Elementary School - 2nd Grade - 2026/2027

Sylvania; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A local school district in Deerfield is seeking a certified 2nd Grade Teacher to guide students towards academic standards. The role involves creating engaging lesson plans, maintaining a supportive classroom, and effectively communicating with students and parents. Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a Professional Educator License. This full-time position offers an opportunity to foster student development in a dynamic educational environment.

Qualifications

• Possesses working knowledge of curriculum and subject content.
• Successful completion of state proficiency exams.
• Maintains appropriate Illinois licensure.

Responsibilities

• Guide pupil progress toward established district standards.
• Implement best-practice instructional techniques.
• Maintain a safe, student-centered classroom.

Skills

Classroom Management

Communication

Instructional Planning

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education

Job description

Overview

What Deerfield Public Schools District 109 is All About — The Role of the 2nd Grade Teacher in Deerfield 109.

Mission — Deerfield 109 is committed to challenging experiences that foster confidence, collaborative relationships that build community, and creative environments that ignite curiosity.

Vision — We will develop each student to be emotionally resilient, socially skilled, and academically prepared by forging connections within, across, and beyond our classrooms, and by embracing each student\'s uniqueness.

General Information

• Title: Elementary School - 2nd Grade Teacher
• Department: Elementary Classroom Teachers
• Licensure: Professional Educator License (PEL)
• Endorsement: Self-Contained General Education K-9, Self Contained General Education K-3, and/or Self-Contained General Education Birth to Grade 3 or equivalent
• Classification: Certified
• FLSA Status: Non-exempt
• Reports To: Building administration
• Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A
• Prior Experience: Student teaching, internship, or full/part-time teaching experience
• Evaluation: Evaluated by the Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or other certified evaluators using the agreed-upon evaluation tool. This includes formal observation of job performance, informal observation data, an artifact file, and student growth measures. The evaluation cycle varies by tenure status.
• Dates: 2026-2027
• Availability: Two (2.0 FTE) Position(s) / Full-Time
• Placement: Walden Elementary School
• Work Calendar: Teacher

Job Goal

Under general supervision, the employee will:

• Guide pupil progress toward established district standards; implement best-practice instructional techniques and strategies; adhere to curricular objectives; sustain an engaging and supportive learning environment; and demonstrate professional responsibilities.

Major Duties & Performance Responsibilities

The criterion below describes types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.

Planning, Preparation and Instruction

• Aligns content of lessons to common curriculum goals, content standards, and benchmark standards.
• Lessons include authentic, real-world applications of knowledge and understanding.
• Collaborates with all staff to problem-solve and identify innovative, practical differentiation and remediation strategies to meet student learning needs.
• Plans for assessment of student learning (formative and summative) and communicates results via written and oral methods.
• Utilizes student data to inform instruction.
• Honors and ensures that legal mandates are integrated into the classroom, including 504 and IEP plans where applicable.
• Maintains accurate records of critical student information (e.g., allergies, behaviors, medical conditions) and understands required care.
• Prepares clear, detailed, organized lesson plans for substitute teachers including student emergency medical information.

Classroom Environment/Management

• Maintains a safe, student-centered classroom that supports learning, collaboration, and choice.
• Develops a positive classroom culture that emphasizes respect for individual differences and high expectations for all students.
• Develops effective classroom procedures and routines; establishes clear standards of conduct and consequences.

Communication

• Timely and informative communication with parents regarding curriculum and classroom expectations.
• Responds to parent inquiries promptly in line with district expectations.
• Establishes age-appropriate, respectful dialogue with students in written and oral forms.
• Collaborates effectively with colleagues and engages in respectful discourse.
• Where applicable, informs community stakeholders about classroom events, performance, and progress via appropriate channels.
• Maintains dialogue with specialty and special education staff to address diverse student needs (behavior, academic, social-emotional).

Technology

• Appropriately integrates prescribed technology to enhance instruction and learning.
• Adheres to legal, ethical, and social standards for digital resources.
• Ensures safe storage and use of technology materials, equipment, and tools.
• Stays current with evolving technology and uses resources for adaptive/assistive devices to provide access for all students.

Accountability

• Engages in ongoing self-assessment and professional growth.
• Attends required meetings and participates in collaborative professional activities.
• Maintains organized data on students\' academic and social-emotional growth.

Mental Demands

Knowledge

The teacher possesses working knowledge of curriculum, subject content, and developmental needs of students; integrates standards; facilitates higher-level thinking; connects present content with past and future learning and real-world experiences.

Ability

Engages in collaborative dialogue, maintains records, communicates effectively, follows policies, meets schedules, plans independently, pursues professional development, and collaborates with staff, parents, and community members.

Education/Preparation

Possesses the equivalent of a Bachelor\'s Degree in Elementary Education; completion of a teacher preparation program; successful completion of state proficiency exams; maintains appropriate Illinois licensure.

Reasoning

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw conclusions, solve practical problems, and interpret various technical instructions.

Physical Demands

Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, hear; occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. May lift up to 30 pounds. Vision requirements include various standard capabilities.

Work Environment

Typically indoors but may work outdoors occasionally. Environment includes noises typical of an educational setting. Staff work with students of varying ages and abilities. Duties may occur in libraries, cafeterias, gymnasiums, auditoriums, hallways, and during field trips.

The mental demands, physical demands, and work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for employees with disabilities.