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Maestro Elemental - Música en Black Hawk & Ridgely

Black Hawk Elem School

Springfield, IL, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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TITLE of Vacancy: Elementary Teacher - Music

Ubicación: Black Hawk and Ridgely Elementary Schools

PERÍODO DE CONTRATO: 180 días

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

NECESIDADES/CALIFICACIONES:

• Licencia de Educador Profesional de Illinois válida, con aprobación de música primaria

• Experiencia en la instrucción musical preferida

• Conocimiento del actual plan de estudios, las tendencias de instrucción y el proceso de mejora escolar

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proporcionar una enseñanza adecuada y diversa para el desarrollo en la educación musical, incluyendo el movimiento vocal, instrumental y

• Establecer y aplicar procedimientos adecuados de evaluación para el aprendizaje musical

• Planifica eventos y actuaciones especiales que cuentan con diversas formas y estilos musicales

• Organizar viajes de campo para mejorar la apreciación musical cuando sea apropiado y disponible

• Trabajar con el personal docente para correlacionar la instrucción musical con otros temas y abordar las áreas de enfoque a nivel escolar

• Participar activamente en actividades de desarrollo profesional apropiadas para el personal

• Contribuir como miembro del equipo y/o líder en todas las iniciativas de mejora escolar

• Mantener un clima de aula y un plan de gestión propicio para el aprendizaje

• Comunicar eficazmente con estudiantes, padres, público y personal

• Realizar otros deberes como asignados

FECHA EFECTIVA:

Primer día contractual del 2026-2027

Distrito 186 Calendario de 180 días

SALARIO Y BENEFICIOS: De acuerdo con el acuerdo negociado del SEA actual;

Vaya al calendario de sueldos del SEA 26-27 para ver el programa de sueldos del SEA

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Springfield, IL, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

Springfield, IL, USA is evaluated with current IL labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.