrants of the in the city.  Please see our website www.ewstokes.org for additional information about our school and scholars.   

Contact Name :        Human Resources Department
Email :                       hr@ewstokes.org
Telephone:                202-265-7237

How to apply:          To apply for a position please submit your resume/CV to hr@ewstokes.org.