Open Positions for DeKalb County Regional Office of Education

Openings as of 11/4/2026

Junior High Track Coach

JobID: 15915

Position Type:
  Athletics/Activities/Coaching


Date Posted:
  6/22/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for a Junior High Track Coach for the 2026-2027 school year. Interested candidates should complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Sarah Chapman, District Athletic Director, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: sarah.chapman@d426.org.





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

JV/Varsity Assistant Baseball Coach

JobID: 15944

Position Type:
  Athletics/Activities/Coaching


Date Posted:
  7/27/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for a JV/Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach for the 2026-27 school year.  Interested candidates should complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Sarah Chapman, District Athletic Director, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: sarah.chapman@d426.org

Salary: Stipend pay schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jv0esY-Zm4-TQRbwsvGeFphIVcwlYCdU/view?usp=sharing





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

Part Time Assistant Softball Coach

JobID: 16000

Position Type:
  Athletics/Activities/Coaching


Date Posted:
  10/19/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  03/01/2027


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for a Part time Assistant Softball Coach for the 2026-27 school year.  Interested candidates should complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Sarah Chapman, District Athletic Director, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: sarah.chapman@d426.org

Salary: Stipend pay schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jv0esY-Zm4-TQRbwsvGeFphIVcwlYCdU/view?usp=sharing





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

K-12 Special Education Teacher for the 2026-2027 School Year

JobID: 15999

Position Type:
  Special Education/Certified and Licensed


Date Posted:
  10/14/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  01/04/2027


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 has an opening for an K-12 Special Education Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year.
 
QUALIFICATIONS:  1. Valid Professional Educator License.
                                 2. Demonstrated desire to help all children.
                                 3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
 
REPORTS TO:         Building Principal
 
SUPERVISES:         Paraprofessionals, Volunteers Assigned, and Student Teachers
 
JOB GOAL:              To enable each student, through safe and efficient instruction, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the district's schools.

SALARY:                   Please see CBA salary schedule. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqa2SeSZ5I9niPvl-DuEs4ro9Vn3U3N_/view?usp=sharing

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: 
• Plan a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and--in harmony with the goals--establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to students.
• Employ instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required.
• Advocate for struggling students on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required.
• Collaborate with colleagues, students, and/or parents on a regular basis.
• Assist the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom, develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior/procedure and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for paraprofessionals and/or volunteers and evaluate their job performance.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings, PLC meetings, and serves on staff committees as required.
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.
 TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  Nine month school year. Salary and work year to be established by the Board according to HCTA contract.
How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, copy of transcripts, copy of certificates along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Alan McCormick, Director of HR, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: alan.mccormick@d426.org
 





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

School Psychologist for 2026-2027

JobID: 15792

Position Type:
  Student Support Services/Psychologist


Date Posted:
  3/30/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  08/14/2026


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 has an opening for a full-time school psychologist for the 2026-2027 school year.  This position would provide support to unit school district in the areas of academic/behavior interventions, assessment, and programming.  IL PEL with School Psychologist endorsement in Illinois is a must.  While we prefer full-time, we encourage interested part-time applicants to also apply. 
 
QUALIFICATIONS:            1. Valid Professional Educator License with School Psychologist Endorsement
                                           2. Possess a Master's degree, having completed a school internship. 
                                           3. Demonstrated desire to help all children.
                                           4.  Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
 
REPORTS TO:                   Director of Student Services
 
JOB GOAL:                        To support students' ability to learn and teachers' ability to teach. To apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior, to help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.
                                           To provide student screening for diverse students' needs, offer counseling and help teachers and families create Independent Education Plans (IEPs).
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:             
• Engage in ongoing communication and consultation with administration, teachers, and parents.
• Identify systemic patterns of student need and work with district personnel to identify appropriate, evidence-based intervention strategies.
• Provide oversight of progress monitoring and integration of all data in team decision making.
• Demonstrate (and train) progress monitoring strategies as part of the individual student intervention plan, and assist staff in interpreting data as part of the ongoing decision making process.
• Observe students in the instructional environment in order to help identify appropriate intervention strategies, to identify barriers to intervention, and to collect response to intervention data.
• Cooperate in selection of books, equipment and other instructional materials.
• Be able to effectively interpret, summarize and communicate evaluation findings about students.
• Be knowledgeable about a wide variety of formal and informal assessment techniques to evaluate the educational functioning of students, including individual psychological instruments of intelligence, achievement, learning processes, behavioral, and social-emotional functioning necessary to identify the special needs of children.
• Possess the ability to mediate conflictual situations.
• Have a genuine concern for people and a record that clearly demonstrates patterns of strength, trust, open communication and a high degree of empathy in all personal situations.
• Maintain professional conduct, standards and ethics.
• Be knowledgeable about instructional content and methodology.
• Possess knowledge and experience utilizing a Response to Intervention framework to support students across all tiers, including benchmarking, problem solving, intervention selection, and progress monitoring.
• Be knowledgeable about behavior management strategies, functional behavior assessments, and behavior intervention planning.
• Be knowledgeable about normal growth and development of students and have an understanding of how this is impacted by current socio-economic trends.
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  Nine month school year.  Salary and work year to be established by the Board according to individual or HCTA Contract. Competitive Salary

How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, copy of transcripts, copy of certificates along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Alan McCormick, Director of HR, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at:  alan.mccormick@d426.org





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

Speech Pathologist for 2026-27 School Year

JobID: 15793

Position Type:
  Student Support Services/Speech and Language Pathologist


Date Posted:
  3/30/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  08/13/2026


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 has an opening for a full-time Speech Pathologist for the 2026-2027 school year.  
QUALIFICATIONS:            1.  Valid Professional Educator License with endorsement in Speech Language Pathology
                                           2.  Demonstrated desire to help all children.
                                           3.  Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable. 

