Science Department Chair
Listed on 2025-12-22
-
Education / Teaching
Education Administration
Position Type:
High School Teaching/ Science
Date Posted: 12/16/2025
Location:
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
District:
Community Unit School District 200
- Secondary with Science Endorsement
- Completed The Illinois Performance Evaluation - Teacher Evaluator Training
The department chair is a leadership position responsible for the implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, the supervision, training, mentoring, and evaluation of certified staff, the supervision and evaluation of classified staff, and the development and delivery of other instructional and/or extra‑curricular programs that may relate to the department specifically. The department chair reports directly to the high school principal.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIESThe Department Chair is responsible for ensuring that all instructional programs are administered in concert with the policies established by the Board of Education and the state and federal government within their departments.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT(S)- Current Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with the following endorsements:
- Secondary with Science Endorsement
- Completed The Illinois Performance Evaluation - Teacher Evaluator Training
- Authority/Responsibility: Plan and direct the development, implementation, and evaluation of instructional programs.
- Representative
Activities: - Supervise and direct work/meetings within their departments to review instructional needs.
- Ensure that all students have access to maximum instructional opportunities.
- Assist teachers in making effective use of curricular/instructional opportunities.
- Authority/Responsibility: Supervise and evaluate department personnel and make employment, tenure, and retention recommendations.
- Representative
Activities: - Interview prospective personnel and make recommendations for employment to the building assistant principals.
- Observe and evaluate designated certified/non‑certified staff members.
- Identify annual staffing needs in concert with the assistant principals.
- Supervise all departmental personnel to be certain that all District and building policies are followed and adhered to.
- Authority/Responsibility: Monitor the district expenditures of department allocation in concert with appropriate district and building staff.
- Representative
Activities: - Coordinate and monitor the distribution of district funds, grant monies within their departments.
- Work in conjunction with the building administration to develop a Departmental budget in concert with the building budget.
- Authority/Responsibility: Monitor the district professional development programs and facilitate department professional development opportunities.
- Representative
Activities: - Primary school official responsible for mentoring first‑year teachers.
- Assist Assistant Principals in coordinating staff development and the facilitation and implementation of building/department level professional development programs.
- Representative
Activities: - Procurement and inventory distribution collection of textbooks and other learning materials.
- Other duties as assigned by the principal.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).