High School Science Teacher (SY 2026-2027)

Position Summary

Latino Youth High School is a small charter school in Chicago's Little Village serving opportunity youth ages 16–21 - young people who left traditional school and chose to come back for their diploma. We're hiring a science teacher who can make biology, forensic science, and health click for students arriving with a wide range of academic preparation, and who builds a classroom where students who've experienced school as failure are willing to try again. The work is relationship-driven and the wins are hard-earned: students who cross the stage because someone met them where they were.

Expected Responsibilities

• Plan rigorous, well-scaffolded lessons that build higher-order thinking, and use frequent formative assessment to adjust instruction to student need.
• Differentiate instruction to support a wide range of academic strengths and gaps within the same classroom, including students performing below grade level.
• Build a relationship-centered, restorative classroom culture that re-engages students, and manage the classroom with consistency and care.
• Align instruction and grading to LYHS's competency-based model and graduation requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal or school leadership.

Specific Skills We're Looking For

• Strong content knowledge across more than one science course, with the flexibility to carry multiple preps.
• Skill in scaffolding and differentiating for students who read or compute below grade level.
• Trauma-informed, culturally responsive classroom management that relies on relationships and restorative practices rather than punitive control.
• Ability to use formative assessment data and competency/standards-based grading to drive instruction.
• Genuine rapport-building with adolescents who may be skeptical of school, and clear, respectful communication with families.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university - ideally in a science field, science education, or a related area.
• Active Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with a science endorsement (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Science) or at least five (5) years of industry experience and passing the ISBE content area test.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check and meet all employment-eligibility and onboarding requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching in an alternative, urban, or credit-recovery setting, or working with opportunity youth.
• Spanish proficiency.
• Familiarity with competency-based or phenomenon-based science curricula (e.g., OpenSciEd).