French American School of Puget Sound

French American School of Puget Sound serves 301 to 500 students in preschool through middle school on Mercer Island, Washington, near Seattle. The school's core mission centers on immersion language instruction. Math, science, and humanities lessons happen in French, Spanish, or Mandarin Chinese—not English. Teachers design curriculum, pace lessons, and assess learning within the target language itself.

This immersion model shapes daily teaching work in concrete ways. A math teacher explains fractions in French without reverting to English translation. A science educator runs lab experiments in Spanish. Faculty across divisions coordinate continuously to build language coherence from early childhood through eighth grade. It is rigorous work that demands native-level fluency and comfort rethinking how you teach content through language.

French American School of Puget Sound maintains financial stability with net assets over $14 million and steady fundraising growth. That foundation supports competitive salaries, strong curriculum materials, and ongoing professional development in language pedagogy. As a day school, faculty live off campus and build lives outside school—a different rhythm than residential boarding schools. Benefits typically include health coverage and retirement contributions.

The school is currently recruiting teaching faculty across all divisions and advancement leadership roles, including a Chief Advancement Officer. Multilingual educators are especially sought. Administrative and support positions open regularly as well.

For teachers fluent in French, Spanish, or Mandarin who want daily immersion work—and prefer day-school schedules with professional separation from campus—this school offers direct influence on how young learners develop multilingual skills in the Pacific Northwest.