Math Curriculum Coach

Illinois Association Of School•Florissant, MO

55d

About The Position

The job of Math Curriculum Coach is done for the purpose/s of providing support to the instructional process by serving as a curriculum coach; working with teachers and Curriculum Coordinator, with specific responsibility for developing student success in Math; co-teaching and modeling within the classroom and other assigned areas; developing lesson plans and delivering group an individual student training within established curriculum guidelines; providing professional development and collaboration with math instructors; addressing instructional and/or classroom issues; and responding to a wide range of inquiries from academic professionals and administration, regarding the Title II Math curriculum program, curriculum development and teacher/ student progress. This job reports to Math Curriculum Coordinator JOB SUMMARY: The Math Curriculum Coordinator will perform duties to plan, coordinate and assist the professional staff members toward the development of a curriculum and an instructional program that will maximize the learning of each student in the Hazelwood School District.

Requirements

Master's degree in curriculum and instruction
Current teaching certificate issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Requires a minimum of five years of successful classroom teaching experience in math
Requires evidence of improving student achievement in math
appropriate codes, policies, regulations and/or laws
age appropriate activities
lesson plan requirements
stages of child development
District Math Curriculum
current and emerging technology
methods of instruction and training
Strong ability to maintain confidentiality
Superior interpersonal skills
Accurate and attentive to detail
Outstanding organizational skills
Excellent communications and public relations abilities
Positive, effective people skills
Willingness to work effectively with all levels of employees
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to read, write, and speak at high levels
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers and perform operations with like common and decimal fractions, including the ability to compute ratio, rate, and percent as it relates to data
Ability to establish and maintain positive effective working relationships with staff, students, and the community
Ability to design and present high quality professional development
Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form
Superior customer and public relations skills in working with others, in person, over the phone, and via email
Proficiency using Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets with formulas, graphs, tables), Word (reports), PowerPoint (presentations), Google Drive, and Google Classroom
Must demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other people in the leadership and coordination of activities involved with curriculum development and instructional programs
Must be self-directed, highly motivated, and able to work independently
stand, walk, sit, talk and hear
reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, and to lift up to 25 pounds
close vision, distance vision, the ability to adjust and focus, and depth perception
normal conversation, phone conversation, and isolating voices in multiple conversations

Nice To Haves

reading certification preferred
Instructional coaching or team leader experience and curriculum in math experience preferred

Responsibilities

Develop a curriculum with stakeholder input, monitor its implementation, and train certified staff on its implementation.
Analyzes school site and grade level data (e.g. student achievement and instructional data, use of math curriculum assessments, lesson plan development, etc.) for the purpose of providing historical documentation and ensuring math curriculum implementation.
Assesses teacher progress toward curricular objectives, expectations, and goals (e.g. collection of observational data of curriculum and implementation by instructors, pacing analysis, building and district student achievement data, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring development and implementation of effective strategies for meeting curricular objectives in the instructional unit and providing feedback to teachers, coaches and administration.
Assists administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers (e.g. lesson plan objectives, instructional activities and instructional tools, training, etc.) for the purpose of implementing curriculum development.
Collaborates with instructional coaches and teachers (e.g. individualized teacher planning, professional development sessions, co-teaching, role modeling, curriculum integration into other academic curriculums, etc.) for the purpose of improving the overall quality of math curriculum implementation.
Delivers scheduled professional development for the purpose of ensuring growth and effectiveness in utilization of math curriculum.
Monitors instructional implementation (e.g. site walk throughs, creation of follow-up goals and planning tools, identification of weaknesses and strengths, etc.) for the purpose of implementing continuous improvement in implementing the District Math curriculum.
Participates in a variety of meetings for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions.
Participates in curriculum writing and revision processes, under the direction of the Math Curriculum Coordinator (e.g. writing curriculum, curriculum resources, assessments, and instructional resources, etc.) for the purpose of providing necessary and appropriate math curriculum processes.
Prepares a complex variety of grade level data (e.g. charting of Math curriculum components assessment, summaries of instructional professional development, effectiveness of resources, training modules, student work analysis, etc.) for the purpose of providing historical documentation of curriculum implementation.
Provides feedback (e.g. administrators, instructional coaches, teachers, etc.) for the purpose of working toward optimal implementation of the District Math curriculum.
Researches curriculum trends (e.g. emerging concepts, learning outcomes, tools, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring effective curriculum implementation that is both timely and future focused.
Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources (e.g. other coaches, coordinators, teachers, parents, administrators, etc.) for the purpose of resolving issues and providing information and/or direction.
Trains administrators, instructional coaches and teachers (e.g. assisting the Math Curriculum Coordinator in providing "real time PD" related to effective science instruction aligned to the curriculum, etc.) for the purpose of communicating expectations for student learning, developing methods for improvement and ensuring instructional implementation of the math curriculum.
Train administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers, on curriculum and instruction.
Analyze building and district student achievement data and implementation data to guide the development of training for administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers.
Provide support in co-leading math data analysis with administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers to create strategy and skill embedding plans.
Analyze school and grade level data for declines, or lower than anticipated growth, for follow-up root cause analysis.
Assist administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers in establishing immediate curriculum instructional needs as indicated by qualitative and/or quantitative feedback.
Provide math and foreign language professional development sessions for district trainings and site trainings.
Create training modules.
Meet with administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers to facilitate professional learning, student work analysis, and reflective instruction.
Deliver professional development and create instructional tools to assist teachers in implementing effective strategies or reinforce specific skills.
Organize and conduct staff development workshops.
Set up and provide all materials needed for workshops and meetings organized by the coordinator.
Actively participate in mentoring of new teachers.
Serve in a consultative capacity to the District Professional Development Committee (DPDC) and individual school PDC committees.
Oversee District's math intervention programming.
Research best practice for implementing math intervention programs and strategies to decrease the number of students performing below level.
Monitor math intervention class data and project number of students remaining in interventions in following year.
Plan and provide professional development and support.
Monitor and provide feedback on math curriculum implementation
Oversee and monitor the implementation of procedures to comply with Senate Bill 319.
Assist in promoting the District and its programs.
Represent the District on local, state and national committees.
Participate in professional organizations.
Plan, coordinate, and/or deliver presentations for the Improvement of Instruction program.
Organize committees, which involve patrons of the District in the evaluation of curriculum, instructional resources, media and technology.
Write grants and explore alternative sources of funding.
Positively and objectively represent and interpret curricular area's program to the school board members, administrators, teachers, students, and patrons of the school district.
Actively participate in school improvement planning meetings, committee meetings, assessment meetings, and professional development meetings with and/or for administrators, instructional coaches, instructional specialists, the curriculum department (improvement of instruction), and/or the instructional team.