Prospect High School seeks individuals with a strong academic background and the desire to help all students maximize learning and promote personal development in a cooperative, supportive, and respectful environment. Viable candidates must be willing to work collaboratively in job-a-like groups and be willing to support Prospect's co-curricular program.
Math Teacher - 0.8 FTE
Specific Qualifications:
- State of Illinois Professional Educators License (PEL) with a Senior HS endorsement in mathematics.
- EL and/or Special Ed Endorsements, preferred.
- Must be willing to teach all levels of math, including Skills and/or LEP (Limited English Proficiency).
- Must have outstanding training and/or experiences as an educator.
- Must have a strong background in mathematics (and if applicable, science) instruction in a standards driven curriculum. Training and experience in implementing a standards based learning environment inside a student-centered classroom is preferred.
- Must be able and willing to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all learners.
- Must work effectively within our Professional Learning Team model, which means working with teams of teachers to develop creative instructional strategies and resources, based on best practices, which enable our students to exceed building, district, and state goals and standards.
- Must be well-versed in a wide variety of assessment practices that maximize student learning (formative, summative, selected response, extended written response, performance based.)
- Must use a variety of instructional methods & practices to meet individual student needs.
- Must provide multiple and varied opportunities for students to achieve daily objectives.
- It is an expectation that the teacher will utilize research-based instructional strategies for increasing student achievement and strive to become a distinguished educator.
- Establish and maintain a professional growth plan.
- Possess and continue to develop technology skills that drive instruction.
- Communicate with students and parents regarding student progress.
- Coordinate and share instructional lessons with other team members.
- Assist in implementation of school-wide improvement plan.
- Complete administrative duties in a timely fashion.
- Perform other tasks assigned by building administration or designee.
- Support building extracurricular activities as a coach or sponsor.
- Coaching experience/ability - Math Team, Girls Volleyball, Girls Soccer, Wrestling, Water Polo
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- COVER LETTER
- CURRENT RESUME
- ATTACH A PDF OF THE IL STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ELIS CREDENTIALS SCREEN(S)
- COPIES OF TRANSCRIPTS
- THREE (3) CURRENT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
- COMPLETED RIVS INTERVIEW (see below)
Click the RED "APPLY" button above to begin an online application.
Please be aware that as a requirement of your application, you will be invited to complete a digital interview via RIVS (Interviewstream). The invitation will come to your email, and the RIVS (Interviewstream) system gives you ten (10) calendar days to complete the interview from the time the invitation is issued.
Keep in mind that the interview must be completed before you can submit your application, even if the interview expiration is beyond the date of the application deadline. Therefore, all your application materials, interview included, must be submitted by the application deadline.
Please email hresources@d214.org to request an extension.
"We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our district. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status."