Kaohsiung American School (KAS) is a private, not-for-profit day school established in 1989 for the children of expatriate families in Kaohsiung. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and offers the IB’s MYP and DP programmes. We receive annual grants and sponsorship from the US Department of State.
Kaohsiung American School moved into its beautiful, purpose-built campus buildings in 2015 & 2016. Our campus includes certified LEED Gold and Silver facilities and we are recognized as the premier international school in southern Taiwan. We currently enroll 770 students from 40+ countries, although most of our students share Taiwanese heritage and Mandarin as a first language. All our students are multilingual learners.
The school has made a tremendous investment to increase student support services in the past two years, and that effort is continuing. This year we have a schoolwide Director for Student Support Services to coordinate ELL, learning support, SEL counseling, and external resources such as speech and language therapy or educational psychology assessments. In the elementary there are two learning support coordinators, two ELL teachers, and several paraprofessionals working in classrooms with individual students or with small groups of students.
Elementary School Learning Support
‭‬An ideal candidate will have five years of teaching experience in Learning Support and a Special Education teaching license or related certification. Orton-Gillingham and other evidenced-based literacy training or experiences are required. Tech and AI agility and confidence, and a commitment to excellence in a student-centered school are needed! The ES Learning Support Coordinator will work collaboratively with other colleagues, including but not limited to homeroom teachers, teaching assistants, paraprofessionals and will be supervised by the Director for Student Support Services.
We look for faculty members with a flexible “can do” approach to teaching and learning, a sense of humor, and a desire to contribute to school improvement as a team player. Additionally, our team is seeking faculty who share a commitment to engaging in a diverse professional community that is growing in its DEIJ principles and practices.
Preferred Qualifications Include:

• A demonstrated ability to lead high levels of student learning.
• An aptitude for building and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, students and parents.
• Experience in intervention, progress monitoring, data-based decision making, and supporting inclusionary using the Response to Intervention framework.
• Experience with co-planning and co-teaching, partnering with teachers in a non-evaluative role for UDL planning.
• Experiences supporting subject area teachers to enrich or extend learning for highly capable students.
• Respect for a diversity of cultures and the needs of English language learners.
• Possesses a strong ability to learn, evolve, and thrive in dynamic environments, demonstrating a growth mindset, versatility, and resilience.

KAS is Committed to Child Safeguarding

• KAS conducts rigorous background and reference checks on all candidates
• Employees and volunteers at KAS receive training to recognize signs of abuse and neglect and are required to report suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect.
• Our child protection response team uses a team-based approach to respond to each reported incident in accordance with Taiwanese law and international best practices.
• KAS is committed to supporting and recognizing the identities of all students. We foster an environment free of discrimination and other forms of identity-based harm.

Kaohsiung American School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and holds memberships in the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS), AAIE, CIS, AISA and other regional and global school associations.