Valued Qualities and Professional Requirements

Personal qualities:

• Enthusiastic about education, teaching and learning
• Nurturing
• Organized
• Open-minded
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and colleagues

Experience, Methods and Techniques:

• Familiarity with both American and French cultures
• Use of a variety of stimulating instructional techniques
• Ability to provide opportunities for all students to experience success
• Ability to conduct activities that engage and motivate students

In addition, we require faculty members teaching in French be native speakers and to hold French diplomas that allow them to teach in the French school system. Faculty members teaching in English must also be native speakers and hold the required diplomas to teach in American schools.

Open Positions

Our school, accredited by the French Ministry of Education, is looking for:
- Certified teachers for the primary school (pre-K through 5th grade): potential openings
- Certified teachers for middle school and high school (6th through 12th grade): potential openings
A good level of English is required for all these positions.
A minimum of 3 years of experience is required.

Applicants who are selected will be interviewed in Paris in late February 2010.

To apply, please send your resume to Mrs. Rachel Mauvais-Jarvis, Assistant to the President, via e-mail to rmauvaisjarvis@lyceechicago.org, fax : 1-773-665-1725, or by mail to Lycée Français de Chicago, 613 W. Bittersweet place, Chicago, IL 60613.

Please send motivation letter, resume and official reviews by January 20, 2010.