InsideOut

The Center for the Art of Translation is a non-profit organization promoting international literature and translation through programs in the arts, education, and community outreach. Poetry Inside Out is a unique educational project that brings the translation and composition of poetry into Bay Area public schools in order to deepen cultural literacy while promoting a wide range of reading, writing, and language arts skills. Poetry Inside Out has worked with primarily Spanish-speaking students in elementary and middle schools and is now developing a Chinese-language curriculum.

We are seeking a bilingual Instructor & Curriculum Specialist (preferably fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin) who is eager to work with children grades 3-8 as well as teachers, parents and school administrators, in San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Instructor will teach in-school bilingual workshops, create poetry and translation curriculum under supervision of Artistic Director and Instructor & Curriculum Specialist, edit student publications, and conduct outreach to schools and the community. We're looking for someone with classroom and teaching experience, as well as a comprehensive knowledge and familiarity with classical and contemporary Chinese literature, particularly poetry; translation experience or understanding of the translation process is also important; someone who can inspire children, organize effectively, work both independently and as part of a team, and is willing to work in a variety of locations; someone who can act as ambassador of the program and the Center.