American Sign Language Teacher-Full time

• Location 1055 Ellis St,San Francisco, CA, ,United States

POSITION TITLE:

American Sign Language Teacher - Part Time

SUPERVISED BY:
Assistant Principal for Academics

FLSA STATUS:
Non
- Exempt Full time, Salaried

EFFECTIVE DATE:
August 1, 2026

COMPENSATION: $73, placement dependent on experience and education

Inspired by the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers, in partnership with

families, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s mission is to provide the finest education in an

inclusive Catholic community of faith. We prepare our students to be service-oriented leaders

with a commitment to living the Gospel.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (SHC) is a Lasallian Vincentian Catholic, co-educational college preparatory secondary school located in the heart of San Francisco, California. We provide academically rigorous, vibrant learning grounded in social justice and student-centered pedagogy. Our community is committed to cultivating each student’s unique abilities and passions, and to facilitating opportunities for students to discern and realize their individual intellectual, artistic, athletic, social, and spiritual potential.

SHC is a San Francisco Archdiocesan High School that is cosponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the District of San Francisco and the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of the Province of the West.

As an inclusive Catholic community of faith, we respect and support the development of students, faculty, and staff. We foster a sense of belonging that is grounded in our mission and carried out through our Lasallian Vincentian Catholic educational traditions. Through these efforts, we prepare students as future leaders to live out our credo, “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve.”

Position Summary This is a full time 5/5ths 100% FTE position, teaching various levels of ASL in our World Language department. This is an on campus position. Remote teaching is not available.

• Model for students the characteristics of Lasallian/Vincentian education;
• En gage students in a global community by developing their expressive and receptive abilities to communicate in American Sign Language and by studying Deaf culture;
• In collaboration with World Language Department colleagues, and per department goals , guide students to
• Gain command of the structures of standards ASL grammar, usage, and mechanics when signing;
• Produce clear and coherent singing in which the the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience;
• Interpret signs, and be able to analyze how specific sign choices shape meaning or tone;
• Build knowledge of finger spelling, including initialized and lexicalized forms, vocabulary acquisition, and uses;
• Develop experiential knowledge of another culture, make connections across disciplines, explore the nature of language and culture by comparisons with their own, and actively participate in a bilingual community, beginning with the World Language classroom;
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and effectively collaborate with colleagues to
• Design, implement, and review standards-based lessons to facilitate critical thinking and mastery of essential skills and understandings;
• Plan and implement what students will learn, how they will learn, and how they will be assessed in a manner appropriate to the grade level;
• Provide regular and varied formative and summative assessments to facilitate our students’ ability to understand their progress toward learning targets, and to reliably document student progress;
• Collaborate with the Assistant Principal of Academics and other academic leaders to support equitable learning, culturally responsive teaching, and other initiatives to strengthen the learning for all in our community;
• Maintain an interactive and timely learning environment, in both physical and virtual learning spaces (Schoology);
• Communicate consistently with students, parents, and school personnel;
• Keep current and complete electronic grading and attendance records (Power School);
• Work with the Academic Resource Specialists and counselors to accommodate students who have learning…