Exploration Class - yoga

Our School
French American International is a PK-12 independent school in San Francisco. Founded in
1962, the school is a multicultural, multilingual educational institution with over 1,100
students across an urban campus in the heart of the city. Guided by the principles of
academic rigor and diversity, the French American International School offers programs of
study in French and English to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think
critically and to communicate across cultures is of paramount importance.

Mission
Our international community brings together people from many backgrounds. Together we
strive to create a shared culture that develops compassionate, confident, and principled
people who will make the world better. We base our community on these values: Respect,
Integrity, Inclusion, Collaboration, and Curiosity.

Opportunity
Working at French American International opens up a myriad of opportunities – both
personal and professional. Critical to our Strategic Plan in creating a proud, engaged
community, we appreciate our faculty and staff by fostering a community of ongoing
learning, respect, and collegiality and by providing competitive compensation and benefits. It
is also of paramount importance to us that we continue to foster an environment of diversity,
equity, and inclusion as we build a school community of individuals who are an actual
representation of the world we live in.

The Exploration Class Program
GOAL OF EXPLORATION CLASSES:
Exploration classes are centered around the pleasure of learning and are intended to challenge
our students' curiosity, without the constraints of the official curriculum: no grades, no
homework, and you decide what is being taught! Exploration classes offer risk-free experiences
so that students can discover something new, engage in project-based activities and be active
learners.
STUDENTS' INTERESTS:
- Last year's student survey has indicated strong interest for topics including music, art,
economics, 3rd language support, yoga, basketball, sewing, photography, soccer, writing in
English, basketball, and magic/card tricks.
- Students have also indicated interest in Speech & Debate, Visual Arts, Tech Team, Rock Band,
Creative Writing in French, Business, Cooking, and more!
STRUCTURE OF EXPLORATION CLASS PROGRAM:
- Students may choose between Exploration classes, the Arts Program, Study Time or Athletic
practice (if they are on a MS Jaguar team)
- 6th and 7th graders are required to sign up for at least two classes each trimester
- 8th graders are required to sign up for at least one class each trimester
- Exploration classes take place from 2:45pm to 3:30pm, Tuesday-Friday (8th grade: Tuesday
through Thursday)
- Classes are offered on a trimester basis (10-week long) to offer longer sessions and minimize
conflicts with Athletics
- Any given class meets once a week for ten weeks
- Teachers may offer two different classes each week
- Minimum enrollment to offer the class is 6 students
- Classes cannot be sequential (e.g. beginner during trim.1, intermediate during trim.2, etc) so
as to allow students to join a class during 2nd or 3rd trimester
- Students are required to attend the entire session for which they have signed up
COMPENSATION OF EXPLORATION CLASSES:
Upper school faculty compensation (based on average supplementary hour payment)
- Two different classes offered all three trimesters (30 weeks): $4,250
- One class offered all three trimesters (30 weeks): $2,125
- One class offered during one trimester (10 weeks): $710
Non-staff members (based on hourly rate of $43.75)
- Two different classes offered all three trimesters (30 weeks): $2,625
- One class offered all three trimesters (30 weeks): $1,312.50
- One class offered during one trimester (10 weeks): $437.50
Administrative staff are not compensated for Exploration Classes.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY

French American International School is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-
discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical
ability, or medical condition. We seek to increase the presence, representation, and inclusion
of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual, and bicultural
students, faculty, and staff; and, to provide an environment that will attract and retain
individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQ)