French Teacher (Immersion and Core French)

Come teach French immersion on PEI! Enseigner le français langue seconde à l’Î.-P.-É.

The Public Schools Branch serves more than 20,000 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 and employs more than 4,000 people across Prince Edward Island. More than half of our 56 English schools offer an immersion program, including early immersion, mid immersion and late immersion, as well as Core French programs.

Why choose the PSB?

Working at the PSB is choosing to propel your career in an environment, which supports people to share their ideas and to take up challenges. Educational success, wellness, communications and resources anchor us as a quality educational organization and an employer of choice. We offer competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and an advantageous benefit package.

Working on Prince Edward Island means choosing to breathe in the ocean air, to walk on warm sandy beaches, to surround yourself by diverse cultures, to experience sea-based culinary delights and to discover a little piece of paradise on Canada’s east coast. It is an ideal place to raise a young family, with all the services of a large city or province. Most people live minutes from their workplace and minutes from the ocean. This is the Island way of life.

Job Description

We are currently inviting applicants to apply for anticipated teaching opportunities in our schools offering French immersion and Core French.

The Public Schools Branch (PSB) will be interviewing for positions that will be available as Probationary Contract and/or Fixed Term Contract during the 2023-2024 school year. Contracts will be offered after vacant positions have been advertised in transfer to current permanent and probationary teachers of the PSB.

Interviews will be held beginning in February 2023.

French oral proficiency evaluations will take place once candidates have successfully completed the interview process.

Please send your resume and a cover letter to PSBTeachFrench@edu.pe.ca.

Qualifications and requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Meet the French Language Proficiency requirement as determined by the Minister’s Directive: Superior or Exempt for French Immersion and Advanced for Core French (see Department of Education and Lifelong Learning website for additional information);

• Have or be eligible to hold a valid PEI Teacher’s Certificate (see Department of Education and Lifelong Learning website for additional information);

• Good understanding of language acquisition;

• Knowledge of differentiated instruction;

• Knowledge of effective teaching strategies;

• Knowledge of student learning needs;

• Knowledge of the play-based curriculum (for Kindergarten positions only);

• Effective oral and written communication skills in French and English;

• Ability to utilize a variety of teaching strategies;

• Good classroom management and organizational skills;

• Be able to demonstrate the following: teamwork, collaborative practices, superior interpersonal skills, commitment to ongoing learning and school community, a good work attendance record.

Note: Please ensure the application clearly demonstrates how you meet the noted qualifications as applicants will be screened based on the information provided.