High School Spanish Teacher (2026-2027SY)

Title : High School Spanish Teacher (2026-2027SY)

Location : Chicago IL

Reports To : Principal

Salary Range : Starting at $62000 for licensed educators commensurate with experience / $58682 for license pending teachers.

Employee Type : Regular Full Time

Start Date : August 2026

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 problem-solvers 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 deep intellectual preparation and lesson plans aligned to grade-level standards that use the core curriculum. Checks for understanding student work and assessments are used to make real-time and planned adjustments and deep review of student work to address gaps in instruction. Teachers have strong content knowledge in the subject-matter they teach in order to recognize understand and respond to the content problems. At Distinctive Schools 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.

Responsibilities

Culture

• Maintain a student-centered 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 strengths-based equity focused mindset
• Foster positive climate and culture
• Serve as a positive role model

Preparation Instruction and Assessment 90%

Classroom Culture 10%

Requirements & Qualifications (minimum)

Education

Bachelors Degree

Qualifications

Ability to review and analyze student and campus data from multiple source

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

Fully match up to 3%

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 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 or call 773.828.4191

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Experience Working With Students,Classroom Management,Algebra,Behavior Management,Classroom Experience,Lesson Planning,Math,Special Education,Calculus,Teaching,Geometry,Cordova

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1