District Math Coach (Instructional) - Districtwide 26-27

Syracuse City School District • Syracuse, NY

3d • $59,499 • Onsite

About The Position

The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. The District-wide Elementary Mathematics Coach will be expected to be a steward of the district strategic plan and the mathematics action plan by providing instructional support and coaching for teachers and instructional coaches in our K-5 classrooms as they work to implement the Common Core State Standards. The primary role of the district-wide mathematics coach is to work with teachers and coaches to support best practices in utilizing our curricular materials and intervention materials, provide an analysis of grade level trends in instruction and use this data as well as student achievement data to create quality differentiated professional development opportunities that will best support instruction in the classroom.

Requirements

• Minimum five (5) years of teaching experience required.
• Minimum three (3) years experience leading other teachers to achieve strong academic results.
• Appropriate New York State Teacher Certification.
• Trained in the SOAR Intervention Materials and evidence of the ability to utilize the materials.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit; be flexible, and be willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of the students of the SCSD.
• Excellent organizational, communication and facilitation skills.
• Prior demonstration of exemplary attendance is expected of any candidate for hire.
• Strong record of helping students achieve academic success, primarily with students of color and low-income students.
• Significant experience with curriculum development and daily lesson planning.
• Experience in analyzing data and using results to modify lessons.
• Significant experience with instructional best practices.
• Ability to model positive and healthy character traits and habits, such as being organized, consistent and understanding.
• Comfort and willingness to actively participate in school communities.
• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to the SCSD mission and willingness to serve the SCSD community.
• Experience in professional development and leadership roles working with adults.
• Ability to plan, model, coach and provide feedback to individual teachers and teams of teachers to improve teaching and learning.
• Experience implementing effective instructional practices, designing engaging lessons, using data and formative assessment in the classroom and implementing the four-tiered intervention system.

Nice To Haves

• Training and/or experience with Culturally Relevant Education (preferred)
• Teachers with certification in Special Education or TESOL are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teachers and coaches and provide specific strategies for improved instructional delivery.
• Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate research-based instructional strategies and interventions to improve achievement for all students.
• Plan and provide professional development and materials to support teachers and coaches.
• Model and/or co-teach as needed to improve instructional delivery practices.
• Support the development of curriculum and advise pacing on the scope and sequence based on essential content knowledge as outlined in the state and national standards.
• Cultivate a standards-based, data and results-oriented culture.
• In collaboration with teachers, develop resource materials for personalizing the learning for all students.
• Make recommendations on best practices for supporting curricular alignment across all grade levels and individual schools.
• Communicate and promote grade-level expectations in mathematics.
• Assist teachers with implementation of Response-to-Intervention framework.
• Assist coaches and teachers with the SOAR Intervention materials and implementation.
• Use trend data from walkthroughs and classroom observations to determine professional development needs for teachers.
• Progress monitor district-wide student performance and growth in targeted mathematics skills by grade level.
• Support the development and curation of instructional materials for K-5 mathematics.
• To support the curation of support materials for parents.

Benefits

• Stipend of $8,000
• Starting salary of $59,499 for SCSD Teachers
• Salary increase based on proof of outside, related experience and college transcripts, pursuant to the Unit 1 contractual agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed