FRENCH TEACHER – Senior School   2025-26 School Year

Part Time/Full Time – 0.6-1.00 FTE     

Brockton School is seeking a Senior School French teacher. The French teacher will primarily be responsible for teaching French as a second language at the Middle Years Level (MYP –  grades 6-10). They will work collaboratively with members of the Middle Years Program (MYP), Diploma Program (DP), Career Program (CP), other elements of the Senior School team, the Languages Department Chair, and with other members of Faculty/Staff. As a member of the teaching team, this teacher will report to the Divisional Directors and collaborate closely with International Baccalaureate (IB) program coordinators.

Requirements:

• BC Teacher Certification (Teachers Regulation Branch) or alternative as supported by the BC Teachers Regulation Branch.
• Interest in being part of a dynamic and visionary IB school community.
• Post-secondary degree in an area of Languages with specific experience in French.

Ideal characteristics:

• Experience in bringing a diversity of voices and worldviews to classroom material and learning experiences, including Indigenous, local, and global perspectives.
• Willingness to collaborate with colleagues to build Unit plans 
• Experience with teaching French through the communicative approach
• 3-5 Years of successful Experience teaching French to non-French speaking students at the middle school level
• Native-like command of the French language
• Experience teaching IB MYP French as a Second Language (FSL)
• Legal standing to work in Canada

Expectations include but are not limited to:

• Place student safety and well-being as the priority in all instances
• Inspire students to want to learn; promote growth mindsets and lifelong learning
• Model and promote the Portrait of the Graduate & the IB Learner Profile
• Cultivate a learning environment that is student-centred, that recognizes each student (and family) as unique, and that promotes authentic and professional connections/relationships
• Become involved in enrichment opportunities by helping with and/or leading
• Language-related activities, both in and out of class time
• Use a variety of pedagogical approaches and lesson design to ensure students’ progress in their skills within the target-language.
• Embrace high standards of professional conduct and professional excellence; pursue best and innovative practice; embrace lifelong learning and personal/ professional growth
• Communicate and respond appropriately and genuinely with students, parents, and other community members, respecting diverse needs and perspectives (including one’s own)
• Actively, and with a positive mindset, support and work alongside colleagues in one’s individual and collective work; acknowledge that we are on a shared journey and that we are better together; trust and be trustworthy
• Approach problem-solving with flexibility and positivity
• Have fun 

Brockton School holds inclusion to be one of our core values, and welcomes the benefits of a diversity of perspectives and experiences.  We encourage application by candidates from communities that have been underrepresented at independent schools, and are happy to provide accommodation in the interviewing process.  If you would like accommodation in the application process, please let us know via your application. 

Express your interest in this role by completing THIS FORM and indicating posting ID SS001-2526 (The form allows you to upload a cover letter, CV, and teacher’s certification.

Application deadline is 5 pm (PST), Friday, February 21, 2025.

This position is open to both internal and external candidates.

While we appreciate all applications, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Posting date:  4 February 2025