Social Studies Teacher *Anticipated SY

Social Studies Teacher – Anticipated SY  –

• Position Type: High School Teaching / Social Studies – Civ, Econ, Geo, Hist, etc.
• Date Posted: 02/24/2026
• Location: Proviso West High School
• Date Available: 08/07/2026
• Closing Date: Until Filled

Social Studies

Full-time, Exempt

Teacher

1.0

180 Days

Proviso Teachers Union, Local 571, AFL-CIO

Building Principal and/or designee

Full‑time high school teaching position.

• Education/Training: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or meets minimum requirements 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: Any of the following:
  Social Science – Economics (9‑12), Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology.
• 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.
• Certified ESL High School or Bilingual Certification.
• Bilingual Endorsement (grades 9‑12).
• ESL Endorsement (grades 9‑12).
• Special Education Endorsement (LBS1).
• Bilingual (English/Spanish).
• Multiple subject area endorsements.

Instructional Competencies

• 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 instructional model.
• Design and implement coherent and rigorous instruction to improve student achievement, ensuring prerequisite, grade level, and extension skills aligned to priority standards.
• Ensure that students understand 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 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 learning styles 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.

Classroom Management Competencies

• Develop, communicate, and enforce a set of classroom rules, policies, procedures, and expectations consistent with school and department policies and learning outcomes.
• Monitor and correct student behavior to maximize student learning in a positive and safe learning environment.
• Respond to behavioral infractions quickly and in a professional manner.
• Document behavioral infractions using the district SIS system.
• Use effective methods to manage student behavior and classroom materials.
• Reinforce/reward appropriate social and academic behavior.
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