Mandarin Teacher (Online)

As a Mandarin Teacher, you will help to create a well-structured, inclusive, and fun language learning environment for our young students. You will use your experience, creativity, and passion for languages to create a place that is warm, positive, and organized, yet challenging and able to hold students accountable for their growth. Your teaching will be consistent with our mission, vision, and methodology. For this role, you must have some availability to teach and is only for someone available during the day.

Please note: If you are invited to an interview, please prepare a demo (not a pre-recorded video), for beginner adult learners. Any topic is fine, as long as it demonstrates your teaching style and how you lead an online class.

Failure to attend the scheduled interview time will result in automatic disqualification from future opportunities with our organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Must be available during the day.
• Need to have availability to teach.
• Must be available to teach few 45-minute sessions per week.
• Preferred teachers that are fingerprinted by the NYCDOE
• Work closely with our Founder and other teachers to continuously improve relevant curricula.
• Use assessment data, student work, and other information to inform plans for student and class objectives.
• Use positive reinforcement and social learning strategies as your way of teaching.
• Prioritize each student's academic and social environment.
• Understand and work in accordance with our mission and vision.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree in education strongly preferred
• Native-like level of proficiency in Mandarin
• A deep understanding of Mandarin-speaking cultures
• A deep belief in our mission and vision with a strong enthusiasm, passion, and energy
• A deep belief in community building and bonding to achieve results
• The critical features of this role are described above but not all encompassing

About Us:

Diáfano is the language learning hub of the future, with human-centered philosophy at its very core. The Diáfano Method fuses tried and true methods of language learning with our own modern spin. Designed by a linguist and administered by a global community of top-tier native educators, our method hacks into the psychology of language learning to ensure maximum retention and true mastery.

Our Goal:

We empower people to immerse themselves in new cultures and create meaningful connections through language learning. We believe that language learning leads to cross-cultural understanding, so we aim to make it more accessible and more impactful than ever. Our goal is to help students achieve language mastery through methods focused on social learning. We rely on data to inform progress and our decision-making process, all while engaging in culturally-responsive pedagogy. As a teacher, your job is as much to teach about the language as it is to teach its cultural context and help to continue to build a culturally competent and understanding society.

Our Core Values:

• Mastery: We strive for mastery in everything that we do.
• Sincerity: Integrity means a lot to us. It is at the core of who we are.
• Innovation: We create our own rules to give you an experience and results you won’t find anywhere else.
• Inclusivity: We are driven to create classes that are culturally-relevant and driven. We believe in inclusivity from the teachers we hire to the courses we teach.
• Connection: We care about people, first and foremost. We always create a nurturing environment that supports bonding, connection, and growth.

We regret not being able to respond to all inquiries. No phone calls please.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: From $30.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Are you available during the day?
• Are you fingerprinted by the NYCDOE?
• Do you have an experience teaching Mandarin to kids?
• Do you have an availability to teach?
• Do you have an experience teaching Mandarin?
• Are you able to teach few 45-minute sessions per week.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote