Teacher- ESL Resource

Position Details

• Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/ Bilingual Educator - Special Education
• Date Posted: 1/13/2026
• Location:
  
  McCall Elementary School
• Closing Date: 01/31/2026
• District:
  Waukegan Community Unit District 60

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 serves nearly 15,500 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.

• Implement instructional services for students identified as English Learners aligned with the District’s curriculum and consistent with research‑based practices and school and District improvement plans.
• Individualize instruction, lesson planning, grading, assessing acquisition of English language skills, establishing a classroom environment conducive to learning and use and supervision of assigned educational support staff.
• Collaborate with and provide consultation to teachers and building administration in support of EL students in the general or special education classrooms or in meetings.
• Represent the Bilingual Department in building and District initiatives and the communication of Department standards and expectations.
• Maintain and expand knowledge of effective practices in teaching students with diverse backgrounds and English Learners.
• Participate in work‑related activities and programs required of teaching staff. Commitment to the District’s guiding belief statement.

• Provide a personalized instructional program that is compatible with the abilities, needs and learning characteristics of each English Learner student in a pull‑out environment.
• Support prescribed curriculum and assessment scaffolding for English language proficiency as necessary.
• Create homogeneous groups of students to target English Language Acquisition.
• Create a student‑centered learning environment.
• Employ creative methods of instruction and utilize a variety of materials within the structure of the designated curriculum.
• Become acquainted with the characteristics, needs, and abilities 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.
• Inform the building principal whenever a student's attendance is unsatisfactory.
• Provide the building principal with an up‑to‑date copy of activities that the teacher is following when requested.
• Maintain up‑to‑date lesson plans.
• Use the designated methods of reporting student progress to parents.
• Attend specified in‑service meetings and required professional learning.
• Collaborate with and provide consultation to teachers to support needs of EL students.
• Meet with classroom teacher regularly to collaborate and inform classroom teacher of students’ language abilities based on the WIDA standards and the Can‑Do descriptors.
• Provide ESL grades on ESL report card for students served.
• Administer WIDA assessments to EL students served.
• Use and supervise teacher aides or helpers, in accord with the designated job descriptions.
• Act as communication lead for the bilingual department to EL teachers at the respective site assigned to.
• Attend regularly scheduled professional development specifically for ESL teachers held by the Bilingual Department four to six times per year, minimum of one per quarter.
• Instruct and respond in an appropriate manner with ethnically diverse students.
• Serve as EL representative at IEP meetings when needed.
• Perform such other professional duties as may be assigned by the building principal or the Director of Bilingual and Multicultural Services.

Must have a valid Illinois Professional Educators License with an ESL endorsement.

Salary Structure

Candidates must submit an online application to be received by the closing date. Only online applications will be considered. Apply: www.wps
60.org

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 offers employment opportunities without regard to age, gender, race, color, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital or military/veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, parental status, genetics, disability or other protected category.