26-27 High School SPED History Teacher

The Quad Preparatory School•New York, NY

1d•$70,000 - $89,000•Onsite

About The Position

High School Special Education History Teacher Anticipated Opening for the 2026-27 School Year 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. As we enter our 14th year, 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. The Quad Preparatory School is looking for a full-time high school history teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. The teacher will provide academic instruction and social-emotional support to students in high school in collaboration with our clinicians. Our rooms consist of less than ten students, and our teachers also have one-to-one instructional time with their students once a week. Our students have a wide range of learning abilities. Teachers have the opportunity to receive mentorship, coaching, and support from the clinicians as well as academic administrators. A benefit of this position is the amount of professional development one will obtain in working with twice-exceptional youth and in being mentored by veteran special education teachers, academic administrators, and clinicians.

Requirements

Love for working with children
Strong knowledge of and affinity for social studies
Desire and ability to work with students with special needs
Lesson planning and the ability to provide engaging and differentiated instruction
Ability to connect with 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 social studies education, special education, history, government, economics, or a related field.
Minimum of one year paid experience teaching middle and/or high school students.

Nice To Haves

At least three years experience as a full-time high school social studies teacher.
Experience teaching AP social studies classes.
Master’s degree in social studies education, physics, chemistry, biology, or a related field.
Special education training, including training in the areas of gifted education and twice-exceptional youth.
Secondary Social Studies and/or Special Education teaching credential.
Experience teaching twice-exceptional youth.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement high-quality, engaging, social studies lessons and laboratories 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 social studies department to ensure a vertically aligned K-12 social studies 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 and required special events (e.g., open houses, Curriculum Night, Carnivale).
Perform other duties as assigned.

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, and dependent care (DC FSA) accounts
a 401K match
student loan repayment contributions (after one year of employment)
a range of professional development opportunities, including our First Year Support Program for all new facility and staff
our Leadership Development Institute for those wishing to gain supervisory experience
a full tuition waiver for candidates wishing to participate in our annual Certificate Program in Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students