Job Description

JobID: 5103

Position Type:
CLASSROOM TEACHING/English

Date Posted:
4/13/2026

Location:
Elk Grove High School

Date Available:
08/10/2026

Closing Date:
04/24/2026

Join Our Team as an ESL/English Teacher - 1.0 FTE at Elk Grove High School!

Are you an inspiring educator with a solid academic foundation and a passion for student success? Elk Grove High School is searching for an ESL/English Teacher who thrives on engaging with students, both academically and in extracurricular activities.

The ESL & English teacher provides direct academic services to a designated group of students in sheltered ESL classes. The teacher develops and implements academic plans and interventions which help students achieve both ISBE goals and WIDA language targets. Additionally, the teacher may instruct non-sheltered English courses at various levels.

Qualifications We're Seeking:

• Valid Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with endorsements in both Senior HS English and ESL is required.
• Three or more years successfully working as a classroom teacher serving English Language Learners is preferred
• Fluency in Spanish and/or a Slavic language is preferred.

Specific Duties:

• Academically prepared to teach all courses in literature and composition.
• Willingness and ability to teach courses at various academic levels.
• Ability to directly instruct reading, writing, and grammar.
• Ability to directly teach skills that support student success on state assessments.
• Demonstrate educational planning, including setting short- and long-term goals and assessment of these goals.
• Demonstrate an understanding of modifications and accommodations, and implementation in both a resource classroom and inclusion setting.
• Commitment to working with an interdisciplinary or integrated team: designing, implementing, and refining curriculum.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work cooperatively with other teachers in the English/Fine Arts Division to develop common assessments and support existing programs.
• Commitment to working with a coordinated curriculum that targets external assessment in the design and delivery of its content.
• Readiness to implement a digital curriculum (1:1 iPad instruction).
• Supports ESL documentation, compliance, and coordination of services.
• Collaborates with building leadership and staff to ensure equity is infused in practice and remains at the forefront of efforts to disrupt inequities.
• Willingness to support building co-curricular activities as a coach or sponsor.
• Performs other tasks assigned by the building administration.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• COVER LETTER
• CURRENT RESUME
• ATTACH A PDF OF THE IL STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ELIS CREDENTIALS SCREEN(S)
• TRANSCRIPTS
• THREE (3) CURRENT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Salary information is available on the District 214 website

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."

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