The Northwestern Illinois Association
             A Regional Special Education Cooperative
  Employment
 




             
 

Current NIA Employment Opportunities:

Adapted PE Teacher
     .8-1.0 FTE Position Available (4-5 days/week)
     Kane County/DeKalb County Areas

Job Coach
     Part-time Position Available
     St. Charles NIA Office, East Aurora School District #131,
     School District #300, NIA HI Program District #301

Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists
     Full and Part-time Positions Available
     OT's - Aurora, Dundee, Rockford, Dixon, Belvidere, and Paw Paw areas
     PT's - Aurora, Rockford, and Belvidere areas
     
Secretary to Manager - Therapy Program

     Full-time Position Available
     St. Charles Satellite Office

Secretary to Manager - Therapy Program
     Full-time Position Available
     Rockford Satellite Office

Sign Language Interpreter

     Full-time Position Available
     Geneva, IL

Sign Language Interpreter

     Full-time Position Available
     Kane County Area

Sign Language Interpreter

     Full-time Position Available
     Various Schools within Northwestern Illinois Area

Teacher of Deaf/Hard of Hearing - Itinerant
     Full-time Position Available
     Burlington, Illinois

Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
     Various Positions Available
     NIA's Ten County Territory

Therapy Program Supervisor
     1.25 FTE to Coincide with 9 Month School Year
     Ten County Area of Northern Illinois


Additionally, the NIA hires a variety of professionals for its organization. We also recruit and hire for our member districts. The following is a partial list of the types of professionals encouraged to apply:

  Audiologists
  Adaptive Physical Education Teachers
  Early Intervention Specialists
  Hearing Itinerants
  Job Coaches
  Occupational Therapists
  Orientation and Mobility Specialists
  Paraprofessionals
  Physical Therapists
  Secretarial/Clerical Staff
  Sign Language Interpreters
Speech/Language Pathologists
Substitute Teachers of Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Substitute Sign Language Teachers
Substitute Teacher Aids
  Supervisors
  Supported Employment Specialists
  Teachers of Students with Orthopedic Impairments
  Teachers of Students with Multineeds
  Teachers of Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  Vision Itinerants

If you are interested in becoming a part of the NIA team, please feel free to contact the Sycamore Administration office at 815.895.9227. Resumes are accepted on a year-round basis.

You can fill out our Application for Employment to apply for one of the openings listed above, or you can view all DeKalb County Regional Office of Education (ROE) employment opportunities and apply online there
.

Please note you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view our Application. Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader download it here.

Please send resumes with a cover letter detailing the type of position you are interested in obtaining to the attention of:

Mary Ellen Kilpatrick, Regional Director
The Northwestern Illinois Association
245 W. Exchange Street, Suite 4
Sycamore, IL 60178
(815) 895-9227

The NIA is an equal opportunity employer.