SY 26-27 History Special Education Teacher - High School

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At Innovation Charter High School, we believe schools can be places where young people are deeply known, challenged, and prepared to shape their futures, and where educators do some of the most meaningful work of their careers.

We are a mission-driven public charter high school in New York City serving students with ambition, care, and urgency. Our team is fiercely committed to improving student outcomes and continuously strengthening the school we are building together.

This is a place for educators who believe:

• Feedback is essential to growth, for students and adults
• Curiosity is a driver of strong teaching and learning
• Great schools are built through reflection, collaboration, and persistence
• Students thrive when adults hold high expectations and provide deep support
• Supporting one another as a community and showing up as strong team players matters just as much as individual excellence

We are not interested in maintaining the status quo. We are actively working to create new ways of supporting students and new ways of working together as colleagues. That takes humility, experimentation, resilience, and heart.

Our staff cares deeply. We challenge one another. We learn in public. We keep improving.

If you are energized by joining a dedicated team that is building toward something better, for students and for each other, we’d love to meet you.

We are seeking a passionate, equity-driven Special Education Teacher (History, Grades 9–12) to support students in developing strong reading, writing, and critical thinking skills within an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classroom.

In this role, you will partner closely with general education teachers, families, and student support teams to ensure students with IEPs access rigorous instruction, feel known and supported, and make meaningful academic and social-emotional growth.

This role is ideal for an educator who believes inclusion is not a program, but a practice and who sees special education as both advocacy and instructional excellence.

• Deliver Inclusive, Rigorous history Instruction
• Co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess across grade bands in History classrooms using effective co-teaching models
• Design and implement specially designed instruction that supports access to grade-level texts and writing tasks
• Differentiate instruction to meet a wide range of literacy levels, including students needing foundational skill development
• Support students in close reading, text analysis, and evidence-based writing
• Use inquiry-based strategies to build engagement, discussion, and critical thinking

• Support students in analyzing historical events, perspectives, and sources to develop evidence-based arguments
• Scaffold complex primary and secondary sources to ensure all students can access and engage with rigorous historical content
• Build student confidence in expressing ideas through discussion, writing, and historical inquiry
• Strengthen students’ academic vocabulary, reading comprehension, and use of evidence within the study of history
• Use formative and summative assessment data to identify learning needs, monitor progress, and adjust instruction
• Provide targeted supports and accommodations that enable students with disabilities to engage meaningfully with grade-level history content and standards

• Manage a caseload of students with IEPs and monitor progress toward goals
• Provide regular 1:1 student support and progress monitoring
• Prepare documentation, maintain compliance in SESIS, and contribute to IEP development
• Partner with families and colleagues through meetings, conferences, and collaborative problem-solving
• Advocate for students’ academic, social-emotional, and developmental needs

• Engage actively in feedback, coaching, and professional learning
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve practice and student outcomes
• Contribute to a culture of reflection, curiosity, and continuous improvement
• Help create…