Middle School SPED Teacher - All Subjects

The Quad Preparatory School•New York, NY

7d•$60,000 - $96,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Quad Preparatory School is looking for a middle School Special Education teacher for the 2025–2026 school year. The teacher will provide academic instruction and social-emotional support to students in our Middle School in collaboration with our clinicians. The Special Education Teacher will have one-to-one instructional time with their students as well as supporting while pushing into other classrooms. 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 mathematics education, elementary education, special education, or a related field.
Experience working with upper elementary or middle school students.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a middle school math or special education teacher.
Master’s degree in special education, elementary education, mathematics or a related field.
Special education training, including training in the areas of gifted education and twice-exceptional youth.
Secondary Mathematics (grades 7-12), Elementary Education, and/or Special Education teaching credential.
Experience teaching twice-exceptional youth.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement high-quality, engaging 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 mathematics teachers to ensure a vertically aligned mathematics 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 Google Suite, in particular Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets.
Attend all faculty and staff meetings and required special events (e.g., open houses, parent-teacher conferences).
Perform other duties as assigned.