Science Teacher

Waukegan Community Unit District 60; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 invites applications for a Science Classroom Teacher at Jack Benny Middle School.

The role focuses on delivering engaging, rigorous science instruction to middle school students and collaborating with licensed staff to support district curriculum goals. Responsibilities include implementing the approved science curriculum, employing varied instructional strategies, and maintaining communication with parents and administration.

Qualifications

• Must have valid Illinois Professional Educators License, Grade 6-8.
• Endorsement: 6-8 Science.

Responsibilities

• Provide a personalized instructional program that is compatible with the abilities, needs and learning characteristics of each student;
• Create a child-centered learning environment that is characterized by the consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices;
• Follow prescribed curriculum, instructional methods and materials;
• Employ creative methods of instruction and utilize a variety of materials within the structure of the designated curriculum;
• Become acquainted with the characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and by seeking information from psycho-educational reports, hearing and vision reports, staffing notes, end-of-the-year student status reports, etc.;
• Inform the building principal whenever a student's attendance is unsatisfactory;
• Supply the building principal with any abnormal attendance reports on any student;
• Report student address and telephone number changes to the building principal;
• Provide the building principal with an up-to-date copy of the schedule of classroom activities that the teacher is following;
• Use the designated methods of reporting student progress to parents;
• Attend specified in-service meetings and conferences with the building principal;
• Develop a close relationship with each student's parents or guardians;
• Use teacher aides or helpers in accord with the designated job descriptions;
• Perform such other professional duties as may be assigned by the Academic Chair and Director of Secondary Education.

Education

Illinois Professional Educators License, Grade 6-8

6-8 Science

Job description

• Position Type: Teaching - Middle School/ Science


• Date Posted: 10/8/2026


• Closing Date: 10/18/2026

Science Classroom Teacher

Who We Are:

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 serves nearly 13,000 students in preschool through grade 12 and is located halfway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan. Our District has one early learning center, 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and a high school program divided between two 9-12th grade campuses. The District encompasses portions of Waukegan, Beach Park and Park City.

Why We Do This Work:

The Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 has set an ambitious agenda for change, guided by the belief that all children, regardless of circumstances, can achieve at high levels and academic gaps can and will be eliminated with the support of teachers who deliver engaging, relevant, and academically rigorous instruction that excites students and instills a love of learning in them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Director of Alternative Education Programs and the direct supervision of the assigned classroom teacher, the paraprofessional shall be employed to assist in providing instruction under the direct supervision and control of a fully certified teacher to individuals or small groups in a classroom or educational resource setting. Areas of instruction requiring such supervised assistance shall include, though are not necessarily limited to, classrooms, computer labs, laboratories, shops, playgrounds, organized physical education periods, libraries, and such other educational settings where instructional judgment requires the supervision of a fully certificated teacher.

The Science Classroom Teacher will be directly responsible to the House Principal for all matters pertaining to the operation of the school plan, in-building administrative and personnel procedures, and general or district-wide policies. He/she will be indirectly responsible to the Academic Chair and the Director of Secondary Education for all matters pertaining to curriculum, instructional methods, assessment and materials. Both House Principal and Academic Chair will share responsibilities for teacher evaluation.

Location:

Jack BennyMiddle School

Responsibilities:

• Provide a personalized instructional program that is compatible with the abilities, needs and learning characteristics of each student;


• Create a child-centered learning environment that is characterized by the consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices;


• Follow prescribed curriculum, instructional methods and materials;


• Employ creative methods of instruction and utilize a variety of materials within the structure of the designated curriculum;


• Become acquainted with the characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and by seeking information from psycho-educational reports, hearing and vision reports, staffing notes, end-of-the-year student status reports, etc.;


• Inform the building principal whenever a student's attendance is unsatisfactory;


• Supply the building principal with any abnormal attendance reports on any student;


• Report student address and telephone number changes to the building principal;


• Provide the building principal with an up-to-date copy of the schedule of classroom activities that the teacher is following;


• Use the designated methods of reporting student progress to parents;


• Attend specified in-service meetings and conferences with the building principal;


• Develop a close relationship with each student's parents or guardians;


• Use teacher aides or helpers in accord with the designated job descriptions; and


• Perform such other professional duties as may be assigned by the Academic Chair and Director of Secondary Education.

Qualifications:

Must have valid Illinois Professional Educators License, Grade 6-8.

Endorsement(s):

6-8 Science

Salary:

Per Teacher Contract

Application Deadline:

Candidates must submit an online application to be received by closing date.

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 offers employment opportunities without regard to age, gender, race, color, national origin, religion, marital or military/veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, parental status, genetics, disability or other protected category.