Duties
Job Title: Math Teacher
Assignment: Full-time, 1.0 FTE
Location: Winnetka
Supervisor: Math Department Chair
Starting Date: August 17, 2023
Qualifications:
- A valid Illinois State Board of Education Professional Educator License, Grade 9 through Grade 12, with Math and Computer Science endorsements.
- Teaching experience and advanced degrees are preferred but not required.
Why New Trier?
- New Trier High School is ranked #2 in Illinois for having the Best Public High School Teachers and 94% of teachers have earned a master’s degree or higher.
- New teachers are supported through a comprehensive four-year mentoring program that provides an introduction to the New Trier culture, encourages experimentation with new instructional strategies, promotes critical thinking and civil discourse as well as best practices in grading and evaluation.
- The school has a reputation for academic excellence, a commitment to serving the needs of every student, and an extraordinary extracurricular program. With an enrollment of 3,743 students, the average class size is 22 students and there is a 13:1 overall student/teacher ratio. Approximately 97% of New Trier’s Class of 2022 enrolled in college. And 410 of 984 seniors were named Illinois State Scholars.
- New Trier offers numerous opportunities for learning and involvement outside of the classroom in activities, athletics, fine and performing arts, and social service. Service learning is an important part of the New Trier experience, and students are asked to participate in service projects throughout their four years at the school.
- More than 150 clubs and other student activities, including an extensive social service component.
- 35 interscholastic sports (winning more athletic state championships than any high school in Illinois interscholastic history) as well as an extensive intramural program; and
- fine and performing arts programs, including a Grammy-award winning music department.
- Competitive compensation and benefits including tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 towards a teaching degree.
- Starting salaries for the 2022-2023 school year are:
First year, BA: $61,389
First year, MA: $67,527
Four years, MA: $78,210