Hebrew Teacher at Davis School Chicago

Posted Aug 27, 2026

Job Details

Position
Hebrew Teacher
Contract Type
Long Term or Full Time
Experience Level
Unspecified

Job Description

Davis School Chicago is a proudly Jewish, college-preparatory high school opening in fall 2027 in downtown Chicago, in a state-of-the-art building at the heart of a great city for learning. Every adult at Davis is an educator and a culture-builder, held to two expectations at once: deep human warmth and uncompromising intellectual excellence.

Davis is hiring a founding Hebrew Teacher to make modern Hebrew a living language at the school: real spoken proficiency, real Israeli culture, real joy.

Responsibilities: • Teach Modern Hebrew across multiple proficiency levels in grades 9–12, entirely in Hebrew • Design immersive, standards-based lessons that build speaking, listening, reading, and writing proficiency • Integrate Israeli culture, literature, history, and current events into instruction • Teach for real proficiency aligned to ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, and benchmark student growth against external assessments such as Avant STAMP • Help build a vertically aligned Hebrew curriculum as a founding faculty member • Mentor and advise students, and create opportunities to use Hebrew beyond the classroom

Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language, Hebrew language and literature, Jewish education, second language acquisition, or Israeli studies • Native or near-native Hebrew fluency required; outstanding non-native fluency considered • Teaching credential preferred — U.S. licensure or Israeli te'udat hora'a equally valued • 3+ years of teaching experience, ideally including Hebrew as a second language • Jewish day, independent, or faith-based school experience is a plus

Salary: $72,520–$137,099, based on the school's faculty salary schedule and determined by relevant experience and educational attainment.

Benefits: • Paid time off and holiday pay • Medical insurance • 401(k) with employer match

Davis School Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.