High School SPED Biology Teacher - Leave Replacement
About The Position
At Quad Prep, we are on a mission to transform the lives of neurodiverse, twice-exceptional people by redefining the experience of school. Through the collective, collaborative, and empathic work of our teachers and clinicians, we are empowering our students to engage with the exciting and wonderful diversity of this world. Now in our 2nd decade, we are excited to welcome fellow innovators and collaborative colleagues to our team to be a part of this inspiring and impactful mission. At Quad Prep, a New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Accredited School, we are eager to create challenging and engaging learning experiences for our students, to seek diverse perspectives, and to work together to continuously refine and redefine best practices in neurodiverse education. The Quad Preparatory School actively seeks to advance diversity through its programs and hiring.
Requirements
- Love for working with high school-aged children
- Strong knowledge of and affinity for biology
- Desire and ability to work with students with special needs
- Ability to respond and manage behavioral challenges
- Lesson planning and the ability to provide engaging and differentiated instruction
- Ability to connect with high school-aged children
- Effective oral and written communication
- A solid understanding of high school-aged children’s academic, social, and emotional development
- Attention to detail
- Maintaining confidentiality and privacy
- Ethical conduct
- Time management and the ability to multitask
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Patience and flexibility
- Bachelor’s degree in special education, science education, biology or a related field
- At least one year of paid experience teaching science or a related subject to middle and/or high school students or college undergraduates.
Nice To Haves
- At least three years experience as a full-time high school science teacher.
- Master’s degree in science education, special education, biology, or a related field.
- Special education training, including training in the areas of gifted education and twice-exceptional youth.
- Secondary Science and/or Special Education teaching credential.
- Experience teaching twice-exceptional youth.
Responsibilities
- Plan and implement high-quality, engaging biology lessons that are differentiated to meet the learning needs of the students.
- Regularly assess the students and the curriculum, adapting content and instruction as appropriate; communicating assessment results to parents.
- Subscribe to and implement the school’s philosophy of progressive and personalized education for twice-exceptional children.
- Collaborate with the psychosocial teachers in planning and implementing an integrated program for executive functioning within the academic curriculum.
- Map and evaluate curriculum.
- Collaborate with other members of the science department to ensure a vertically aligned K-12 science program.
- Develop and teach electives.
- Create and maintain an orderly and aesthetic learning environment that accounts for students’ social, emotional, and executive functioning needs.
- Maintain accurate records using both the learning management system Veracross as well as carefully managed portfolios of student work to illustrate and record progress and achievement.
- Empower students to take charge of their learning by providing all necessary scaffolding, modeling, materials, and resources, and consistently maintaining a high level of expectation for student success.
- Collaborate with other academic staff and psychosocial staff members to plan, integrate, and facilitate cross-curricular, inquiry-based projects.
- Communicate with parents and guardians to provide feedback on pupils’ academic and social-emotional progress through parent-teacher conferences, written reports, phone calls, and emails.
- Follow the professional code and policies of the school and conduct oneself in a way that promotes the mission of the school.
- Utilize Google Suite, in particular Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets.
- Attend all faculty and staff meetings, professional development sessions, and required special events (e.g., open houses, Curriculum Night, Carnivale).
- Perform other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to serving as an academic advisor and/or leading a student club (during the school day).
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Student Loan repayment
- Retirement Plan contribution
- Group Life Plan
- Disability Insurance
- Generous Parental Leave
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- pre-tax transit
- dependent care (DC FSA) accounts
- 401K match
- professional development opportunities
- First Year Support Program
- Leadership Development Institute
- full tuition waiver for candidates wishing to participate in our annual Certificate Program in Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
