French Language Instructor (In-Residence)

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401(k) with match
• 29 days PTO
• Materials and professional development stipend

Overview

Provide immersive French instruction for the principal while layering early exposure for a newborn joining soon: fluent professional and social French for travel and entertaining on one track; gentle, listening-rich routines on the other, coordinated with caregivers and developmental guidance as directed.

Key responsibilities

• Assess the principal's proficiency and maintain a tailored adult syllabus; design a separate, age-appropriate French exposure plan for the newborn
• Deliver structured principal sessions aligned with household calendars
• Assign focused practice between principal lessons and track measurable adult progress
• Cover business correspondence, dining and hospitality scenarios, and conversational fluency for the principal as priorities dictate
• Coordinate discreetly with household staff for instructional spaces, nursery-adjacent scheduling, and strict confidentiality regarding principals, itineraries, and household matters

Qualifications

• Native or C2-level French with impeccable spoken and written command
• Demonstrated experience teaching adults at executive level; private or boutique settings preferred
• Comfort designing gentle early-language or auditory enrichment alongside formal adult instruction
• Degree in French, linguistics, education, or equivalent academic depth
• 3+ years experience in language instruction or comparable private tutoring
• Eligible to work in the United States; clean background check and outstanding references