Some attorney's will hire clients before denial, so I have to disagree with the info above. They are paid out of backpay though, so most require you to be at various stages...

While The SS rules state you can make up to $1010, the reality is, they often won't approve you, or once you're approved they'll discontinue benefits if you show a consistent history of making over $700 per month.

You might also want to check out working for a homeschooling program that hires crediantialed teachers. Or other non traditional classroom jobs. Perhaps teach art at a junior high school, or adults at the community college level in remidial subjects (fewer classroom hours.) You should pinpoint with your doc what you need for accommodations.

If you can get your school district to accommodate you, that would be ideal...

You can't continue working above the SGA level and be approved. Benefits won't start for 5 months. You might be approved easily at that point, but you might be presented with a whole array of minimum wage jobs a Voc Rehab Counselor says you can manage. Can you work retail, for example? As stated above, the standard is if you're capable of working at ANY job making $1010 per month.