Math Specialist, Early Childhood Campus - Somerville, United States - Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

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Somerville, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Who Are We? Prospect Hill Academy Charter School is a highly successful urban PK-12 public school located in Somerville and Cambridge. We enroll over 1,100 students from cities and towns throughout the greater Boston metro area. Our inclusive and restorative school celebrates and serves a diverse community - with 87% BIPOC, 27% ELL, and 16% of our students qualifying for special education services. Our mission is to prepare all students for success in college, foster responsible citizenship, and inspire a lifelong love of learning - as we believe academic achievement opens doors and creates opportunities for our students. We center the values of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in our work. Our approach to instruction is founded on culturally sustaining, inquiry-based, and student-centered practices. To invest in the growth of our educators, we offer comprehensive professional development, instructional coaching, and mentorship. Our campuses foster a collaborative team environment with extraordinary educators who are committed to ongoing learning, reflection, and professional growth.
What do Math Specialists do at Prospect Hill Academy?Math Specialists are critical teacher-leaders in supporting best practice in math instruction, especially in the area of math intervention. A Math specialist will provide research-based math intervention to small groups of students at multiple grade levels. This will include data analysis to determine need, design of high-quality intervention, and effective progress monitoring. A math specialist will model and coach classroom teachers in these areas, as well as be a leader at the campus level in designing and implementing an effective multi-tiered system of support for mathematics learning.

Essential Functions:

Analyzes individual student data to clearly identify and articulate current progress, including specific strengths and needs
Using this analysis, designs and delivers effective direct service to students in identified areas of need; carefully monitors progress for each individual student receiving service; adapts instructional plans based on progress monitoring to ensure growth for each student during intervention cycle
Supports classroom teachers to understand individual student data and learning progress, and then to adapt their daily classroom instruction to include effective Tier 1 supports
Analyzes grade level data to determine overall patterns of strength and need, and supports classroom teachers in their understanding and use of this data to improve student learning
Creates effective data displays and tracking systems to support grade level teams with both data analysis and progress monitoring (at the individual, class and grade level)
Supports the campus with the design and delivery of a multitiered system of support that effectively moves students toward identified grade level mathematics goals, including data analysis to determine the effectiveness of the system
Supports grade levels with designing effective strategic groupings based on current data, and then designing effective instructional approaches and supports to meet identified needs
Researches, teaches and models instructional best practices to address the needs of students who are not yet successful in mathematics
Provides ongoing training and feedback in the use of assessment tools and strategies, and coaches teachers on how to use the resulting data to design effective instruction
Builds effective relationships with students and faculty in service of continuous improvement goals
Develops expertise in the mathematics curricula (EngageNY) and the instructional approaches used at the grade level
Selects and/or designs instructional materials to meet student needs; maintains an organized system and accessible location for the storage and circulation of materials; maintains a comprehensive inventory of instructional materials and resources
Staggers work hours 23 days per week to provide afterschool tutoring

NOTE:
This list of essential and additional functions is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be supplemented at the request of ones supervisor and/or senior management

Additional Functions:

Assists with planning and delivery of content workshops and informational sessions for parents/guardians
Partners with campus leaders, instructional coaches and curriculum coaches to support continuous improvement in tiered systems of support and mathematics instruction
Provides training and/or guided practice for teachers in use of data, assessment tools, curriculum or instructional strategies
May serve as a member of campus or district instructional leadership teams
Additional responsibilities and tasks requested or assigned by manager

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

A minimum of 5 years of teaching experience, with a record of successfully impacting student achievement
Masters Degree preferred; Bachelors Degree req