26-27 Middle School Life Science SPED Teacher

The Quad Preparatory School • New York, NY

17h • $65,000 - $89,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Middle School Life Science Special Education 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 sixth-grade life science teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. The teacher will provide academic instruction and social-emotional support to students in the sixth grade 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

• Bachelor’s degree in science, science education, elementary education, special education, or a related field.
• Minimum of 1 year paid teaching experience with upper elementary or middle school students.
• Love for working with middle school students
• Desire and ability to work with students with special needs
• Knowledge, understanding, and strong interest in life science
• Ability to connect with middle school students
• Lesson planning and the ability to provide engaging and differentiated instruction
• Effective oral and written communication
• A solid understanding of adolescent 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience as an upper elementary or middle school science or special education teacher.
• Master’s degree in science education, special education, elementary education, science, or a related field.
• Special education training, including training in the areas of gifted education and twice-exceptional youth.
• Secondary Science, Elementary Education, and/or Special Education teaching credential.
• Experience teaching twice-exceptional youth.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement high-quality, engaging life science 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 K-12 science teachers to ensure a vertically aligned science program.
• Support students during co-curricular programming that occurs during the school day.
• Create and maintain an orderly and aesthetic learning environment that accounts for students’ social, emotional, and executive functioning needs.
• Maintain accurate records using both our school’s learning management system 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 technology: Veracross student management system, Google Classroom, and Google Suite, in particular Google Calendar, Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets.
• Attend all faculty and staff meetings and required special events (e.g., Curriculum Night, open houses, parent-teacher conferences).
• Perform other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to, teaching electives, 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
• You can build a private practice or tutor onsite during after school hours at low-cost reduced rates, available only to our Quad Prep staff.
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), pre-tax transit, and dependent care (DC FSA) accounts; a 401K match, and student loan repayment contributions (after one year of employment); and 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; and a full tuition waiver for candidates wishing to participate in our annual Certificate Program in Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students.
• All staff will engage with colleagues in our ongoing staff wellness groups, relax at our social events, and collaborate in meaningful work as a valued member of our voluntary groups, including our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging; our Staff Ambassador Program; and our Peer Mentorship Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees