26-27 Middle School Life Science SPED Teacher

About the role

The Quad Preparatory School is seeking 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.

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; communicate assessment results to parents.
• 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, professional development sessions, 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).

Qualifications

• 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.
• Knowledge, understanding, and strong interest in life science.
• Absorbent and able 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.
• An attention to detail.
• Maintaining confidentiality and privacy.
• Ethical conduct.
• Time management and the ability to multitask.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Patience and flexibility.

Skills

• Loves working with middle school students.
• Desire and ability to work with students with special needs.
• Ability to connect with middle school students.
• Experience as an upper elementary or middle school science or special education teacher.
• 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.

Benefits

• Generous and comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, disability insurance, parental leave, and student loan repayment.
• Generous preparation periods throughout each week, limiting the number of after work hours needed.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth within the neurodiversity educational space.
• Extracurricular activities such as building a private practice or tutoring non-Quad Prep students onsite during after school hours at low-cost reduced rates.