Bilingual - Multilingual Preschool Teacher
French Spanish Portuguese English
Passport to Learning Language Immersion Center
902 Bates St, St. Louis, MO 63111
Passport to Learning Language Immersion Center is seeking a warm, engaging, and dependable Preschool Teacher to join our multilingual early childhood team.
Our program provides children with meaningful exposure to French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English through everyday routines, relationships, play, and intentional learning experiences.
We welcome applicants who are fluent or highly proficient in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or English. Teachers are encouraged to bring their strongest language and cultural background into the classroom while working collaboratively within our multilingual program.
Position & Compensation
Position: Multilingual Preschool Teacher
Location: 902 Bates St, St. Louis, Missouri 63111
Employment: Full-time, 7:20 am–4:40 pm
Compensation: Based on education, early childhood experience, teaching experience, and language proficiency. Salaried compensation is available in place of hourly pay.
About the Position
The Preschool Teacher will work with preschool-aged children as part of our multilingual early childhood program.
Teachers who speak French, Spanish, or Portuguese will be encouraged to communicate with children primarily in that language and create opportunities for children to develop understanding and confidence through play, conversation, songs, stories, classroom routines, and hands-on learning.
English-speaking teachers are also encouraged to apply, particularly those who are excited about working in a multicultural environment and supporting children's exposure to additional languages.
Our teachers are active participants in children's learning—not simply classroom supervisors. We value teachers who get down on the children's level, talk and play with them, ask questions, introduce new vocabulary, extend children's thinking, and turn everyday moments into opportunities for learning and connection.
Responsibilities
- Speak and interact with children consistently in your primary classroom language, when applicable
- Support children's exposure to French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English within our multilingual program
- Build warm, responsive relationships with children
- Facilitate age-appropriate learning experiences, including art, sensory exploration, early literacy, math, science, music, movement, and dramatic play
- Use songs, stories, games, conversation, and classroom routines to support children's language and communication development
- Help children develop independence, cooperation, classroom routines, and positive social skills
- Provide attentive supervision during classroom activities, meals, outdoor play, transitions, toileting, and rest
- Support children's social-emotional development using patient, respectful, and developmentally appropriate guidance
- Maintain an organized, inviting, and developmentally appropriate classroom environment
- Document children's learning experiences and communicate with families through our childcare communication platform
- Collaborate with teachers who use French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English within our multilingual program
- Follow Missouri childcare licensing requirements and Passport to Learning policies and procedures
We're Looking for Someone Who...
- Speaks French, Spanish, Portuguese, or English fluently or with strong professional proficiency
- Genuinely enjoys interacting and playing with young children
- Is warm, patient, energetic, dependable, and attentive
- Understands that young children learn through relationships, interaction, repetition, exploration, and meaningful experiences
- Is comfortable maintaining consistent classroom routines and expectations
- Takes initiative and actively engages children throughout the day
- Communicates professionally with families and coworkers
- Is interested in learning and growing as an early childhood educator
- Enjoys working as part of a multicultural and multilingual team
- Values children's home languages, cultures, and individual backgrounds
Qualifications
Previous experience working with preschool-aged children is strongly preferred.
Education, coursework, or professional experience in Early Childhood Education, Education, Child Development, Language Education, French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, or a related field is a plus.
Candidates must:
- Meet all applicable Missouri childcare employment requirements
- Successfully complete required background screening before employment
- Be legally authorized to work in the United States
- Be willing to complete all initial employment requirements, including required training, physical examination, TB screening, and CPR/First Aid certification
- Be willing to participate in ongoing training to meet professional development requirements
Native speakers, heritage speakers, and highly proficient second-language speakers of French, Spanish, or Portuguese are strongly encouraged to apply.
We also welcome English-speaking early childhood educators who are excited about working collaboratively in a language-rich, multicultural environment.
About Passport to Learning
Passport to Learning is a language immersion early childhood center in St. Louis serving infants through preschool-aged children.
Our children learn languages by living them. French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English are woven into children's everyday experiences through conversations, relationships, routines, music, stories, exploration, and play.
We believe young children learn best when teachers are actively engaged with them, classrooms are warm and organized, expectations are clear, and learning feels meaningful and joyful.
Our multilingual model also recognizes that each teacher brings something different to the classroom. Language, culture, personality, experience, creativity, and relationships all contribute to the learning environment we create for children.
To Apply
Please submit your resume along with a brief introduction telling us:
- Your experience working with young children
- Which language(s) you speak and your level of proficiency
- Any experience using or teaching French, Spanish, Portuguese, or English with children
- Your educational or professional background
- Why you are interested in working in a multilingual early childhood program
We welcome applicants from a variety of educational, cultural, and professional backgrounds and would love to meet someone excited about helping young children discover language, learning, and the world around them.
Submit applications and inquiries to:
Laura Straube Tiago
Director
Passport to Learning Language Immersion Center
[email protected]
314-802-7127
Pay: $2,400.00 - $3,200.00 per month
Benefits:
Language:
- French (Preferred)
- Spanish (Preferred)
- Portuguese (Preferred)
- English (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
