CLTA newsletter May 2019

CLTA NEWSLETTER
Catholic, college-preparatory school for young men
founded in 1963. The school enrolls approximately
1,000 day students in grades 7-12 from over 60
communities in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode
Island.
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:
The applicant will have demonstrated content
knowledge and pedagogic skill relative to Mandarin
Chinese. In addition to proficiency in both Chinese
and English, a history of collaborating with other
educators, as well as the ability to maintain and adapt
existing curricula to meet the ever changing needs of
students is required. The ideal candidate will be
comfortable using a variety of teaching strategies and
assessment tools to focus on the skills of listening,
speaking, reading, and writing, have a passion for
educating young men, and a willingness to be
involved in the school community beyond the
classroom setting while also working with our
International Culture Club and our Chinese Honor
Society. Candidates should have excellent
interpersonal and organizational skills, and an
enthusiasm for the school’s mission as a Catholic and
Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School.
HOW TO APPLY:
Resume, cover letter, and three references should be
submitted electronically to Linda Corbett
at lcorbett@xbhs.com. Please indicate MANDARIN
CHINESE TEACHER SEARCH in the Subject line.
Position available IMMEDIATELY. Salary
commensurate with experience; excellent benefits.
Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
Educational Director/Head of School – NY & NJ (New
York, NY)
HudsonWay Immersion School (HWIS) has the
reputation as the “best Mandarin and Spanish
immersion program in NYC and NJ” due to its unique
full immersion model, early start in preschool, teacher
training and immersion leadership. Reflecting that
reputation, the school’s mission is to develop students
as flexible thinkers, culturally aware and linguistically
capable in at least two languages.
HWIS, serving children ages 2 to Grade 5, is the
oldest independent Mandarin and Spanish immersion
program in the NY/NJ area with two campuses – one
on the upper west side of Manhattan, and one in
NJ. The school is poised to more than double
enrollment growth with recently-obtained funding to
expand and relocate the NY school in September
2019, and with the recent NJ move to a newly
renovated Catholic school in NJ this past September
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2018. The school has also announced plans to grow
in grades through grade 8 by 2021.
The new educational director/head of school will
report to and partner with a board consisting of three
owner investors. Two of the owner investors are the
original founders having started this school for their
own children 13 years ago. The third investor joined
HWIS in late 2018 to support the NY
expansion. Initially the role would focus on the
education and operations of the school, expansion to
middle school grades 6-8, development of after
school clubs and building the parent community. The
roles of finance, legal, HR, marketing and admissions
would be outside the scope of the role. It is believed
that in 2-4 years the role would expand to include
these functional areas and evolve from Educational
Director to Head of School.
Educational Director/Head of School
The Educational Director (ED) is a leader who is a
strong collaborative builder of people, possesses
pedagogical high standards, and is passionate about
the benefits of immersion education. The ED will
oversee two locations: Stirling, NJ and NY,
NY. Reporting to the ED will be a team of assistant
directors with both significant and newly acquired
immersion experience. The position will be subject to
a bi-annual review by the school founders. The
successful candidate will possess many of the
following experiences and skills:
• MA,Education related field (Administration,
Curriculum & Instruction, Linguistics, etc.)
• Prior administrative experience in a leadership role
in an independent school
• Prior teaching or administrative experience with an
immersion school
• K-8 and early childhood experience
• Excellent community-outreach and relationship
building skills
• Extensive knowledge of curriculum development;
new research and technology enhancements
• Ability to create and sustain positive, ambitious
school culture among staff and students
• Ability to develop teachers- mentor, provide
feedback and constructive criticism, corrective action,
coaching and discipline if necessary.
• Experience in assessment and achievement data
analysis
• Leading school in acquiring accreditation
• Bilingual/fluent in one of the languages of instruction
– Mandarin or Spanish
• Ability to partner with HR, Accounting, Admissions,
Facilities, etc. in upholding and enforcing School