What are the responsibilities and job description for the K-5 Monolingual Teacher - Summer School position at Waukegan Community Unit District 60?
- Provide a personalized instructional program that is compatible with the abilities, needs and learning characteristics of each student;
- Implement prescribed curriculum;
- Create a child-centered learning environment that is characterized by the consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices;
- Follow prescribed curriculum, instructional methods and materials;
- Employ creative methods of instruction and utilize a variety of materials within the structure of the designated curriculum;
- Become acquainted with the characteristics, needs, abilities and problems 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 Academic Chair whenever a student's attendance is unsatisfactory;
- Supply the Academic Chair with any abnormal attendance reports on any student;
- Report student address and telephone number changes to the Academic Chair;
- Provide the Academic Chair with an up-to-date copy of the schedule of classroom activities that the teacher is following;
- Maintain up-to-date lesson plans;
- Use the designated methods of reporting student progress to parents;
- Attend specified in-service meetings and conferences with the building principal;
- Develop a close relationship with each student's parents or guardians;
- Use teacher aides or helpers in accord with the designated job descriptions;
- Perform such other professional duties as may be assigned by the building principal.
JobID: 5942
Position Type:
Summer Projects/Teacher - Grade K-5
Summer Projects/Teacher - Grade K-5
Date Posted:
2/25/2025
2/25/2025
Location:
TBD
TBD
Closing Date:
03/21/2025
Who We Are:03/21/2025
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 1 early learning center, 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and a high school program divided between two 9th – 12th grade campuses. The District encompasses portions of Waukegan, Beach Park and Park City.
Why We Do This Work:
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.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Classroom Teacher will be directly responsible to the building principal for all matters pertaining to the operation of the school plan, in-building administrative and personnel procedures, and general or district-wide policies. He/she will be indirectly responsible to the Director of Secondary Education for all matters pertaining to curriculum, instructional methods, assessment and materials.
Responsibilities:
Endorsements: PEL, Grade K-8.
Compensation: Per Teacher Contract.
Application Deadline: Candidates must submit an online application to be received by the closing date.
Currently scheduled for:
Required Staff Development: May 28, 2025 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Student attendance dates: June 3, 2025 to June 26, 2025 (no school 6/19 in observance of Juneteenth)
Student hours: Mon - Thur 8:30 am to 2:00 pm
Staff hours: Mon - Thur 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Waukegan School District is not responsible for any unforeseen calendar changes that might be decided by the District.
Only online applications will be considered.
Apply: www.wps60.org
Apply: www.wps60.org
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 offers employment opportunities
without regard to age, gender, race, color, national origin, religion, marital or military/veteran status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, parental status, genetics or disability.
without regard to age, gender, race, color, national origin, religion, marital or military/veteran status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, parental status, genetics or disability.
