High School Math Teacher

Watseka Community High School; Watseka (IL); On-site; USD 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Watseka Community High School in Watseka, Illinois is seeking a High School Math Teacher to deliver engaging instruction and oversee curriculum planning in a full-time role.

The position emphasizes teaching a standards-aligned math program, monitoring student progress, and participating in a professional learning community to support student growth and well-being.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Illinois Professional Educator License.
• Appropriate State of Illinois certification for assignment.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of content and teach approved curriculum.
• Demonstrate how individuals grow and learn and provide learning opportunities for all students.
• Adapt instruction for diverse learners with varying approaches to learning.
• Design instruction based on knowledge of discipline, students, community, and curriculum goals.
• Use group motivation to create a positive learning environment.
• Employ varied instructional strategies to develop critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communicate effectively to foster inquiry, collaboration, and interactions in the classroom.
• Assess students using formal and informal strategies for ongoing development.
• Collaborate with colleagues, parents/guardians, and the community to support student learning and well-being.
• Reflect on practice and pursue professional growth.
• Uphold professional conduct and lead to improve student learning.

Skills

Curriculum planning

Classroom management

Instructional delivery

Differentiated instruction

Education

Professional Educator License

Illinois teaching certification

Job description

High School Math Teacher

Iroquois County Unit 9 Watseka Community High School - Watseka, Illinois Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Iroquois County CUSD 9

Job Details

Job ID: 5049917

Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Mar 20, 2025 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 14, 2026

Job Description

Pay Scale and Benefits

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Summary

This position provides instruction to students and performs a wide variety of tasks with curriculum planning, supervision, presenting and reinforcing learning concepts, and teaching students in a classroom setting. The goal is to help students learn subject matter and/or skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible citizens.

Qualifications

• Professional Educator License


• Appropriate State of Illinois certification for assignment

Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of content and teach approved curriculum.


• Demonstrate an understanding of how individuals grow, develop, and learn and provide learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.


• Demonstrates an understanding of how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.


• Demonstrates an understanding of instructional planning and is able to design instruction based upon knowledge of discipline, students, the community, and curriculum goals.


• Uses group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.


• Uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.


• Uses effective written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom.


• Demonstrates an understanding of various formal and informal assessment strategies and uses them to support the continuous development of all students.


• Demonstrates the understanding of the role of community in education and develops and maintains collaborative relationships with colleagues, parents/guardians, and the community to support student’s learning and well-being.


• Is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates how choices and actions affect students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community, and actively seeks opportunities to grow professionally.


• Demonstrates an understanding of education as a profession, maintains standards of professional conduct, and provides leadership to improve students’ learning and well-being.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.


• Communicate with families.


• Participate in a professional learning community.


• Grow and develop professionally.


• Demonstrate professionalism in behavior and dress.


• Attend meetings, serve on committees, and perform such other duties and assume other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Principal or his/her designee in accordance with the labor agreement and the Board of Education.


• Remain available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day, such as parent teacher conferences.


• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules.


• Have regular attendance and infrequent absences.

Physical Requirements

• Endurance within a classroom setting; teaching students while standing, sitting, or walking throughout the classroom, building or outside activities with the ability to maneuver in tight spaces between desks, etc.


• Working with the students in an instructional setting may entail kneeling or squatting, stooping, and bending from the waist on an occasional to frequent basis on a given day.


• Use of aids such as whiteboards, posters, bulletin boards, overhead projector, television, computer, and technological equipment.


• Retrieval, use, lifting and storage of teaching material, including books, equipment, assignments, etc.

Employment

• 180 days


• The classroom teacher’s schedule is subject to change with district demands in compliance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.


• Completion of mandated training through Bushue HR without financial compensation.

Evaluation

• Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of District policy on evaluation, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 (PERA), Senate Bill 7, and Articles 24A and 34 of the Illinois School Code.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $43,307 Per Year

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Connie Breeling


• 1411 West Lafayette Street


• Watseka, Illinois 60970


• Phone: [phone]


• Email: [e-mail]

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