Music Teacher

MUSIC TEACHER

Position Type:
High School Teaching/ Music - Band, Orchestra, Vocal. Date Posted: 8/13/2025.

Location:

Proviso West High School.

Date Available:

08/12/2025. Closing Date:
Until Filled.

Music

Full-time, Exempt

Teacher

1.0

180 Days

Proviso Teachers Union, Local 571, AFL-CIO

Building Principal and/or designee

Full-time high school teaching position.

• 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
• Endorsement
  :
  Music (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
• Certified ESL High School or Bilingual Certification
• Bilingual Endorsement (grades 9-12)
• ESL Endorsement (grades 9-12)
• Special Education Endorsement (LBS1)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Multiple subject area endorsements

• 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.

• 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 academic behavior.
• Ensure appropriate use and care of required classroom materials and equipment.
• Interact with students in…