There is a French Teacher position open at Mansfield Senior High School for the 2024-2025 school year.  The objective is t*o develop within the student an appreciation of the foreign language and the culture through the development and reinforcement of the basic skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing.  The assignment may be split between the high school and Mansfield Middle School (both located in the same building).*Job Goal: To provide leadership for learning at the classroom level.Reports to: Building Principal/DesigneeEssential Skills:

　　Communications Skills: As well as the traditional communication skills of reading, speaking and writing coherently and clearly, social media communication skills and proper protocols of online engagement are essential. These might include the ability to create a short YouTube video to capture the demonstration of a process or to make a sales pitch, the ability to reach out through the internet to a wide community of people with one's ideas, to receive and incorporate feedback, to share information appropriately, and to identify trends and ideas from elsewhere;```{=html}

　　```- The Ability to Learn Independently: This means taking responsibility for working out what you need to know, and where to find that knowledge. This is an ongoing process in knowledge-based work, because the knowledge base is constantly changing. it could be learning about new equipment, new ways of doing things, or learning who are the people you need to know to get the job done;

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　　```- Ethics and Responsibility: This is required to build trust (particularly important in informal social networks), in a world where there are many different players, and a greater degree of reliance on others to accomplish one's own goals;

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　　```- Teamwork and Flexibility: This depends heavily on collaboration and the sharing of knowledge with others in related but independent organizations. Teachers need to know how to work collaboratively, virtually and at a distance, with colleagues, students and partners. The 'pooling' of collective knowledge, problem-solving and implementation requires good teamwork and flexibility in taking on tasks or solving problems that may be outside a narrow job definition but necessary for success;

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　　```- Thinking Skills (critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, originality, strategizing): Of all the skills needed in a knowledge-based society, these are some of the most important. Teachers dealing with students, parents and the general public need to be able to identify needs and find appropriate solutions;

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　　```- Digital Skills: Most knowledge-based activities depend heavily on the use of technology. These skills need to be embedded within the knowledge domain in which the activity takes place. Thus, the use of digital technology needs to be integrated with and evaluated through the knowledge-base of the subject area incorporating digital skills to analyze, evaluate and interpret as required.

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　　```- Knowledge Management: Knowledge is not only rapidly changing with new research, new developments, and rapid dissemination of ideas and practices over the internet, but the sources of information are increasing, with a great deal of variability in the reliability or validity of the information. The key skill in a knowledge-based society is knowledge management: how to find, evaluate, analyze, apply and disseminate information, within a particular context.

　　 Performance Responsibilities:

　　Positive Relationships: excellent teachers will develop a positive relationship with studen