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Chinese American International School seeks a
Carroll Family Learning Center Coordinator (2022-2023)
This is an English language position; NO Chinese language proficiency required.
Exempt, full-time position
WELCOME!
Join the vibrant community at the Chinese American International School’s 888 Campus as a member of our Middle School faculty. Become part of a team striving to be the world’s most innovative, inspiring, and influential Chinese English dual-language immersion school.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate finds resonance with CAIS’s mission to Embrace Chinese, Become Our Best Selves, and Contribute to a Better World. Consistent with our Strategic Vision 2020-2025, CAIS is committed to a culture of learning characterized by curiosity, agency, perseverance, and joy.
We are seeking a talented, visionary educator to lead our highly successful Carroll Family Learning Center Program into the future. An exciting opportunity for this role will be planning ways to bring the success of the existing program to the new campus on 19th Avenue. In addition this role will include supporting and enhancing our already effective research curriculum, utilizing print, media, and database technologies, assisting the Director of Educational Technology with ongoing tech integration across the curriculum, and identifying opportunities for the library to support curricular units in all subject areas!
The Carroll Family Learning Center is a welcoming and academically stimulating learning environment for all students and a flexible gathering space for events promoting the school’s mission. We look for a candidate who will embrace CAIS’s work to create an equitable, inclusive environment where all faculty, students, and families are supported in their individual identities. We welcome all applicants who aim to actively support and participate in our diverse and inclusive community.
BENEFITS
The CAIS Board of Trustees and administration are expressly dedicated to ensuring that CAIS is a great place to work. The school is committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and rewarding top-tier faculty and excellent educators with a strong benefits package. Please see the final page for a description of benefits.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
The Carroll Center Coordinator’s duties and responsibilities include:
● managing all day-to-day use of the space and its resources
○ establishing and upholding inclusive policies and practices to ensure students and faculty are safe and welcomed in the space
○ maintaining a diverse and relevant print and ebook collection
○ physical processing and cataloging of new materials
○ handling circulation (including creating protocols for students to access the collection safely once the space is reopened after COVID)
○ managing the budget responsibly
○ maintaining an updated calendar to schedule use of the space
● providing materials that enrich and support the curriculum and foster a rich independent reading culture
○ consulting with teachers and students to assess their information needs for both English and Chinese resources, and improving upon print, digital, and subscription services to meet these
○ promoting the databases and subscription services and training teachers and students to effectively evaluate and use these resources
○ maintaining and improving upon the Carroll Family Learning Center PowerSchool page as a virtual extension of the learning environment
● collaborating with staff to ensure that students are effective and ethical users of ideas and information
○ planning and co-teaching standards-based research lessons with classroom teachers in the context of their curriculum
○ continuing to develop an information literacy scope and sequence grounded in information literacy and educational technology standards (including library skills/research/digital citizenship) integrated into the curriculum across grade levels
○ sharing tech tools and resources with the staff and students relevant to their topics of study
● empowering students to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and empathetic community members by
○ continuing to build a reading culture with displays, readers’ advisory, book clubs, and regular ELA class visits.
○ plan robust programming around reading, information literacy, digital citizenship, DEI, and other relevant topics (prior examples include author visits, The Human Library, division wide reading initiatives, etc)
○ include students’ voice and choice in the program planning and collection development by providing opportunities for input and leadership (prior examples include a School Library Advisory Committee and a CAIS News video journalism club)
● creating opportunities for all learners to engage in joyful and meaningful work grounded in antiracism and contributing to a better world by:
○ collaborating with the School Counselor to provide resources for advisory curriculum on DEI units
○ collaborating with the Global Learning Coordinator to help facilitate and create meaningful inquiry and research-driven community engagement projects
○ connecting learning to the community as much as possible by partnering with local organizations and bringing in guest speakers
In addition, this position includes advising a group of about 10 students, running a club, and several collateral duties (such as supervising lunch or breaks), as well as appropriate committee work and attendance at staff meetings.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
● Master’s degree in Library and Information Science
● Previous library and teaching experience
○ Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with students at the middle school level
● Must love working with middle schoolers and have an understanding of adolescent social emotional development
● Demonstrated commitment to maintaining a culturally inclusive library setting grounded in standards-based best practices
● Effective interpersonal communication and organization skills
● Demonstrated knowledge of and passion for children’s and young adult literature
● Commitment to continued professional development to stay on top of education, library and information literacy trends.
ABOUT CAIS
As the nation’s first dual language Chinese and English Preschool through 8th grade school, CAIS embodies its mission by working continuously to maintain our role as a leader in immersion education. We are known as an ambitious school, and we have just embarked on a multi-year vision to reimagine immersion, reimagine our culture of learning, reimagine character and community, and reimagine our learning spaces. Our three campuses are currently located in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. We are thrilled to announce that we have purchased a campus on 19th Avenue in San Francisco which will more than double our program space and allow all divisions to be together on one spectacular campus. We anticipate moving all divisions to the new campus in the 2023-2024 school year at the earliest.
For more information, visit https://www.cais.org/about-us/employment and the CAIS Middle School Website.
TO APPLY
CAIS’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is central to our mission. People of color and LGBTQIA candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Email cover letter, resume, and list of references to middle_school_jobs@cais.org. In the subject line please indicate: “Carroll Center Coordinator.” Please no calls.
CAIS as a Workplace
Chinese American International School is dedicated to attracting, developing, rewarding and retaining world-class employees and ensuring that this is a great place to work. We put a high priority on advances in compensation, benefits, and work climate with a 2021–2022 benefits package and perks including:
Distinctively CAIS Benefits
● Down payment assistance for home purchase
● Commuter benefits (up to $280/month)
● Trips to China and Taiwan
● Chaperone student trips to Taiwan (Taipei) and China (Guilin and Yunnan Province)
● Dynamic, dual culture setting valuing honest self assessment, thoughtful self reflection, intentional planning, and focused implementation
Financial Benefits
● CAIS contributes 5% of your earnings immediately in a 403(B) retirement plan (no contribution required on your part)
● Salary scale benchmarked to the Bay Area’s competitive standards, including annual cost-of-living adjustments
● Consideration for relocation costs
● Approximately 90% adjustment to tuition for exempt employees
Professional Development
● Robust opportunities for conferences, workshops, and courses
● Membership in California Teacher Development Collaborative — https://catdc.org/
Health Benefits
● CAIS pays 100% of the premium for medical, dental, vision, acupuncture, short-term disability and long-term disability, and life insurance for you (along with competitive rates for spouse and family coverage)
● Employer-funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Pre-tax HSA employee contribution
● Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical and dependent care
Vacation / Holiday / Paid Time Off
● Thanksgiving Break – 1 week
● Winter Break (December/January) – 2 weeks
● Winter Break (February) – 1 week
● Spring Break (April) – 1 week
● Summer Break – 9 weeks of summer from mid-June to mid-August
● Paid school holidays according to the school calendar
● Up to 2 additional days off for religious holidays
● Accrue 11.5 days of Sick Time annually
● Accrue 3 days of Personal Time annually
Quality of Life and Appreciation
● Monthly appreciation lunches
● Twice-yearly Faculty/Staff Appreciation Weeks
● Annual milestones luncheon
● Free tickets to annual dinner/dance gala
● Lunar New Year luncheon
● Birthday gift card
