French Instructor

Department and Commission: Recreation, Community Services
Vacancy Type: Temporary Part-Time
Posting Date: November 4, 2026
Application Deadline: November 18, 2026

About the City of Markham

The City of Markham is consistently ranked among Canada’s top municipal employers. In 2026, the City received its sixth consecutive Canada’s Best Employers recognition from Forbes and Statista Inc., placing third among municipalities and 15th overall in Government Services. An award-winning municipality, Markham is recognized for its leadership in sustainability, innovative urban planning, and strong fiscal management. Serving a diverse and growing community of more than 370,000 residents, Markham combines rich heritage with a vibrant local economy and offers employees the opportunity to contribute to meaningful, impactful work that helps strengthen the community we serve.

Join us and make a lasting difference!

Job Summary

Responsible for planning, organizing, and delivering engaging French language instruction for children, youth, and adults while fostering a positive, inclusive, and supportive learning environment. Supports language development through interactive lessons, activities, and cultural learning opportunities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitates, leads, and supervises French language classes and activities.
• Develops and submits lesson plans that align with program objectives and participant skill levels.
• Prepares and organizes teaching materials, classroom resources, and program supplies.
• Maintains attendance records and communicates with participants and families as required.
• Creates a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive learning environment.
• Evaluates participant progress and provides constructive feedback.
• Ensures participant safety and adherence to City of Markham policies and procedures.
• Communicates program updates, schedule changes, and upcoming events.
• Collaborates with fellow instructors and program staff.

Qualifications

• Must be a minimum of 16 years of age prior to the start of employment.
• Demonstrated experience teaching, tutoring, mentoring, or facilitating French language instruction.
• Advanced proficiency in spoken and written French is required.
• Strong understanding of French grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversational language instruction techniques.
• Experience creating and implementing lesson plans and educational activities tailored to varying skill levels.
• Current Standard First Aid or Intermediate First Aid with CPR-C and AED certification is considered an asset.
• High Five Principles of Healthy Child Development certification is considered an asset for children programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while following City of Markham policies and procedures.

Core Behaviours

• Service Excellence: Meets or exceeds service standards when interacting with customers in the community and in the organization.
• Change & Innovation: Responds positively and professionally to change and helps others through change.
• Teamwork & Relationship Building: Interacts with others in an inclusive, collaborative and respectful way that creates effective working relationships.
• Communication: Communicates in a clear, professional and respectful way; demonstrates active listening.
• Accountable & Results Oriented: Demonstrates ethical behaviour and accountability, aligns with City values, and abides by relevant policies and legislation.
• Management & Leadership: Demonstrates self-management, professionalism and engagement; leads by example.

Core Values

At the City of Markham, our work is guided by a shared set of core values that shape how we serve our community and support one another.

• Service Excellence: the consistent delivery of high-quality efficient and customer-centric service that exceeds expectations.
• Accountability: our obligation to be responsible and accountable for our actions, decisions and performance.
• People-Focused: putting people first.
• Trust: the confidence we place in each other to act with integrity and fairness.
• Innovation: Investing in each other and the way we deliver our programs and services.

We are looking for candidates who bring these values to life through their actions, decisions, and leadership approach.

Conditions of Employment

As a condition of employment, you will be required to provide a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) / Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) letter.

AI Disclosure

At the City of Markham, we value transparency and fairness in recruitment. While our system (ADP Workforce Now) includes AI-powered features, we do not use AI to screen, assess, or select applicants. All evaluations are conducted by people.

The City of Markham is committed to inclusive, accessible and barrier free employment practices and to creating a workplace that reflects and supports the diversity of the community we serve. Please let us know if you require accommodation and we will work with you to ensure a barrier free hiring process.

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