Frontline Applicant Tracking - Christopher House

Openings as of 4/10/2025
Elementary School

DL Teacher

JobID: 234

Position Type:
  Elementary School/Diverse Learner Teacher


Date Posted:
  8/29/2024


Location:
  Stewart Campus


Date Available:
  ASAP


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Diverse Learners Teacher 
 
Christopher House closes the opportunity gap through a continuum of schools that closes through personalized learning and immersive family supports starting at birth.  We operate accredited early learning, elementary, and out of school time programs grounded in research-based curricula and high-quality instruction.  
 
OUR VALUES
 
Commitment to Excellence
Achievement & Perseverance
Respect & Compassion
Equity
 
OUR BELIEFS
Children and Families thrive when:
• Education begins at birth and continues throughout life, with parents as their children’s first teacher; 
• Home environments nurture literacy, achievement, and children’s success; 
• Parents have high standards and set high expectations for themselves, their children, and children’s schools;
• Professionally trained teachers know their students as individuals;
• Evaluations and program improvements are data driven;
• Parents and staff work together to continuously evaluate and improve programming;
• Education includes the development of creativity and perseverance and is multi-disciplinary in order to foster each child’s unique strengths and interests;
• Developing independent, creative, life-long researchers, education includes curriculum designed to help scholars develop socially and emotionally as well as cognitively;
• Diversity is celebrated and explored so that learners develop broad perspectives on life and learning; and,
• Parents and caregivers support their children financially and emotionally.
 
Position Description: Diverse Learners Teacher –
Reports to: Principal
Status: Non Exempt
 
POSITION OBJECTIVE
• Assess the needs and provide for the education and development of students with diverse needs.
• Promote school culture and ensure the needs of all learners in the classroom are met 
Responsibilities:
• Provide a high quality learning environment and instruction that meets the needs of children with diverse needs.
• Help identify and monitor IEPs that ensure students with diverse needs are provided a high-quality education in the least restrictive learning environment and in compliance with IDEA.
• Develop lesson plans consistent with the Common Core and the schools’ college prep curriculum as well as students’ Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and benchmarks.
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications outlined in students’ IEPs.
• Set high expectations and promote school culture for students with diverse needs.
• Use data-driven evaluation and reflective teaching evaluation to improve instruction and increase academic achievement of students.
• Leverage the arts to promote student achievement, creativity and critical-thinking skills.
• Develop a strong home-school relationship with the families to ensure effective communication to best meet the needs of students.
• Collaborate and communicate with parents and caregivers regarding children’s learning needs and how they can support their children’s academic, emotional and behavioral development
• Meet with families as needed and serve as a positive representative for Christopher House.
• Communicate school-wide and agency-wide events to parents.
• Administrative: Complete necessary assessments, reports and records in an accurate and timely manner.
Qualifications:
• Minimum 3 years teaching experience in an urban setting.
• Experience with IMPACT/SSM strongly preferred
• Bilingual skills in Spanish and/or experience working with students that are special needs and English Language Learners highly desirable.
Education: 
• Bachelor’s degree in Special Education required. Type 10 Certification required. Master’s Degree preferred. Bilingual of ELL certification desired.
Christopher House is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.
 




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Openings as of 4/10/2025
Elementary School

5th-8th Grade Instructional Leader - Principal

JobID: 246

Position Type:
  Elementary School/Instructional Leader - Principal


Date Posted:
  3/27/2025


Location:
  Christopher House Elementary School
(High-Needs School)


Date Available:
  07/01/2025


Closing Date:
  Until filled


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5^th – 8^th Instructional leader - Principal
Christopher House closes the opportunity gap ‘with a continuum of schools through personalized learning and immersive family supports starting at birth.  We operate accredited early learning, elementary, and out of school time programs grounded in research-based curricula and high-quality instruction.  
OUR VALUES
Commitment to Excellence
Achievement & Perseverance
Respect & Compassion
Equity
 
OUR BELIEFS
Children and Families thrive when:
• Education begins at birth and continues throughout life, with parents as their children’s first teacher; 
• Home environments nurture literacy, achievement, and children’s success; 
• Parents have high standards and set high expectations for themselves, their children, and children’s schools;
• Professionally trained teachers know their students as individuals;
• Evaluations and program improvements are data driven;
• Parents and staff work together to continuously evaluate and improve programming;
• Education includes the development of creativity and perseverance and is multi-disciplinary in order to foster each child’s unique strengths and interests;
• Developing independent, creative, life-long researchers, education includes curriculum designed to help scholars develop socially and emotionally as well as cognitively;
• Diversity is celebrated and explored so that learners develop broad perspectives on life and learning;
• Parents and caregivers support their children financially and emotionally
 
Position Description: 5^th – 8^th Instructional Leader - Principal
Reports to: Director of Elementary Learning
Status: Exempt
POSITION OBJECTIVE
Leadership: Lead staff in continuous improvement in their instructional practices through intentional coaching, observations, and evaluations. 
 
