Bilingual-Spanish Diverse Learner Teacher; Highschool, Middle School, Elementary

Bilingual Diverse Learner Teacher

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 serves nearly 13,000 students in preschool through grade 12 and is located halfway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan. The District has one early learning center, 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and a high school program divided between two 9 12th grade campuses. The District encompasses portions of Waukegan, Beach Park and Park City.

The Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 has set an ambitious agenda for change, guided by the belief that all children, regardless of circumstances, can achieve at high levels and academic gaps can and will be eliminated with the support of teachers who deliver engaging, relevant, and academically rigorous instruction that excites students and instills a love of learning in them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Bilingual Diverse Learner Teacher will be directly responsible to the building principal for all matters pertaining to the operation of the school plan, in-building administrative and personnel procedures, and general or district-wide policies. Responsibilities include providing a personalized instructional program that is compatible with the abilities, needs and learning characteristics of each student, implementing prescribed curriculum, providing each student with a developmental program that includes behavioral objectives, creating a child-centered learning environment that is characterized by the consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices, employing creative methods of instruction and utilizing a variety of materials within the structure of the designated curriculum, becoming acquainted with the characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and by seeking information from psycho-educational reports, hearing and vision reports, staffing notes, end-of-the-year student status reports, etc.,

informing the building principal whenever a student's attendance is unsatisfactory, supplying the building principal with any abnormal attendance reports on any student, reporting student address and telephone number changes to the building principal, providing the building principal with an up-to-date copy of the schedule of classroom activities that the teacher is following, maintaining up-to-date lesson plans, using the designated methods of reporting student progress to parents, attending specified in-service meetings and conferences with the building principal, developing a close relationship with each student's parents or guardians, using teacher aides or helpers in accord with the designated job descriptions, and performing such other professional duties as may be assigned by the building principal.

Qualifications:

Must have valid Illinois Professional Educators License, Spanish Speaking Endorsements: BSPA - Spanish (PreK-12), LBS1 Salary:
Per Teacher Contract Final date to receive applications:
Candidates must submit an online application to be received by the closing date. Only online applications will be considered.