2026-2027 Middle School Math Learning Specialist
About The Position
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) is seeking a Middle School Math Learning Specialist for the 2026-2027 school year. BUGS is a progressive middle school focused on sustainability education, diverse-by-design, and community-based learning. The school serves approximately 300 students of all abilities and backgrounds, preparing them for high school and to become critical thinkers and lifelong learners. The ideal candidate will be inspired by the school's mission, passionate about working with adolescents, and eager to join a dynamic professional learning community. BUGS values teachers as professionals and offers opportunities for innovation, growth, and leadership within a supportive community. The school emphasizes hands-on, interdisciplinary education with a focus on real-world problem-solving and sustainability. The role involves supporting students within an inclusion model that utilizes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and co-teaching strategies. Collaboration with families, colleagues, and students is essential, as is a commitment to the school's mission, vision, and values.
Requirements
- Passion for teaching and developing within the English Language Arts area
- Commitment to collaboration, co-teaching, educating for sustainability, and ongoing professional growth
- Experience teaching within an ICT setting, utilizing a variety of co-teaching models
- Evidence of differentiation in lesson plans
- Experience working with IEPs
- Utilize and/or are familiar with Standards Based Grading and Reporting
- Desire to work in a heterogeneous classroom with a range of ability levels and students of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds
- Experience working with middle school/young adolescents
- Valid New York State Teaching Certification or valid New York State Students With Disabilities Certification
- Bachelor's degree, required
- Experienced in planning and teaching academic interventions in Math
- Experienced in data driven instruction
- Experience in implementing support around foundational math skills such as computation, number sense, and building mathematical vocabulary
- Commitment to collaboration, sustainability, continuous professional growth, and student achievement
- Proven track record in data collection and corresponding student achievement
Nice To Haves
- Three years of teaching experience
- Master's degree
- Valid New York State Special Education certification, highly preferred
- Three years of teaching experience/special education classroom instruction, highly preferred
- Experience using Renaissance Learn Platform (STAR Math/Reading) or iReady)
- Familiarity with the Desmos Math curriculum a plus
Responsibilities
- Teaching and developing within the English Language Arts area
- Collaboration and co-teaching
- Educating for sustainability
- Ongoing professional growth
- Utilizing a variety of co-teaching models within an ICT setting
- Demonstrating differentiation in lesson plans
- Working with IEPs
- Utilizing Standards Based Grading and Reporting
- Working in a heterogeneous classroom with a range of ability levels and students of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds
- Working with middle school/young adolescents
- Regularly assessing students and using data to inform instruction
- Creating and designing coursework in the context of an interdisciplinary sustainability-focused hands-on learning and real-world problem solving curriculum
- Committing to school-wide behavior systems that consider adolescent development and promote holistic, socio-emotional responses through restorative justice and collaborative problem solving in collaboration with our Office of Student Affairs
- Communicating and collaborating regularly with families, colleagues, and students
- Exemplifying the BUGS Mission, Vision, and C.A.R.E.S. Values
- Actively developing professional practice using the BUGS Teacher Professional Practice Commitments as a framework
- Researching and implementing culturally responsive classroom practices by participating in a Professional Learning Community throughout the school year to identify best practices that would be embedded into the classrooms and curricula
- Planning thoughtfully to connect Educating for Sustainability standards, C.A.R.E.S. values, and Project Based Learning into daily planning and execution of lessons, exploring different ways to make content accessible and relevant to students
- Planning and teaching academic interventions in Math
- Implementing support around foundational math skills such as computation, number sense, and building mathematical vocabulary
- Collecting and analyzing data to drive student achievement
- Using Renaissance Learn Platform (STAR Math/Reading) or iReady
- Familiarity with the Desmos Math curriculum
Benefits
- Competitive salary with the New York City DOE salary matrix
- Opportunities for innovation, professional growth, and teacher leadership
- Strong, supportive community of learners
- Active parent-teacher organization
- Positive student and staff culture
- Support in using project-based methodology and designing on-going fieldwork
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
