26-27 Middle School SPED Teacher - All Subjects
About The Position
The Quad Preparatory School is seeking a Middle School Special Education Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. This role involves providing academic instruction and social-emotional support to students in collaboration with clinicians. The teacher will conduct one-to-one instructional sessions and support students by pushing into other classrooms. Quad Prep is dedicated to transforming the lives of neurodiverse, twice-exceptional individuals by redefining the school experience. The school fosters a collaborative and empathic environment, empowering students to engage with the world's diversity. As a NYSAIS Accredited School, Quad Prep aims to create challenging and engaging learning experiences, seek diverse perspectives, and refine best practices in neurodiverse education. The school is committed to advancing diversity through its programs and hiring.
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, professional development sessions, and required special events (e.g., 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
- Dependent care (DC FSA) accounts
- 401K match
- Professional development opportunities
- First Year Support Program
- Leadership Development Institute
- Full tuition waiver for annual Certificate Program in Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
