Bilingual Education Science Teacher *Anticipated SY

Bilingual Education Science Teacher Anticipated SY

• Position Type:
  High School Teaching/ Bilingual
• Date Posted: 2/24/2026
• Location:
  
  Proviso West High School
• Date Available:
  
  08/07/2026
• Closing Date:
  Until Filled

Division / Department: Science

Classification (FSLA): Full-time, Exempt

Position Group: Teacher

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.0

Anticipated Work Year &

Hours:

180 Days

Union Membership: Proviso Teachers Union, Local 571, AFL‑CIO

Reports to: Building Principal and/or designee

Full‑time high school teaching position.

Employees are responsible for obtaining/retaining the most current statutory and administrative rule requirements for their 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: Bilingual Education – Spanish (Grades 9‑12), Science – Biology (Grades 9‑12), Science – Chemistry (Grades 9‑12), Science – Earth & Space (Grades 9‑12), Science – Environmental (Grades 9‑12), Science – Physics (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
• 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 instruction 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…