Early Years French PYP Teaching Assistant
Early Years French PYP Teaching Assistant
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ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
Atlanta International School (AIS) offers the full International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum to all students from 3K through grade 12. Our challenging academic programs develop internationally minded critical-thinking students able to take complex and often disparate knowledge concepts and skills and forge these into new and unique ways of solving problems. We provide a rigorous education in a diverse multicultural multilinguistic community where the reality and hope of human potential are in action.
Teaching Assistants at AIS have a passion for working with students in a multicultural community and are always seeking new ways to personalize learning. With a transdisciplinary focus AIS teaching assistants also integrate innovative learning strategies while working with a diverse student population.
JOB PURPOSE
The Early Years French Teaching Assistant collaborates with 2 full-time teachers in a classroom for 3 and 4-year-olds. Teaching assistants help in implementing curriculum and offer ideas and suggestions regarding classroom instruction. Teaching assistants foster an intentionally inclusive atmosphere where all students feel a sense of belonging through the lens of inquiry in a play-based environment.
Position Status: 10-month employee
AIS Position Status: Teaching Assistant
Hours per week: 40 hours (Full-time)
FLSA: Exempt
Reports to: Head of Primary School
Start Date: July 28 2025
Application Deadline: July 1 2025 Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate and co-teach with lead teacher
- Work closely with your classroom lead teacher to prepare and deliver play-based inquiry-based lessons across subjects ensuring a transdisciplinary approach.
- Differentiate for learner variability
- Help the lead teacher provide differentiated instruction especially with small groups or individual students
- Cultivate relationships with students and build a positive classroom environment
- Foster a restorative approach to community-building creating a sense of belonging where students feel valued respected and engaged in relevant real-world learning.
- Develop an intentionally inclusive and safe learning environment where all voices are seen heard and valued
- Value students linguistic cultural racial and ethnic identities fostering a supportive classroom culture.
- Establish a proactive supportive classroom culture with clear and consistent routines
- Model and practice classroom expectations that reinforce respectful behaviors using restorative practices to build independence with thinking and learning
- Foster a dynamic and joyful learning environment by implementing engaging inquiry-based lessons
- Inspire a love of learning while promoting critical thinking and curiosity through engaging hands-on activities.
- Demonstrate knowledge of best practices for immersion language learning and teaching
- Teach students at various language proficiency levels by encouraging the exploration of language patterns and providing multimodal instruction across oral language domains for diverse purposes.
- Communicate with diverse cultural and linguistic groups
- Communicate effectively with students families and colleagues integrating culturally responsive strategies
- Demonstrate a flexible mindset
- Collaborate with the lead teacher to adjust instructional practices based on feedback.
REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 3 years of experience in working with children.
- Proficiency in French is required with additional proficiency in English preferred.
- Enthusiastic about teaching within a multicultural and multilingual environment.
- Strong interpersonal organizational communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Restorative Practices and/or Responsive Classroom preferred.
TO BE CONSIDERED
To be considered for the above-mentioned position please submit the following items through our online career site a letter of interest resume and email and phone contact information for three professional references with at least one being supervisory in nature by the stipulated deadline. Incomplete applications will not be 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.
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.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
