Network Director of Academics Math 6 FTE
Network Director of Academics Math 6 FTE
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Network Director of Academics Math .6 FTE)
UP Education Network is a nonprofit school success organization that addresses inequities in public school systems. UP provides differentiated support to historically under resourced schools through a partnership with districts and the state. Since opening its doors in 2010 UP Education Network has focused on taking the lowestperforming schools in Massachusetts and transforming those schools into exceptional learning environments. We manage two campuses in Dorchester serving over 1300 students in Boston Public Schools (BPS) from grades PreK through 8th. Our schools operate with charterlike autonomy while our network provides comprehensive support and management that builds capacity for schools to focus deeply on students.
Role:
The Network Director of Academics Math will oversee the integration of math curriculum assessments processes and structures to establish the vision for excellent math instruction across the network. In addition the Network Director of Academics Math will coach the Math Excellence cohort a small group of excellent math teachers that exemplify our vision for effective math instruction. The Network Director of Academics Math will work closely with the UP Education Networks Academic Team all Principals and Deans of Curriculum and Instruction to develop integrate evaluate and improve our mathematics programming The Network Director of Academics Math is a .6 position 3 days a week) and will report to the Managing Director of Academics and contribute as a full member of the Academic Team.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Serve as the network expert on math programming ensuring math vision is clear codified and living out in math classrooms including
- Developing and delivering professional development and program resources to support the implementation of our math vision and common approaches practices and materials;
- Conducting instructional rounds to assess quality of instruction relative to vision and creating action plans that quickly improve instruction
- Coach Deans of Curriculum and Instruction to directly improve their coaching vision team leadership etc. to ensure excellence in math programming at their schools
- Monitor and assess the quality of math programming to refine elements as necessary including:
- Regularly monitoring student assessment data to identify highest performing teachers;
- Studying these teachers to identify core program elements needed to create a bestinclass math program and trending areas for growth;
- Collaborating with the Network Academic Team and school leadership teams to design high quality data analysis and usage trainings and support school staff in conducting effective data days
- Develop & coach Math Excellence Teacher Cohort a small group of excellent teachers who with coaching and professional development exemplify our math approach in action
- Participate as a member of the Academic Team including the following responsibilities:
- Contributing to meetings by bringing items to the team for consideration and helping to address items
- Working collaboratively with other Academic Team members to ensure consistency of messaging and expectations across content areas
- Working collaboratively with other Academic Team members to ensure our programming is complete and comprehensive enough to put us on the path to achieve our mission
- Strategic planning
- Providing support to academic leaders to help solve problems
- Work on other mathematical projects as established by the Managing Director of Academics
Qualifications:
- A passionate belief in UP Education Networks mission values and educational model;
- An eagerness to set ambitious challenging and tangible goals and a relentless drive to achieve them;
- An ability to thrive in a fastpaced entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong public speaking skills;
- A sense of humility in the face of success;
- Bachelors degree is required (masters degree is preferred); and
- Current authorization to work in the United States A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.
Compensation:
We offer a competitive compensation package including comprehensive health benefits.
To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position please visit Education Network is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race religion color sex age national origin disability veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity genetic information or any other status or condition protected by applicable law. This policy extends to but is not limited to recruitment selection compensation benefits promotion training and termination.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
