Math Instructional Coach

Envision Education seeks a Math Instructional Coach at our San Francisco High School: City Arts and Leadership Academy to lead students to academic success in a diverse compassionate school community.

This position will include an annual $5000 City Arts and Leadership Salary Supplement and a one-time $5000 Signing Bonus!

THE POSITION

The Instructional Coach will report directly to the assigned site Principal and will matrix to the Director of STEM. The Coach is a member of the School Site Instructional Team and is charged with supporting teachers with delivering exemplary pedagogy to all students within their subject area of expertise. The Coach provides leadership and assistance in implementing the essential curriculum analyzing formative assessment data and conducting professional development for enhancing teaching strategies with the goal of ensuring that every teacher is delivering rigorous grade level appropriate instruction. The Coach will also lead the development of aligned unit and lesson plans support instructional inquiry cycles design and deliver exemplary professional development and model lessons and pedagogical strategies in classrooms as needed. The highly successful candidate has a love of teaching and learning deep content knowledge expertise with designing standards-based curriculum and delivering rigorous and equitable instruction to diverse learner groups and a passion for closing the opportunity gap for students.

WHO WE ARE

Our mission is to transform the lives of students - especially those who will be the first in their family to attend college - by preparing them for success in college career and life. Envision Education currently operates four small schools in San Francisco Oakland and Hayward as well as a national educational consulting firm called Envision Learning Partners. Envision Education has made an explicit commitment to becoming an exemplar network of schools with an instructional and cultural vision rooted in an anti-racist and pro-Black framework. The following represents Envision Schools vision for 21st-century skills character traits and cognitive and social-emotional skills that learners need for success in college career and life.

• Knowledge and Love of Self and Land
• Collectivism
• Critical Thinking
• Self Determination
• Criticality
• Leadership

WHO YOU ARE

• You are equity-focused. You are unapologetic about your deeply held belief that all children can achieve. You believe that anti-racist and pro-Black practices and frameworks are essential to change the status quo for all students.
• You are collaborative. You make decisions in partnership with others focused on what is best for the students.
• You are invested in our core values. You hold high expectations for the entire school community. You examine your own biases in your pursuit of equity for all.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be a Champion for excellence in Math and Science!
• Work with Principal to Identify and support coherent resources and guidance for curriculum instruction and assessment
• Facilitate professional learning communities and instructional rounds analyze data and articulate progress across the content area reflect on teacher practice and analyze student work (e.g. classroom video lesson plans student work audio recordings observations teacher narratives) to plan next steps to improve teacher practice and to reflect on student learning and growth.
• Support school leaders and teachers with the implementation of rigorous data driven summative and formative assessments by partnering in facilitating the administration scoring and data analysis of academic assessments.
• Support the writing of lesson plans for long term substitutes
• Lead demo-lessons book studies and trainings during PD days and intersession PD.
• Align school-site PLCs to organizational goals and instructional priorities by backwards mapping curriculum instruction and goals from the Common Core State Standards.
• Engage and collaborate with Special Education team to ensure all teachers are effectively implementing IEP accommodations modifications and are planning with all students in mind

• Implement and support the teacher observation and feedback schedule as well as regular teacher feedback and support meetings
• Support teachers who are in various pathway programs (National Board Teacher credentialing induction)
• Manage the delivery of systems for teachers to use data in their planning and instruction and for that data to be shared with students
• In collaboration with other Instructional Leaders and Data & Assessment team members analyze academic performance data for patterns. Develop next steps and action plans for effective teaching and learning cycles with teachers.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Commitment to the mission of Envision Education.
• Commitment to anti-racist and pro-Black pedagogy.
• 5 years as a highly successful teacher with a proven track record of breakthrough student achievement results.
• 5 years of experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and/or under-resourced communities
• Valid California Teaching Credential or out of state equivalent with ability to transfer required Clear California Credential preferred.
• Experience as a Grade Level or Department Chair (or equivalent) preferred
• Demonstrated experience delivering high quality instruction in a full inclusion Special Education setting
• Demonstrated experience using data to lead decision making processes
• Demonstrated experience training and supporting adult learners in a school based context
• Motivated self-starter who is able to work independently and be a great team member
• Strong verbal written and graphical communication skills
• Ability to deliver strong work and lead decision making even in uncertainty and/or ambiguity.

Studies have shown that women and people of the global majority are less likely to apply if they do not meet every one of the qualifications. We are interested in finding values-aligned educators and leaders from a variety of backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every one of our qualifications listed. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position we encourage you to apply and share your experience and questions as part of your cover letter.

LOCATION
This position is 100% onsite at our San Francisco High School: City Art and Leadership Academy located in a beautiful neighborhood just steps from the Balboa Park BART.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This is a 12-month role. The salary for this role is $90000-$105000 and is dependent upon years of aligned experience and credentials. In addition to the base salary this position will include an annual $5000 City Arts and Leadership Salary Supplement and one time $5000 Signing Bonus.

• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation time.
• Excellent health benefits package with employer contribution to benefits.
• Optional Flexible Benefits Plan including dependent care medical care parking and commuter benefits.
• Retirement system from STRS.
• 403b Plan.
• Life Insurance at no cost to employee.
• Access to ongoing opportunities for learning professional and leadership opportunities.

If you are offered this position your pay will be determined based on factors such as skills education and/or experience. In addition to those factors Envision Education complies with applicable pay equity laws and considers internal equity among current employees when developing the final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the base range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package.

As an equal opportunity employer we believe deeply in diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all people. Envision Education recruits employs compensates and promotes regardless of race religion color national origin gender disability age veteran status and the many other characteristics that make us diverse.