Math Coach and Facilitator (Elementary School)

Job Description

Position: Math Coach & Facilitator (Elementary School)

Location: NEW YORK, NY, US

Job Order ID: NY1590398

# of Positions: 1

Minimum Education Level: High School Diploma/GED

Experience Required: Not Specified

Salary: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00

Duration: Full Time Regular

Shift: N/A

Hours per Week: N/A

Summary: The Math Coach & Facilitator will support coaching and facilitation in K-12 math, with a focus on elementary school grades. Key relationships include reporting to a Project Director, working with the Executive Director of Math, and collaborating with portfolio teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct coaching (virtual and/or in-person) to individual teachers and school teams, with foundations in equity, child development, and adult learning.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with teachers, principals, Ed Center staff, and district partners to ensure timely delivery and expectations of coaching.
• Facilitate teacher teams reflecting on practice, analyzing data that leads to deep analysis and identification of inequitable practices in schools, and examining student work to improve pedagogical practices.
• Create and implement coaching resources, tools, and materials aligned with the Bank Street and Ed Center approach and coaching model.
• Reflect on coaching experiences with Ed Center staff members in order to support the continued strengthening of the Ed Center coaching model.
• Develop and facilitate professional learning aligned to district and partnership goals.
• Work with the project analyst to identify coaching goals, logs, and tools in order to measure the impact of coaching work across the lifespan of the project.
• Complete coaching logs following school visits and provide coaching updates to the team in weekly meetings/check-in structures.
• Participate in and support professional learning sessions aligned to the learning agenda of the Ed Center and math portfolio.
• Partner with project leads and project managers to monitor the progress of coaching and facilitation.
• Partner with the math project teams to ensure the successful implementation of all aspects of the project.

Qualifications

• Background in curriculum, instruction, professional development, and/or assessment in mathematics
• Knowledge of or familiarity with high-quality math instructional materials (e.g., Illustrative Math), particularly in the NYC Public Schools education landscape
• Expertise in constructivist math approaches
• Experience in continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong communication skills (email, writing, in-person)
• Comfort in Google Suite (e.g., Docs, Sheets, Slides, forms); Qualtrics or other data-capturing tool
• Flexibility in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment of quickly changing priorities and tight deadlines
• Ability to work occasional weekends, as some program sessions are held on Saturdays
• Demonstrated learning stance
• Minimum of 3-5 years of coaching and/or school leadership and/or district leadership experience
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop teachers/teacher teams
• Experience designing and facilitating professional learning sessions
• Experience working with diverse and historically marginalized students
• Master's degree in education, school leadership, or related field
• An intersectional, anti-racist lens