Gower School District 62

Position: Special Education Teacher: Self-Contained Cross Categorical Program
Location: Gower West School
Start Date: August 19, 2025 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Illinois Professional Educator License with Learning Behavior Specialist I Endorsement (includes LD, S/ED, EMH, THM, PH)
• Aligned to the Gower School District 62 Belief Statements as follows:
  • Commit to personal, social, and academic growth resulting in continuous improvement and high achievement
  • Build strong relationships across our community to foster a culture where everyone thrives
  • Ensure an emotionally and physically safe, supportive environment for all
  • Model respect and demonstrate empathy and kindness in all interactions
  • Provide all students with equitable access to resources, opportunities and experiences through collaboration
• Demonstrated skills in developing and coordinating individualized academic, behavioral and social programming based on information from the IEP, progress monitoring data, direct observation, and input from other sources
• Ability to assist classroom teachers with instructional and behavioral strategies to facilitate student's general education access
• Demonstrated skills in providing training, consultation and other support activities to staff working with students with special needs
• Skilled in providing direction and training to paraprofessional staff assigned to the special education classroom
• Committed to building positive relationships with students
• Committed to parent involvement and communication
• Committed to collaborating with other staff and a team approach to achieve goals
• Committed to a process of ever developing self-awareness, skills, and professional growth
• Demonstrates a strong sense of cultural competency and equity
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and prepare for high quality instruction aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards
• Demonstrates the ability to design and deliver "just right" instruction to meet the needs of every learner
• Demonstrates the ability to integrate technology to enhance and support high quality instruction and student learning 
• Demonstrates the ability to use data to make informed instructional decisions to support individual student learning and behavioral needs and goals  
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and a strong sense of professionalism
• Demonstrates an interest in contributing to building and District committees and/or extracurricular activities 
• Demonstrate a clear sense of how to contribute to our:
  • District Motto - “Children at their Best!” 
  • District Mission - Empowering children to be their best today to lead a better tomorrow.
  • District Vision - Ensure an environment that cultivates confident, compassionate, and innovative learners to actively shape and enrich the world. 

Salary:  According to Collective Bargaining Agreement with Gower Education Association

To Apply: 

Apply online at www.gower62.com, click on the Employment button.
Applicants invited for an interview will be asked at that time to provide: Resume, three (3) signed letters of current references, and copies of all college and graduate school transcripts. Note: Unofficial copies of transcripts are acceptable. Official copies will be required if hired.