Bilingual Education Science Teacher *Anticipated SY

Bilingual Education Science Teacher – Anticipated SY  Job

• Position Type:
  High School Teaching / Bilingual
• Date Posted: 2/24/2026
• Location:
  
  Proviso Math & Science Academy
• Date Available:
  
  08/07/2026
• Closing Date:
  Until Filled

Full‑time high school teaching position.

Division / Department: Science

Classification (FSLA): Full-time, Exempt

Position Group: Teacher

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.0

Anticipated Work Year &

Hours:

180 Days

Union Membership: Proviso Teachers Union, Local 571, AFL‑CIO

Reports to: Building Principal and/or designee

Education/Training: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or meets minimum requirements to be eligible for an Educator License with Stipulations (ESL) Endorsement

Licensure: Valid Illinois Professional Educators License (PEL) or Educator License with Stipulations (ELS) for grades 9‑12

Endorsements:

• Bilingual Education – Spanish (Grades 9‑12)
• Science – Biology (Grades 9‑12)
• Science – Chemistry (Grades 9‑12)
• Science – Earth & Space (Grades 9‑12)
• Science – Environmental (Grades 9‑12)
• Science – Physics (Grades 9‑12)

Experience: N/A

Knowledge/Abilities/

Skills:

Ability to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position.

• Master’s Degree and/or Doctorate Degree
• Previous high school teaching experience
• ESL Endorsement (grades 9‑12)
• Special Education Endorsement (LBS1)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Multiple subject area endorsements

Instructional Competencies

• Teach to prescribed outcomes and goals to lead to positive student outcomes
• Utilize best practices of standards-based learning and the gradual release of responsibility instructional model
• Design and implement coherent and rigorous instruction to improve student achievement ensuring prerequisite, grade level, and extension skills that are aligned to priority standards
• Ensure that students understand the learning goals and the relevance of instructional outcomes
• Involve students in learning using research-based differentiation practices and educational technology
• Use appropriate school support and resource materials toward improvement in students' social, emotional, academic, and behavioral health outcomes
• Provide appropriate remedial and/or enrichment material
• Implement reteaching and review opportunities and interventions for students
• Differentiate for students with special needs, language needs, or different learning styles.
• Promote student success through clear expectations for learning and coursework, timely responses, and regular feedback
• Assign and evaluate student work that leads to mastery of standards
• Track, monitor, and post student progress on a weekly basis using the district SIS system
• Communicate regularly with parents, students, counselors, and support staff and document using the district student information system (SIS) system
• Be clear in explanations and directions to ensure student understanding
• Speak clearly, audibly, and fluently to ensure student understanding
• Establish a positive and safe, student-centered learning environment
• Regularly revise lesson plans based on formative and summative assessment data to differentiate instruction and guide student learning
• Address different styles of learning by employing a variety of instructional techniques and materials
• Be creative and innovative in the use of curricular and instructional materials
• Demonstrate command of assigned content areas and enthusiasm for teaching the subject matter
• Exhibit knowledge of contemporary instructional research related to assigned content areas and to the teaching of diverse students

Classroom Management Competencies

• Develop, communicate, and enforce a set of classroom rules, policies, procedures, and expectations which are consistent with school and department policies and with learning outcomes
• Monitor and correct student behavior to maximize student learning in a positive and safe learning environment
• Respond to behavioral infractions quickly and in a professional manner
• Document behavioral infractions using the district SIS system
• Use effective methods to manage student behavior and classroom materials
• Reinforce/reward appropriate social and…