For Teachers

There is a huge demand for qualified Mandarin teachers in San Francisco and the Bay Area. 

In order to qualify for a teaching position in the San Francisco public schools, one needs to meet the following requirements:

- Have a college graduate

- Pass CBEST  (California Basic Educational Skills Test) on Reading, Writing and Math

http://www.cbest.nesinc.com

- Pass CSET (California Subjects Examination for Teachers). Chinese is one of the subjects.

http://cset.nesinc.com

- Get CLAD or BCLAD (bilingual certificate of language arts development for teaching ESL/Bilingual subject).

- Enroll in a college that offers credential program, such as San Francisco State University, New College (www.newcollege.edu/teachered/default.html), a  private college in San Francisco.

- Get a multi-subject credential for teaching in K-5: www.ctc.ca.gov/

Teaching credentials are required for teaching K-12 in public schools. In the past, emergency credential were awarded as long as potential teachers passed the CBEST test and enrolled in a credential program in a college.

The San Francisco Unified School District currently has four Kindergarten Mandarin teaching positions for its first Mandarin Immersion Program starting June 2006.  The District will be hiring 1^st grade Mandarin teachers in 2007 and upper grades for the following years.  

Applicants will be asked to participate in curriculum development with Multilingual Language Department staff and ACE (Advocates for Chinese Education) and participate in the summer programs.

Please also see SFUSD Job website for more details:

Please email a copy of your resume to Ming Gu at yingminggu@yahoo.com.

ACESF is looking for highly experienced and qualified Mandarin teachers for our Saturday preschool classes for children ages 3-6. 

We are also looking for Mandarin teachers for toddler classes aimed for children 2-3 years old.

Please contact Carol Lei at clei@adjunctfaculty.com if you are interested.