Full-Time Bilingual Preschool Teacher

Saint Ambrose Catholic School | Annandale, Virginia
Salary: 50,000 - 65,000 annually

Saint Ambrose Catholic School is seeking a joyful, dedicated, and experienced bilingual Preschool Teacher to join our early childhood team.

Saint Ambrose is a Catholic Two-Way Dual Language Immersion School, where children learn and grow in both English and Spanish within a Christ-centered community. We are seeking an educator who is fluent in English and Spanish, loves working with young children, and is passionate about nurturing the whole child—spiritually, academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.

Our preschool program emphasizes developmentally appropriate, play-based learning that encourages curiosity, creativity, exploration, language development, and discovery. The ideal candidate creates a classroom where children feel known, loved, safe, and excited to learn.

• Plan and implement engaging, developmentally appropriate preschool instruction.
• Teach and communicate effectively in both English and Spanish.
• Support our 50/50 Two-Way Dual Language Immersion model, collaborating closely with teaching partners to build connections between learning in both languages.
• Create a nurturing, structured, joyful classroom grounded in Catholic values.
• Foster children's spiritual, academic, social-emotional, linguistic, and physical development.
• Incorporate meaningful play, exploration, creativity, and hands-on learning.
• Establish positive classroom routines and developmentally appropriate expectations.
• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with families.
• Collaborate with teachers, instructional assistants, specialists, and school leadership.
• Participate fully in the faith, professional, and community life of the school.

Qualifications

Required:

• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• Experience working with young children.
• Strong classroom management, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Commitment to supporting the mission and values of Catholic education.
• Appropriate early-childhood qualifications consistent with Diocese of Arlington requirements.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or a related field; CDA credential or associate degree in Early Childhood Education may also meet preschool qualification requirements.
• Previous preschool teaching experience.
• Experience teaching in a dual-language, bilingual, or immersion program or school.
• Practicing Catholic or a strong commitment to supporting the Catholic identity and mission of Saint Ambrose.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: 50,000 - 65,000 annually, commensurate with education, credentials, and relevant teaching experience.

Full-time employees are eligible for benefits that may include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 403(b) and retirement plans, paid leave, tuition assistance, and professional development opportunities.

Why Saint Ambrose?

At Saint Ambrose, faith, language, culture, and learning come together. As Virginia's only Catholic Two-Way Dual Language Immersion school, we are building a community in which children grow in faith, develop bilingualism and biliteracy, experience academic excellence, and learn to see their differences as gifts.

Our teachers work within a supportive and collaborative faculty, partner with engaged families, and have the opportunity to shape children's earliest experiences of school, faith, and learning.

Pursuing Excellence. Growing in Purpose. United in Mission.

One school. One community. One mission.

Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter describing their early-childhood experience, bilingual proficiency, and interest in Catholic dual-language education to:

Dr. Aránzazu Ascunce, Principal
Saint Ambrose Catholic School
Annandale, Virginia
[email protected]