School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Brooklyn
Listed compensation
$75 an hour
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Knowledge Road is hiring NYS-licensed Occupational Therapists to work as school-based occupational therapists on a 1099 basis in Brooklyn. The position pays $75 an hour.
We hold a New York City DOE contract to provide IEP- and IESP-mandated services to students who attend independent, parochial and charter schools across the borough, plus some homeschooled students. These are not DOE public school placements.
How much you work is up to you
- No minimum caseload and no exclusivity
- No cap on hours from us — it comes down to how many cases you take on
- Most cases run during the school day in Brooklyn schools, some after school, and a few on weekends
What is open varies through the year. We recruit year-round and tell you what is open when you apply.
What you'll do
- Plan and deliver occupational therapy aligned to each student's IEP or IESP goals
- Support each student's participation in school and daily activities
- Keep session notes and complete required documentation
- Complete progress reports as required
- Communicate with the school, the family and the student's team
- Attend IEP meetings for the students you work with
- How cases work
Before you accept a case you get the details: the school, the grade, the schedule, the group size and the hourly rate. You decide whether to take it.
Pay
Occupational therapy cases are one-to-one, at $75/hour.
You submit your sessions at the end of each month and are paid by direct deposit, generally within about a week. Payment is for sessions delivered.
What you need
- NYS license as an Occupational Therapist
- Availability to work in Brooklyn
You cannot have been employed by the NYC Department of Education within the past year. If you have, a special approval is required — tell us and we will take you through it.
Getting started
We handle your DOE clearance with you as part of onboarding. From there we bring you cases that match your license, your schedule and the areas you want to work.
The application asks about your license, DOE clearance status, availability, the areas you can work and the languages you speak.
Equal Opportunity
Knowledge Road is committed to equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected status.
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist will plan and deliver therapy sessions aligned with student IEP or IESP goals. They are also responsible for maintaining session notes, completing progress reports, and communicating with the student's educational team.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid NYS license as an Occupational Therapist. Additionally, they must be available to work on-site in Brooklyn and cannot have been employed by the NYC Department of Education within the past year.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Brooklyn at Knowledge Road a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,743 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In New York, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$103k (74 salary observations; 125 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (5,208 salary observations; 15,532 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 62% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$156k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $145k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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