Elementary School - 1st Grade

What Deerfield Public Schools District 109 is All About…

Where challenging experiences foster confidence,
collaborative relationships build community, and creative environments ignite curiosity.

We will develop each student to be emotionally resilient, socially skilled, and academically prepared by forging connections within, across, and beyond our classrooms, and by embracing each student's uniqueness.

• Title: Elementary School - 1st Grade Teacher
• Department: Elementary Classroom Teachers
• Licensure: Professional Educator License (PEL)
• Endorsement: Self‑Contained General Education K‑9, Self‑Contained General Education K‑3, and/or Self‑Contained General Education Birth to Grade 3 or equivalent
• Classification: Certified
• FLSA Status: Non‑exempt
• Reports To: Building administration
• Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A
• Prior
  
  Experience:
  
  Student teaching, internship, or full/part‑time teaching experience
• Evaluation: Evaluated by the Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or other certified evaluators using the agreed upon evaluation tool. Formal observation of job performance, inclusion of informal observation data, an artifact file, student growth measures. The evaluation cycle for teachers not in continued contractual service (tenure) shall be one school year. The evaluation cycle for teachers who have attained tenure in District 109 shall be three school years unless job performance is deemed as “needs improvement” or “unsatisfactory.”
• Prior
  
  Experience:
  
  Successful completion of student teaching and/or internship
• Dates: 2026‑2027
• Availability: One (1.0 FTE) Position(s)/Full‑Time
• Placement: Walden Elementary School
• Work Calendar: Teacher

Under general supervision, the employee will:

• Guide pupil progress toward established district standards; implement best‑practice instructional techniques and strategies; adhere to curricular objectives; sustain an engaging and supportive learning environment; and demonstrate professional responsibilities.

The criterion indicated below are intended to describe various types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.

• Aligns content of lessons to common curriculum goals, content standards, and benchmark standards.
• Lessons include authentic, real world applications of knowledge and understanding.
• Works in collaboration with all staff to problem solve and to identify innovative, practical, and effective differentiation and remediation strategies to meet student learning needs.
• Plans for assessment of student learning, both formative and summative and communicates results via written and oral methods.
• Utilizes student data to inform instruction.
• Honors and ensures that legal mandates are integrated effectively into the classroom setting wherever applicable as laid forth by both 504 and IEP plans.
• Maintains accurate records of critical student information such as allergies, behaviors, and medical conditions and is aware of the care required.
• Prepares clear, detailed, and organized lesson plans for substitute teachers including student emergency medical information.

• Maintains a safe, student centered classroom, which supports students’ learning, collaboration and choice.
• Develops a positive classroom culture that emphasizes respect for individual differences and expects all students to achieve at high levels.
• Develops effective classroom procedures and routines.
• Establishes classroom standards of conduct and clear consequences.

• Timely and informative communication with parents regarding curriculum and classroom expectations.
• Responds to parent inquiries that come in a variety of formats in a timely manner in line with district expectations.
• Establishes age appropriate, respectful dialogue with students which includes, but is not limited to, various forms of both written and oral communication.
• Effectively and collaboratively communicates with colleagues and engages in respectful discourse.
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