26-27 Middle School SPED History Teacher

The Quad Preparatory School•New York, NY

3d•$70,000 - $89,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Quad Preparatory School is looking for a full-time middle school history teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. The teacher will provide academic instruction and social-emotional support to students in middle 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

Bachelor’s degree in history, history education, elementary education, special education, or a related field.
Experience working with upper elementary or middle school students.
Love for working with pre-adolescents
Desire and ability to work with students with special needs
Knowledge, understanding, and strong interest in history
Ability to connect with pre-adolescents
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 history or special education teacher.
Master’s degree in history education, special education, elementary education, history, or a related field.
Special education training, including training in the areas of gifted education and twice-exceptional youth.
Secondary History, Elementary Education, and/or Special Education teaching credentials
Experience teaching twice-exceptional youth.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement high-quality, engaging history 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 history teachers to ensure a vertically aligned history 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.

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.