Part-time Middle School French Teacher/Instructor

Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: Nashville, TN 37205SUMMARY

 

Harding Academy is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.

 

The mission of our school is to educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Members of the faculty are an important part of this effort. We strive and serve so that the students may become young men and women who are able to make choices that will benefit themselves, our society, and our world.

 

For more information, please contact Human Resources at hr@hardingacademy.org or Jay Codispoti, Middle School Director, at codispotij@hardingacademy.us 

 

The start date for this position is August 6, 2026. 

 

 
QualificationsEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

 

Requirements:             Bachelor’s degree in subject area

 

Preferences:    Master’s and minimum three years experience in an instructional role; current teacher certification in the State of Tennessee; extracurricular participation or coaching experience

 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Knowing that a classroom of students is comprised of individual and diverse learners, we believe that students learn best when instructional practices include:


differentiated instruction that is designed according to student readiness, progress, and achievement, and is aligned with curriculum standards;
academic enrichment that challenges students through accelerated learning experiences to advance critical thinking development;
academic support that addresses the needs of students who require additional practice and alternative instruction to achieve content mastery;
a brain-based pedagogical model that is informed by current research in human development and neuro-cognitive sciences which provides common language and consistent practices schoolwide.


 

The primary teaching responsibilities of the middle school French teacher include delivery of the Harding Academy French curriculum to our 6th, 7th and 8th graders. In order to achieve this, Harding Academy faculty work with their students, families, and colleagues across the following four domains.

 


Instructional


Demonstrates a desire to meaningfully integrate technology into the classroom
Employs a variety of teaching methods to engage different learning styles and ability levels in the classroom
Prepares motivating and innovative lessons that reflect knowledge of the curriculum, child development, 21st century instruction, and student abilities
Encourages an inclusive classroom that accepts the different perspectives and backgrounds of the students and elicits a greater understanding of the world around them with a global perspective
Utilizes a variety of assessments and uses data in the classroom to develop lessons and instructional activities needed
Updates curriculum and materials as needed
Serves as a grade level advisor
Work collaboratively with the Learning Effectiveness Instructor to support and enrich students in and out of the classroom.




 

 


Teaching and Learning Environment


Creates a learning environment that is a motivating and age-appropriate setting with clear expectations for classwork and homework while maintaining instructional resources that support classroom learning
Seeks to actively know students’ strengths and weaknesses and responds promptly and with care to parent concerns. Communicates effectively with parents, colleagues, and administrators
Utilizes the school's online system to maintain an accurate and organized system for monitoring and reporting student grades and records.
Meets reporting deadlines and requirements and follows school-wide procedures for reporting grades
Prepares well-thought out and thorough conference reports and written documentation on student progress
Maintains substitute plans and engages substitutes in advance when needed and when possible
Demonstrates classroom management skills




 

 


Professional Development


Demonstrates a willingness to learn, grow, and improve as an educator
Continues to update knowledge of content area(s) taught, as well as instructional practices
Engages in goal setting and review process with assigned administrator
Attends and participates appropriately in full, divisional, and departmental/team faculty meetings




 


School Community


Maintains a positive attitude and approach
Supports colleagues
Represents the school in the larger community in a positive manner
Assists