1st GradeBilingual Teacher

Title: 1st Grade Spanish Bilingual Teacher
Location: CICS Irving Park 3820 N. Spaulding Ave Chicago IL 60618
Reports To: Principal
Salary: Starting at $65000 commensurate with experience
Employee Type: Regular Full Time
Start Date: August 2025

Distinctive Schools creates diverse joyful welcoming communities rooted in social justice and rigorous learning. We support all learners to be engaged curious and to achieve their full potential. Our students become confident advocates creative problemsolvers and collaborative leaders.

Position Overview

Distinctive teachers cultivate a love for learning in every student through strong relationships high expectations and a belief that all students can achieve great things in school and beyond. Teachers have a laser focus on instruction that engages learners and provides multiple opportunities for application of learned content. All teachers engage in individual and team lesson internalization aligned to gradelevel standards based on student language proficiency levels. Checks for understanding student work and assessments are used to make realtime and planned adjustments and deep review of student work to address gaps in instruction. Teachers have strong content knowledge in the subjectmatter they teach in order to recognize understand and respond to the content problems. At Distinctive teachers grow through cycles of practice feedback practice and feedback. Teachers build classroom communities with strong routines rituals and management practices that maximize time for instruction. Teachers maintain effective and ongoing communication on progress with students and families.

Additionally the Bilingual Teacher will have a dedicated classroom and provide personalized academic and language instruction to English Learners in both English and the native language (Spanish) sheltered instruction English Language Development and ESL strategies across content areas. A Distinctive Schools Bilingual Teacher must be a passionate advocate for biliteracy and demonstrate a commitment to supporting students in their development of the language skills and subject matter needed to be productive classroom citizens.

Responsibilities

Culture

• Maintain a studentcentered perspective in decision making

• Believe that all students can learn and can achieve great things

• Contribute to the equity work of the campus and network and engage in culturally responsive decision making

• Build and foster a culture of belonging through positive and strong relationships with students families and staff

• Cultivate a strengthsbased equity focused mindset

• Foster positive climate and culture

• Serve as a positive role model

• Belief that a students languages and cultures are a tremendous strength and asset

Preparation Instruction and Assessment 90

• Implement the DS Academic and Bilingual Model

• Administer tests and language assessments for the purpose of evaluating students language ability

• Implement of the WIDA Standards in daily lessons

• Analyze culturally & linguistically diverse (CLD) student work

• Provide direct Bilingual and ESL services and instruction to a classroom of students

• Provide ESL grades for students served

• Develop and deliver lesson plans that utilize appropriate instructional techniques that enable Spanish proficient students to overcome barriers that impede equal participation by these students in the districts instructional programs

• Deliver Spanish Language Arts and ESL curriculum

• Deliver strong Instruction where students hold the cognitive lift and do the thinking during the lesson and are deeply engaged in the learning

• Utilize a variety of instructional methodologies and curriculum resources geared specifically towards CLD students

• Assist and support the administration of the required English Language Proficiency screeners and assessments

• Assist with the administration of the ACCESS test and support administration of state required assessments to CLD learners

• Provide consistent opportunities for all students to work on gradeappropriate assignments using the core curriculum resources and strategies with frequent checks for understanding

• Commit to studentcentered learning that puts every student in the drivers seat with integration of their needs strengths and interests into the learning

• Maintain inventory of all instructional materials

• Maintain accurate and complete records of students progress and development

• Analyze and use assessments that monitor progress to inform and design appropriate response/strategies making adjustments as needed to support students in mastering grade level standards

• Assess students daily weekly and at the ends of units and analyze assessment data through campus and network wide systems

• Assess students progress expectations and goals in the bilingual program

• Engage in coaching and mentoring opportunities to improve instructional effectiveness

• Participate in all required professional development and meetings

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal

Classroom Culture 10

• Celebrate student identities and culture

• Maintain an organized and welcoming environment that provides students with a sense of belonging joy hope and safety

• Manage strong classroom procedures routines and rituals that maximize learning

• Build strong relationships with students families and colleagues

• Communicate effectively and frequently with students and families in their preferred language

• Has a mindset of using restorative justice approach with discipline and behavior management in alignment with campus and network practices

• Collaborate with colleagues to support student growth and achievement

Requirements (minimum)

Education: Bachelors Degree

Qualifications

• Valid Professional Educator License or equivalent in state of employment

• Valid Bilingual Spanish Endorsement or equivalent in state of employment

• Spanish Proficient in reading writing listening and speaking

• Technology demands:

  • Ability to review and analyze student and campus data from multiple sources

  • Proficient with cloud based software solutions (such as GoogleSuite)

  • Ability to learn digital tools and and programs as needed for the position

• Travel as required for training professional development and collaboration

• Commitment to supporting students social emotional and academic development

Physical demands

Occasional lifting carrying pushing and/or pulling; some stooping kneeling crouching and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally the job requires 10 sitting 50 walking and 40 standing

Benefits

• 25 Paid holidays & 10 days PTO annually (in addition to summer break for educators/campus positions)
• 12 weeks family paid leave
• Comprehensive Healthcare (Medical Dental Vision)
• 403b match
  • Fully match up to 3
  • 50 match up to 5
• Professional development including tuition reimbursement
• Gym and wellness discounts
• And more

Description Disclaimer: Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job reasonably required for its performance or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholders responsibility.

EEO:

Distinctive Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race color religion sex gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law.

Distinctive Schools is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment Distinctive Schools will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process to perform the essential functions of the position and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment please contact g or call 773.828.4191