Heritage Language Instructor
Heritage Language Instructor
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Job Description
ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
Atlanta International School (AIS) unites students educators and families from Atlanta and around the world with a shared mission: to develop courageous leaders who shape their world for the better.
Our community represents 90 nationalities and over 60 languages. Starting in August 2025 AISs Upper School will span two campuses: the Buckhead Campus for Grades 3K12 day students and the Sandy Springs Campus for Grades 912 day and boarding students.
This dynamic inclusive environment gives AIS its unique energya place where students educators and families thrive innovate and belong. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum school from 3K to Grade 12 we offer the PYP MYP DP and CP with additional flexibility through AISx. This unique program is tailored for preprofessional students in athletics entertainment entrepreneurship and more. AISx partners with Mouratoglou Tennis Academy and the Atlanta United Youth Team and holds Athlete Friendly Educational Center (AFEC) accreditation.
Our engaging and comprehensive academic programs develop internationally minded critical thinkers who excel at connecting complex knowledge to create innovative solutions. At AIS students experience a worldclass education within a diverse multicultural and multilingual community that prepares them for meaningful global impact.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
AIS is looking for in person instructors to join our Afterschool Heritage Language program at the Buckhead Campus location. Instructional languages include: Greek Hindi Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Swahili or Turkish. The teacher will lead a class in that is composed of beginners and mixed ages 5 to 10 years old). The class group is small 3 to 8 students). Students have a cultural connection to the language but may not have language competency at the start of the course.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide opportunities for use of oral language skills.
- Develop cultural connections (literary musical customary etc..
- Engage students families in the program to establish a bridge between school and home identity.
- Use and develop student reading and writing skills in context.
- Engage students through STEAMbased (science art etc. problemsolving activities once students have reached a level when they have developed basic communication skills.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
- Native speaker of Greek Hindi Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Swahili or Turkish (please specify which language in your application).
- Experience working with elementary school aged children.
- Background in teaching or language acquisition desirable.
- Passionate about connecting language with culture.
- Must be flexible engaging openminded and comfortable leading an active group of students in an inquirybased environment.
- The school will provide curriculum guidelines with the expectation that tutors will contribute to the development of the curriculum specific to language components.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- 34 weekly afternoon hours from 3:004:45 PM.
- Paid team meetings as needed.
- $54 per hour. This is an hourly rate with no other benefits.
- Technologically savvy with GoogleMeets.
EEO
AIS is an equal opportunity employer. We are a diverse community of professionals that broadly reflects the people of the metropolitan Atlanta area and the United States at large. We aim to align our hiring process with our mission and institutional goals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion or religious practices sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation citizenship status national origin age ability status military status unemployment status or any other category protected by applicable local state or federal laws. AIS takes affirmative action in support of its policy to employ and advance all qualified candidates.
We will contact those applicants whose skills and experience best match our needs. Due to the high volume of applications we regret that we are not able to take or return phone calls regarding employment.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
