Math Coach (K-5)

Harlem Childrens Zone•New York, NY

About The Position

Harlem Children’s Zone seeks a Math Coach (K-5) for Promise Academy, its K-12 charter school within HCZ’s cradle-to-career pathway. The role supports the organization’s mission to break intergenerational poverty and help scholars get to and through college. The Math Coach works with teachers and school leaders to strengthen elementary math instruction, provide student interventions, and advance STEM instruction across the school network. The position includes coaching and training teachers, facilitating professional development, modeling effective teaching practices, and collaborating with teachers, education directors, principals, and other leaders on teacher support and progress monitoring. The Math Coach also develops and supports standards-aligned assessments, uses assessment and instructional data to identify needs and guide interventions, teaches individual students and small groups, and provides supplemental instruction during extended learning opportunities. The schedule is Monday through Friday.

Requirements

Master’s degree in education.
At least five years of experience teaching elementary math.
New York State teaching certification in math.
Expertise in cognitive guided instruction (CGI).
Experience with next generation standards.

Responsibilities

Coach and train teachers on the math curriculum.
Develop and facilitate professional development sessions to address teacher development needs.
Teach targeted math interventions to individual students and small groups using research-based strategies.
Create standards-aligned formative and summative math assessments.
Use assessments to diagnose math strengths and weaknesses and match them with appropriate intervention techniques.
Support the implementation of assessments.
Collect data to assess the effectiveness of teaching strategies and provide targeted support based on the data.
Model effective teaching practices for staff.
Collaborate with teachers, education directors, and principals to monitor progress.
Work with school leaders on teacher support plans and identify ways to provide individualized support.
Collaborate with school and network leaders regarding staff strengths and development areas.
Provide supplemental instruction to scholars who need it during extended learning opportunities.
Work with the STEM team to implement curriculum and network-wide priorities for advancing STEM instruction.