Hebrew Teacher

Full-Time Founding Teaching Position
· Reports to the Principal
· Bachelor's degree required;
Master's preferred in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language, Hebrew language and literature, Jewish education, second language acquisition or applied linguistics, or Israeli studies
· Native or near-native Hebrew fluency required; outstanding non-native fluency considered; you can teach entirely in Hebrew
· Teaching credential (particularly IL) preferred — U.S. licensure or Israeli te'udat hora'a equally valued
· 3+ years of teaching experience required, ideally including Hebrew as a second language
· Jewish day, independent, or faith-based school experience is a plus. Fewer years but exceptional craft? We hire for mastery, not seat time.

Are you a passionate Hebrew educator who believes language is the gateway to culture, identity, connection, and belonging? Do you inspire students to communicate confidently in Hebrew while fostering meaningful engagement with Israeli culture, Jewish heritage, and the broader Jewish world? Are you excited to help build a dynamic, student-centered Hebrew language program within a rigorous college-preparatory environment? If so, Davis School Chicago wants to hear from you.

Davis School Chicago is a proudly Jewish, college-preparatory high school opening in fall 2027 in downtown Chicago, in a state-of-the-art building at the heart of a great city for learning. Every adult at Davis is an educator and a culture-builder. We hold two expectations at the same time: deep human warmth and uncompromising intellectual excellence. High health and high results, never one at the cost of the other.

This is a summary of the characteristics that describe our dream team. Please read the full Profile of the Ideal Davis Educator and more information about our opportunities before you apply.

To thrive here you are:

• Warm and intellectually formidable. Genuinely kind and seriously bright. We hire for intellectual horsepower; only sharp minds grow students to their full potential.

• You bring the room to life. Passion people feel, loud or quiet, with the range to teach, support, and lead.

• A builder who owns it. Startup grit, a real growth mindset, open about mistakes, gives the gift of feedback, and the drive to create what doesn’t exist yet.

• Teach how to think, not what to think. Rigor, evidence, and a love of hard questions, including the controversial ones. Students reach their own conclusions.

• Rooted in tradition, built for what’s next. Ancient wisdom and modern tools, AI included, aimed at today's problems.

• Unapologetically Jewish. Israel has a right to exist; that is not up for debate. Everything else is fair game, including spirited debate about Israel’s actions. You’re excited to help build a proudly Jewish, pro-Israel school.

Davis is hiring a fluent, inspiring Hebrew Teacher to make modern Hebrew a living language at Davis: real spoken proficiency, real Israeli culture, real joy.

• Warm, Relational, and High-Performing – Kind, emotionally intelligent, intellectually rigorous, and committed to excellence.

• A Proficiency-Driven Language Teacher – Lives in the target language and gets students speaking.

• A Bridge to Israel – Brings language and culture together, head and heart.

• An Entrepreneurial Builder – Thrives in ambiguity, solves problems, and creates programs, systems, and traditions from the ground up.

• A Curious and Courageous Thinker – Embraces learning, evidence, critical thinking, and meaningful debate.

• Rooted and Forward-Looking – Honors tradition while embracing innovation, technology, and AI.

• Committed to Jewish Life and Community – Values Jewish identity, the diversity of Jewish thought, and meaningful engagement in Jewish life.

• A Collaborative Culture-Builder – Balances accountability, care, and results while elevating everyone around them.

The Hebrew Teacher is responsible for delivering an engaging, rigorous, and student-centered Hebrew language program for students in grades 9–12. This educator will develop students’ proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Hebrew while integrating Israeli culture, literature,…