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About the Role

BUGS is seeking passionate educators inspired by its mission and inclusion model, eager to join a dynamic professional learning community. This role is for a Middle School Special Education Teacher (Integrated Co-Teaching) for the 2026-2027 school year.

Responsibilities

Serve all students fully, regardless of certification.
Utilize a variety of strategies to reach all students, including differentiated instruction, modifications, and accommodations.
Provide small groups, graphic organizers, leveled texts, strong vocabulary support, adapted or leveled texts, and multiple access points/opportunities to content.
Prioritize parallel, station, alternative, and team teaching models during lesson planning.
Routinely analyze data to support instructional decisions.
Know the specific needs of students with IEPs, 504s, and ELL designations and plan to meet these needs throughout the school day.
Regularly assess students and use data to inform instruction.
Create and design coursework in the context of an interdisciplinary sustainability-focused hands-on learning and real-world problem solving curriculum.
Commit to school-wide behavior systems that consider adolescent development and promote holistic, socio-emotional responses through restorative justice and collaborative problem solving.
Communicate and collaborate regularly with families, colleagues, and students.
Actively develop professional practice using the BUGS Teacher Professional Practice Commitments as a framework.
Research and implement culturally responsive classroom practices by participating in a Professional Learning Community.
Plan thoughtfully to connect Educating for Sustainability standards, C.A.R.E.S. values, and Project Based Learning into daily planning and execution of lessons.
Explore different ways to make content accessible and relevant to students.
Participate in monthly field study trips.
Attend at least five evenings throughout the year, as needed, including Curriculum Night, Family & Teacher Conferences, Student-led Subject Area Conferences, and other BUGS sponsored events.

Requirements

Experience teaching within an ICT setting, utilizing a variety of co-teaching models.
Evidence of differentiation in lesson plans.
Experience working with IEPs.
Experience working with middle school/young adolescents.
Three years of teaching experience; highly preferred.
Valid New York State Teaching Certification or valid New York State Students With Disabilities Certification.

Skills

Collaboration
Co-teaching
Educating for sustainability
Differentiation
Standards Based Grading and Reporting
Culturally responsive classroom practices
Project Based Learning
Environmental justice and stewardship
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Specially Designed Instruction

Location

Brooklyn

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

3 years of teaching experience (preferred)

Education Level

Bachelor's degree (required)
Master's degree (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

Competitive with the New York City DOE salary matrix. For more details see our 2026-2027 Compensation Matrix.

About the Company

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) is a small, independent, progressive Middle School in South Slope/Windsor Terrace serving approximately 300 students of all abilities and backgrounds.
BUGS is at the forefront of sustainability education, diverse-by-design and community-based schools movements.
Features a hands-on interdisciplinary education with a focus on real-world problem-solving and exploration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
Values and respects teachers as educators, professionals, and individuals.
Offers opportunities for innovation, professional growth, and teacher leadership.
Features a strong, supportive community of learners, an active parent-teacher organization, and a positive student and staff culture.
Supports teachers in using project-based methodology and designing on-going fieldwork.
Actively strives to repair the detrimental effects of racism, discrimination and systems of oppression.
Believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are important and interdependent components of everyday life.
Focuses on inquiry-based study of the science of sustainability.
Provides extended time for learning with longer blocks of class time, a longer school day, and a longer school year.
Creates a positive and inclusive school climate that supports equity and access for all learners.
Fosters a college-bound, career-ready student body that respects and values diversity.
Based on a professional learning community with a collaborative culture built on trust, shared instructional leadership, and mutual accountability.
Utilizes authentic assessments and individualization driven by ongoing data analysis.
Incorporates computer-based instruction for remediation, individualized learning, and development of 21st-century skills.
Believes all students are capable of succeeding when consistently given the appropriate support.
Supports an inclusion model that focuses on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differentiated instruction, and Specially Designed Instruction.
Believes families are equal partners and must have consistent communication.

Equal Opportunity

BUGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and staff.
BUGS strongly encourages applications from minority candidates.