Nearly 50% of Chicago’s West side teens never finish high school. 

Bring the vision.  Keep the hope.  Be the change.

About the West Town Academy: 

The West Town Academy (WTA) is a highly effective, state-recognized diploma-granting high school for students who have dropped out of Chicago Public Schools and wish to complete their secondary education. 75% of our students are African-American, and 25% are Latino. Students range in age from 17-21 years of age.  Most WTA students are from low-income families, and approximately 15% are DCFS wards.

The WTA plays a critical role in the lives of both our students and their communities.  The WTA strives to demonstrate and model a highly successful strategy for re-engaging, teaching and graduating our community’s many dropout youth.  Additionally, the WTA serves as a model for civic and government leaders to encourage the creation and expansion of resources and programs that effectively address the needs of our community’s many at-risk and dropout youth.

Position:   Social Science Instructor 

Position Responsibilities: 

(1)     Develop Social Science lesson plans and provide academic instruction and individualized mentoring services to assigned students. Course curriculum has a social justice emphasis.

(2)     Oversee the implementation of educational plan and intervene immediately with any students on their caseload showing attendance, behavior, or academic problems.

(3)     Follow-up daily with phone calls to absent students and their parents/ guardians.

(4)     Provide additional tutoring and develop remediation plan for any students failing to perform in their class.

(5)     Maintain all records, logs, and submit reports in a timely manner.

(6)     Attend all staff meetings and events as assigned.

(7)     Involvement with after-school and extracurricular activities a needed

(8)      Incorporate computer skills development through social science curriculum