Elementary Special Education Coordinator and Teacher

Elementary Special Education Coordinator and Teacher

VOICE Charter School is an elementary and middle school located in Long Island City, Queens that serves about 650 students across grades K-8. We are located just minutes from Manhattan (two stops outside of Manhattan on the F, N, and W train lines) and Long Island City’s growing waterfront district, thriving arts community, and rapid residential growth. We are looking to identify extraordinary educators and administrators committed to urban education who wish to join a dynamic professional learning community.

Our mission is to create a safe and healthy learning environment that will nurture, motivate and challenge all of our children to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and to develop into mindful, responsible, contributing participants in their education, their community and the diverse society in which we live.

• Provide a safe and healthy learning environment that nurtures, motivates and challenges all children to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and to develop into mindful, responsible, contributing participants in their education and communities.
• Curriculum and Planning:
  Learn content and skills as detailed in curriculum support materials (e.g., teacher guides); collaborate with colleagues to develop purposeful, rigorous, and engaging daily and long‑term plans aligned to standards; submit necessary curriculum documents; create, administer, and analyze meaningful and frequent assessments; maintain records of student progress toward academic goals; and meet deadlines for data submission.
• In the Classroom:
  Provide targeted push‑in and pull‑out academic support; teach small‑group instruction; ensure that all SETSS and ESL mandates are met; attend grade‑level data reflection meetings; provide lesson differentiation suggestions; maintain a productive, safe, and disciplined learning environment; keep classroom activities flowing smoothly; uphold school policies; infuse VOICE values, rigor, and joy into lessons; integrate feedback and goal‑setting; provide differentiation and accommodations;
  
  model strong written and verbal skills; invest time in knowing students; review IEP guidelines; follow IDEA reporting requirements.
• Communication and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Facilitate Academic Intervention Service (IS) meetings; trigger teachers monthly for academic IS recommendations; gather student work; hold teachers accountable; serve as a helper for student records and standards test administration; collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary team; maintain relationships; give and receive feedback; keep families well‑informed of student performance and progress; provide guidance to classroom assistants.
• Professionalism and Workday Expectations:
  Fully participate in all school and grade‑level meetings; meet expectations including punctuality and professionalism; meet deadlines; reflect on professional practice; supervise out‑of‑classroom settings such as arrival, transitions, lunch, recess, dismissal, and field trips.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.
• New York State teaching certification required; candidate must be fully certified at the time of application or be on track to be fully certified by day one.
• Teaching or student‑teaching experience in a school required.
• Experience with and interest in working with high‑needs students preferred.
• New York State teaching certification in Students with Disabilities, Special Education, or ESL.
• Unwavering humility, patience, and kindness.
• Professional demeanor with the ability to influence and facilitate decision‑making among diverse parties.
• Perseverance to create clarity amid complexity.
• Openness to collaborative…