Title Teacher K-5 - Bilingual

Position: Title I Teacher K-5 - Bilingual / Spanish Preferred (2025-26 School Year)
Position Type:

Certified Support/Title I Teacher

Date Posted:

4/16/2025

Location:

Washington Elementary

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ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205

Job Description

Job Title:

Title I Teacher

Job Code: 7062

Department:
School/Improvement & Innovation

Supervisor:
Principal and Title I Director

Date: 04/11/2018

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Compensation Range: $43,642 - $91,830 per year. Placement on the salary schedule is based on verified, comparable education and experience. For more information on range placement, please review the REA Collective Bargaining Agreement.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

The primary responsibility of the Title I Teacher is to teach students in specialized core academic center area groups. This specialist utilizes the most effective practices in the teaching and assessment of core academic content areas to immerse each child in a rich academic environment which capitalizes on his/he strengths and works toward academic achievement in reading and math. He/she models excellent teaching strategies, ensuring implementation of state and district curriculum standards.

The teacher will collaborate with building and district level colleagues.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

* Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.

* Carries out such additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate.

* Delivers effective instruction to specifically targeted students, identified through assessment procedures, from their current level to an optimal level of performance, in core academic content areas. A minimum of 60% of the Title I Teacher's time is spent in direct instruction with students.

* Collaborates with classroom teachers to improve core academic area performance by implementing strategies needed by individual underachieving students. They will collaborate with building level colleagues up to 30% of available time, using research-based and district-wide "best practices."

* Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job. Up to 10% of available time will be spent in partnership with district MTSS, Title I, and/or school improvement departments.

* Provides an instructional environment which incorporates equity of instruction principles and current educational research findings and understandings of core curriculum content areas.

* Implements district curriculum which meets all state and district standards for curriculum content areas.

* Immerses each child in a rich academic environment which capitalizes on his/her strengths and works toward academic achievement in reading and math.

* Assesses student progress in core curriculum content areas by providing parents/guardians, building administrators, and district administrators with meaningful data on each student's academic progress.

* Develops and implements activities in collaboration with responsibilities outlined by district curriculum and ESSA goals.

* Assumes any other duties as may from time to time be delegated in keeping with federal and state regulations and guidance.

* All actions must be in concert with the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Appropriate Teacher certification; additional hours in reading and math preferred. Bilingual/Spanish preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Regards each child as an individual.

2. Possesses the same skills and abilities as any classroom instructor.

3. Possesses skills to determine individual student core content area growth abilities and achievement.

4. Possesses skills to determine and implement strategies to improve academic achievement and development of individual students in the areas of core curriculum content.

A comprehensive benefits package including:

* Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

* Voluntary life insurance

* Paid Sick and Personal time

* Paid holidays

* Board-paid TRS (Teachers' Retirement System)

* Optional 403(b) plan

* Employee assistance program (EAP)

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

OTHER:

This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of…