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Director of Student Services
Chinese American International School
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Posted: 14-Jan-26
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $90,400 – $129,400
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Salary Details:
CAIS has an established salary scale that recognizes experience and other qualifications including (but not limited to) education and training, leadership, and bilinguality.
This is an English language position; Chinese language proficiency is a plus but not required
Exempt, full-time position
WELCOME!
Join the vibrant community at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco as Director of Student Services, responsible for leading and coordinating the Student Services Team, which includes counselors as well as learning and language specialists in Chinese and English. This role involves planning, implementing, and supervising student services while guiding the team. The Director works closely with school leadership to develop and communicate a cohesive, schoolwide response to the needs of students ages 2-14 years old. The Director is responsible for maintaining clear and effective data-supported communication with parents regarding their children’s progress, services, and any support needed. This administrator role requires a candidate who will be able to skillfully work with students, faculty, and parents, while also serving as the school-wide leader and representative of the Student Services Team.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate finds resonance with CAIS’s mission to Embrace Chinese, Become Our Best Selves, and Contribute to a Better World. We look for a candidate adept at supporting a community of learners with diverse gifts, exceptionally skilled at home-school partnership and collaborating with families along various stages in their parenting journeys. This candidate can engage with clarity and compassion, always keeping students at the center of decision-making and process. Our Director of Student Services will help us realize the next chapter of our story on our unified P-8 campus, as we endeavor to offer robust student services curated to our unique bicultural, bilingual setting.
CAIS offers a dynamic dual culture setting in which faculty are immersed in a culture of language learners. We look for a candidate who will embrace CAIS’s work to create an equitable, inclusive environment where all faculty, students, and families are supported in their individual identities. We welcome all applicants who aim to actively support and participate in our diverse and inclusive community.
BENEFITS
Chinese American International School is dedicated to attracting, developing, rewarding and retaining world-class employees and ensuring that this is a great place to work. We put a high priority on advances in compensation, benefits, and work climate
TO APPLY
CAIS’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is central to our mission. People of color and LGBTQIA candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should email cover letter, resume, and list of references to jobs@cais.org, attention: Kimberly Kaz. In the subject line, please indicate “Director of Student Services.” In your cover letter, please reference how you learned of this opening. Please no calls.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Teaching and/or Special Education experience
Desired: relevant degree as a Learning Specialist or similar
Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
Strong and compassionate written and verbal communication skills, particularly when having difficult conversations
Proficiency with collecting, organizing, and interpreting data
Commitment to the school’s mission, core values, vision, and annual strategic objectives
Commitment to the school’s approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Excellent work ethic
Flexibility, patience, compassion, resilience, and good humor
Founded in 1981, Chinese American International School (CAIS) is the first and one of the most prominent Mandarin-English dual language immersion schools in the United States. Located in the heart of San Francisco, CAIS serves a diverse community of approximately 550 students from Preschool through 8th Grade. As a pioneer in bilingual education, CAIS has earned a reputation for its academic excellence, progressive pedagogy, and commitment to multicultural and multilingual fluency.
As the first Mandarin immersion school in the country, CAIS has long been at the forefront of immersion education. Its dual language program is recognized nationally and internationally for its effectiveness and innovation. Students spend approximately half of their instructional time in Mandarin and half in English, beginning with full immersion in the early years and transitioning to a balanced bilingual model in the upper grades. The school employs native Mandarin-speaking educators and follows a co-teaching model to ensure authenticity and linguistic depth.