WHO WE ARE:

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 serves nearly 15,500students in preschool through grade 12 and is located halfway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan. Our District has one early learning center, 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and a high school program divided between two 9 – 12th grade campuses. The District encompasses portions of Waukegan, Beach Park and Park City.

Early Childhood Special Education 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 Elementary Education for all matters pertaining to curriculum, instructional methods, assessment and materials.

Responsibilities:

• 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 building principal whenever a student’s attendance is unsatisfactory;
• Supply the building principal with any abnormal attendance reports on any student;
• Report student address and telephone number changes to the building principal;
• Provide the building principal 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.

Qualifications: Must have valid Illinois Professional Educators License.
Endorsement(s): Early Childhood
Salary: Salary Structure
Application Deadline: Candidates must submit an online application by the closing date.