German and ESOL instructor, Head of Germanic Languages

Job Brief: Sepia Language Study is a new language school located in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Sepia was created by a teacher and doctoral candidate who saught to provide high quality world language instruction without the limitations of traditional public school positions. We opened in Fall 2022 offering all levels of Spanish and French, and our school immediately took off very quickly. There are very few competing language schools in our area, and even fewer that offer advanced level courses. Currently led entirely by the instructor/owner (specialized in Romance Languages), we are hoping to expand next school year and open a Germanic Language section as well, beginning with both German and English for Speakers of Other Languages. We are looking for someone to head the Germanic Language section of our school as we expand, and someone who is knowledgable enough about other Germanic languages to help hire other germanic teachers in the future. The ideal candidate has or will have completed a bachelors degree in German by June 2024 with work experience and/or training in TESOL. Current teaching experience is not required, and in fact, we would prefer to find someone for whom advanced language study is still fresh, and whose passion and creativity for language learning has not yet been dampened by work that does not allow for it. This buiness is a startup, we are seeking an enthousiastic partner who shares our vision and is interested in committing to building up this program long term.

This is a part time position that will steadily increase each term for the first school year, with the potential to become full time after that. Pay is dependent on student enrollment, and will range from $16 to $60 hourly. This job would be well suited for someone in their final year of college who is looking for part time work that then leads to a full time position in the future, or someone looking to supplement a current full or part-time position with the intention of later shifting focus away from it and entirely to this new project when able. Please contact [email protected] and include a resume and transcript if interested.


Responsibilities:

• German and English curriculum development, all language levels
• Google classroom / google suite
• In-person, hybrid, and online group instruction
• Collaboration with business owner/Romance Language section head to achieve uniformity between programs at the school
• Create practice activities for students and grade them when they are completed
• Create and give evaluation/placement exams to prospective students and effectively determine approproate language level/course
• Willingness to be trained as needed to run program(s) in line with what our business has established
• Ability to organize and lead short study abroad trips for students in future years

Skills Required: We are looking for someone to head the Germanic Language section of our new language school as we expand. This job will start small and grow quickly. The ideal candidate has or will have completed a bachelors degree in German by June 2024 with work experience and/or training in TESOL. Preference will be given to those who have general knowledge of other Germanic Languages as well, in addition to German and English. A Linguistics or TESOL degree with a German minor may be considered in lieu of a BA in German.