Math Coach 2024-2025 SY

Math Coach

The Math Coach ensures students receive high-quality math instruction. The Coach will work with administrators and teachers to align their work with district priorities. He/she will lead data sessions that look at both formative and summative assessment results and suggest and monitor intervention strategies and materials for struggling students. The Coach will focus on enhancing teachers’ abilities to provide instruction that builds students’ math skills, is academically rigorous, addresses the curriculum standards and enhances students’ engagement and ownership of their learning.

Specific Responsibilities

•  Coach teachers on instructional best practices in Mathematical problem-solving.
•  Lead high-quality curriculum rollouts and teacher professional development opportunities that engage teachers in hands-on, minds-on problem solving.
• Lead data analysis meetings of students’ formative and summative assessments.
•  Monitor progress against assessment cycle benchmarks, as well as BOY and EOY performance indicators.
• Provide real time feedback to teachers during instruction
• Conduct weekly observations and provide meaningful feedback to improve implementation of effective instruction.
• Establish a clear curriculum that provides teachers with lesson plans, materials, and texts
• Create scope and sequence, goals and objectives for the instructional year.
• Adjust the scope and  sequence throughout the year, if needed, based on student data and needs.
• Analyze interim assessment data and assist teachers in developing interventions to address the conceptual gaps in 1st through 4th grade.
• Support teachers in small group math centers and whole group instruction..

Qualifications

• Bachelors from an accredited college or university in Elementary Education required.
• New Jersey  Certification as an Elementary Teacher with 5+ years of experience
• Content Area Endorsement (Math)
• Masters Degree in related area preferred.
• Prior experience as an effective elementary school coach preferred

• Successful prior teaching experience for the appropriate grade levels preferred

REPORTS TO & EVALUATED BY: DIrector of Curriculum & Instruction/Student Affairs

Employment Status: This is a full-time, ten month year, at-will position.