Management: Create a learning environment that enables all students to meet the school’s high academic expectations utilizing a distributed leadership model and intentional collaboration.
 
Collaboration: Work collaboratively with all departments within the agency to incorporate and deliver additional supports aligned with Christoper House’s mission and vision.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the direction of the Director of Elementary Education, performs any of the following duties:
• Observe and evaluate 5^th – 8^th teachers and staff using both coaching strategies and the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching and Learning
• Conducts meetings ranging from school wide to grade and department level
• Provides professional development on a large and small scale to staff
• Collaborates with all departments across CHES and the agency on initiatives
 
• Assists in the development and implementation of the School Wide Goals (Continuous Improvement Working Plan)
• Participates in the development and monitoring of the school budget
• Provides individual and group guidance to students for personal problems, and educational and vocational objectives
• Takes or recommends disciplinary action for students or employees in violation of established discipline codes
• Meets with parents and guardians to review student progress or problems
• Responds to inquiries and complaints from students, parents and guardians, and the general public concerning school operating policies and procedures
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the school
Coaching and Supervision
• Supervises teachers and support staff at the elementary school
• Provides weekly coaching and feedback to direct reports
• Conducts quarterly observations and provides performance evaluation aligned with the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching and Learning
• Demonstrates sensitivity to teachers’ individual differences and needs
• In collaboration with direct reports, develops yearly professional development goals and monitors progress of goals
• Establishes norms and availability to meet with direct reports and problem solve together
• Sets high expectations for time and attendance and holds staff accountable
Assessment Coordinator
• Coordinate all assessments conducted in the school including but not limited to: IAR, NWEA, PARCC, ISA, and grade level benchmarks
• Ensure all regulations are followed and that assessments are administered properly.
• Provide training and professional development sessions throughout the year to support student and teacher success
• Coordinates data collection and evaluation for all grade levels
• Reports out to president on assessment results
School Level Support
• Demonstrate ability to develop and articulate vision and goals of the program to stakeholders.
• Allocates times and resources effectively
• Serves as a member of the school disciplinary committee
• Ability to create and implement systems for program administration, including referral methods, data collection and storage
• Oversees data collection and progress monitoring at every tier of MTSS
• Ensures school wide alignment of benchmarks
• Support collaboration with after school programming and athletics
• Coordinate Professional Development 
Distributed Leadership & Collaboration
• Partner with Christopher House Operations Department on the general operations of the school
• Plan and collaborate among all site managers (Early Childhood Site Director, K – 4^th Instructional Leader, Office Manager, etc.) to ensure vertical alignment and shared vision of operations
• Consistent team meetings with agency managers to problem-solve concerns pertinent to the Stewart campus and personnel interactions
• Collaborate and partner with Operations Department to ensure school compliance tasks are addressed ahead of deadlines
Grant Management
• Support Director of Elementary Learning with Grant management through various ways.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other Christopher House departments when applicable
• Collect data and information as requested and needed for Grants
High School Transition Leader  
• Organize, facilitate, and guide students and families through the high school admissions process beginning at 5^th grade through 8^th grade
• Create a vision and set goals for admissions process
• Coach, supervise, and train school counselor to execute on high school transition goals and initiatives
• Co-lead parent education events at every stage of the high school transition process
• Lead protocols for tracking students’ progress toward HS goals, publicly celebrating victories and developing intervention strategies as necessary
Diverse Learner Department and ELL Department
• Oversee Diverse Learner Department (DL) Compliance and ensure federal regulations and state guidelines are met
• Oversee English Language Department (ELL) Compliance and ensure federal regulations and state guidelines are met
• Assessment Coordination: Supervise all DL and ELL assessments conducted in the school. Train and supervise Diverse Learner Coordinator and ELL Coordinator on assessment procedures. Provide training and professional development sessions throughout the year to support student success on assessments for staff
• Manage Clinicians (OT, Speech, Nurse, School Psychologist etc.) to ensure compliance and all requirements and mandates are being met.
Main Office Management
In collaboration with Office Manager & K – 4^th Grade Instructional Leader:
• Monitor all medical compliance in collaboration with nurse(s) to ensure compliance for CPS reports.
• Monitor STLS programming
• Ensure charter school network drives/folders (teacher and administrative) are organized and updated
• Monitor lottery process
• Manage CPS District Compliance and Audits
• Monitor ordering of supplies, renewing subscriptions, submitting PO’s, check requests and credit card forms to Fiscal Department
Other Responsibilities:
• Instructional Leaders may provide other duties as assigned. May be needed to teach courses, may organize, and conduct in-service teacher and career service training at the school, may accompany students on field trips; may sponsor clubs, activities, and athletics etc.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Minimum of 7 years teaching in elementary and/or middle school. 
• Experience working in an urban setting required
• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred
• Experience as an assistant principal or school leader strongly desired but not required.
• Proven track record of leadership in a school through experience serving on committees, as grade level leads, department chairs, or Professional committees 
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of elementary and middle school education
• Thorough knowledge of the rules and regulations of charter school operations strongly preferred
• Proven ability to work successfully with teachers and staff of varying experience and skill levels and effectively communicate
• Alignment with and demonstration of Christopher House’s Core Values: Commitment to Excellence, Respect and Compassion, Achievement and Perseverance, and Equity
Education: 
• Training and Experience Must possess a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Education or Relevant Field.  Master’s degree preferred.
• Certificate Requirement. Strongly prefer a valid Type 75 Educational Administrative Certificate issued by the Illinois State Board of Education
• Certificate Requirement: Must be certified to evaluate teachers using the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching and Learning
Christopher House is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.
 