REPORTS TO:                   Director of Student Services
 
JOB GOAL:                        To enable each student, through safe and efficient instruction, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the district's schools by identifying and supporting student's speech and hearing needs.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
• General responsibilities include working cooperatively with families, schools, and communities;
• Fosters a positive educational environment that contributes to the growth and development of all children, especially those who are at-risk or disabled.
• Conducts evaluations, provides direct services, as well as support services, within RTI and special education framework.
• Provides prevention, assessment, and remediation services for students who exhibit difficulties in the areas of language, speech, voice, and fluency.
• Provides screening, identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, intervention, and follow-up services for speech and/or language disorders of: speech, including articulation, fluency and voice language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and disorders of receptive and expressive communication.
• Creates goals and benchmarks or short-term objectives to enable students to meet expectations for learning.
• Interprets and uses assessment data for the purpose of making appropriate modifications in the learning environment and planning effective interventions.
• Accesses and employs a wide range of information and technology to enhance student learning.
• Assists in determining the least restrictive environment to provide services based upon the needs of individual students.
• Plans, selects, uses and adjusts as necessary; instructional content, materials, resources, and strategies based upon age, ability, cultural, linguistic, and gender differences of the student.
• Speaks and writes effectively using language appropriate to the situation and the audience.
• Uses a variety of appropriate formal and informal assessment tools and procedures.
• Uses nondiscriminatory evaluation procedures in order to obtain a valid understanding of how a student is functioning and what the student is capable of accomplishing.
• Maintains useful and accurate records and communicates information such as, legal rights and evaluation results knowledgeably and responsibly to parents/guardians and others involved in meeting the needs of the student.
• Maintains confidentiality of medical and academic records and respect for privacy of individuals with disabilities.
• Participates in professional development opportunities.
• Models accurate, effective communication when conveying ideas and information and when asking questions and responding to students.
• Models the rules of English grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and syntax in both written and oral contexts.
• Communicates with parents/guardians to develop cooperative partnerships in order to promote students' learning and well-being.
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.
Position may remain open until filled.  Extra curricular opportunities may also be available.  Salary per salary schedule. 

How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, copy of transcripts, copy of certificates along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Alan McCormick, Director of HR, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: alan.mccormick@d426.org





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

Paraprofessional

JobID: 15916

Position Type:
  Support Staff/Teacher Assistant


Date Posted:
  6/22/2026


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  08/14/2026


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for a full time paraprofessionals for the 2026-2027 school year.

Qualifications: 
• Valid Paraprofessional Educator License or Professional Educator License
• Demonstrated desire to help all children.
Job Goal: 
• Under guidance from the teacher, and in compliance with a student's IEP, help to enable each student, through safe and efficient transportation, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the district's schools.
Duties:
• Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tools as the teacher recommends for individual students.
• Works with individual students or small/large groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing concepts, or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interest and abilities.
• Constructs classroom materials and/or resources related to academic areas.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students in all school directed activities as assigned by Administrator.
• Displays positive communication skills to enhance good classroom relationships with students and teachers.
• Develops communication skills with students.
• Assists students in the library or media center, when applicable.
• Supervises testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Alerts teacher to special information about an individual student, pertaining to the school program.
• Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the teacher.
• Assists in implementing Behavior Intervention Plans under the supervision of the teacher.
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.
Terms of Employment:
• Nine month school year. Twelve months of individual health and dental insurance provided. Starting hourly rate $15.86. Salary and work year to be established by Board based upon recommendations by the Superintendent.
How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, copy of transcripts, copy of certificates along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Holly Way, District Administrative Assistant, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at:  holly.way@d426.org.





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Openings as of 11/4/2026

Bus Drivers

JobID: 14036

Position Type:
  Transportation/Bus Driver


Date Posted:
  6/1/2023


Location:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426, Kirkland, IL


Date Available:
  08/16/2023


District:
  Hiawatha CUSD #426
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Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for several bus drivers.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
• Obeys all traffic laws.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses.
• Monitors and maintains student conduct when students are on bus.
• Reports any student concerns to the transportation coordinator and building principals.
• Keeps assigned bus clean.
• Keeps to assigned schedule.
• Checks bus (performs pre-trip inspection) before each operation for mechanical defects.
• Notifies the Transportation Coordinator in case of mechanical failure or lateness while on the route.
• Picks up and releases students only at authorized locations.
• Exercises responsible leadership when on out-of-district school trips.
• Transports only authorized students.
• Reports all accidents and completes required reports.
• Enforces district policy on student behavior on buses.
• Attends training that is required by the school district (e.g. random drug testing, refresher course, etc.).
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.
Requirements:
Valid CDL Class B license with School Bus endorsement.
Demonstrated desire to help all children.

Reports to: Transportation Coordinator

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:   Nine month school year.  Salary and work to be established by Board based upon recommendation by the Superintendent.

How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest and resume along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Holly Way, District Administrative Assistant, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at: holly.way@d426.org.





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