 




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Openings as of 4/10/2025
Elementary School

Middle School STEAM Teacher

JobID: 236

Position Type:
  Elementary School/Middle School STEAM Teacher


Date Posted:
  9/3/2024


Location:
  Stewart Campus


Date Available:
  ASAP


Closing Date:
  Until filled


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STEAM Teacher  
Christopher House closes the opportunity gap through a continuum of schools that closes through personalized learning and immersive family supports starting at birth.  We operate accredited early learning, elementary, and out of school time programs grounded in research-based curricula and high-quality instruction.  
 
OUR VALUES
 
Commitment to Excellence
Achievement & Perseverance
Respect & Compassion
Equity
 
OUR BELIEFS
Children and Families thrive when:
• Education begins at birth and continues throughout life, with parents as their children’s first teacher; 
• Home environments nurture literacy, achievement, and children’s success; 
• Parents have high standards and set high expectations for themselves, their children, and children’s schools;
• Professionally trained teachers know their students as individuals;
• Evaluations and program improvements are data driven;
• Parents and staff work together to continuously evaluate and improve programming;
• Education includes the development of creativity and perseverance and is multi-disciplinary in order to foster each child’s unique strengths and interests;
• Developing independent, creative, life-long researchers, education includes curriculum designed to help scholars develop socially and emotionally as well as cognitively;
• Diversity is celebrated and explored so that learners develop broad perspectives on life and learning; and,
• Parents and caregivers support their children financially and emotionally.
Position Description: STEAM Teacher  TEMPORARY (September-November)
Reports to: Principal
Status: Exempt
 
POSITION OBJECTIVE
• Plan and deliver project-based learning that is sequenced and aligned to the NGSS. The candidate should be familiar with and able to actively use a wide range of strategies including incorporating student choice and voice, integration through collaboration with the rest of the teaching team, and ability to teach and manage with a whole-child approach.  Teacher should possess excitement and proven track record in a dynamic learning environment with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. This teacher will be working in a new state of the art steam lab.
   
Responsibilities:
• Build quality relationships with students
• Establish a culture of high expectations, which includes standards mastery and high school/college preparation for students
• Encourage the exploration of learning opportunities and persevere with challenging tasks
• Engage and support students in learning by using a variety of instructional strategies and resources to respond to students’ diverse needs and by engaging students in problem solving and critical thinking skills, using culturally relevant examples
• Work towards developing and maintaining cultural competencies
• Instruct students in citizenship and character education
• Engage in planning and implementation processes to ensure a safe and nurturing learning environment for students
• Work closely with agency’s family support and youth development programs to ensure the needs of students are met
• Work with, and host, community partners to enhance classroom learning
• Develop a strong home-school relationship with the families to ensure effective communication to best meet the needs of students.
• Prepare progress and report cards and conduct parent-teacher conferences three times a year.
• Meet with families as needed and serve as a positive representative for Christopher House
• Communicate school-wide and agency-wide events to parents
• Work collaboratively with a teaching partner to meet the needs of all students in the classroom
• Make contributions to school culture outside of the classroom through leadership participation in field trips, special events and other school functions
• Work closely with special education, support staff and administration to provide necessary accommodations and modifications for students
• Act as an advocate for children and families to the agency, the community and the professional field
• Provide parents with resources that will enable them to act as advocates for their children and families
• Utilize data-driven assessment, including classroom assessment tools, student surveys, BAS, DESSA, PARCC and NWEA, to inform curriculum and instructional choices
• Participate in regular data and assessment review sessions to differentiate instruction and create more effective classroom learning
• Complete necessary assessments, reports and records in an accurate and timely manner
 
Qualifications:
• Strong alignment with Christopher House’s Values and Mission; 
• Strong work ethic coupled with a proactive problem-solving approach;
• Three years teaching experience in an urban setting strongly preferred;
• Science/STEAM teaching experience highly desired
Education: 
• Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education or similar degree required
• PEL license with Science endorsement required
• Additional endorsement in Math strongly preferred
 
Christopher House is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.
 
 
 
 




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