Lower School Math Interventionist
Lower School Math Interventionist
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Latin School of Chicago provides its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program in a community that embraces diversity of people cultures and ideas. Latin inspires its students to pursue their passions and lead lives of purpose and excellence.
Latin School of Chicago is seeking a full-time innovative and collaborative Math Interventionist for prekindergarten through fourth grade who is passionate about mathematics education and supporting students with learning differences. The Math Interventionist will collaborate with our Learning Resources team Student Support Team classroom teachers and administrators to identify and meet the needs of kindergarten through 4th grade students with various academic challenges. The Math Interventionist in coordination with our teaching teams will also effectively partner with families.
Compensation:
- Salary is based on education level and years of experience as outlined in ourFaculty Scale.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support homeroom teachers with their use of effective mathematics instruction differentiation and assessment methods
- Screen and assess students math skills and abilities through formal (such as standardized assessments) and informal methods (such as observations and interviews)
- Design and implement remediation for individual students and small groups
- Write personalized detailed narratives twice each year that effectively and accurately communicate their students progress
- Serve as a liaison among outside professionals homeroom teachers and parents to coordinate instruction and related services for students
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity equity and inclusion in instructional practices and relationships with students and colleagues
Qualifications
Required Experience:
- 5 years teaching elementary grades
- Masters degree in elementary education special education or a related field specific to math education
Required Skills
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for children and learning
- Understanding of typical and atypical math development in children including the underlying neurological and cognitive processes such as memory language development and visual-spatial processing
- Deep and broad knowledge of elementary mathematics content differentiation and intervention
- Understanding and promotion of growth mindset concepts
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Effective and compassionate oral and written communication
- Familiarity with technology and apps such as ST Math or Spatial Temporal Math to support learning of math
- Experience with assessment and data collection tools (e.g. FastBridge) to support intervention practices
Compensation
- Salary is based on education level and years of experience as outlined in our Faculty Scale.
Candidates should complete the application and submit a letter of interest a resume and a philosophy of education statement.
Latin School embraces diversity of people cultures and ideas and is an equal opportunity employer.
Employment Type
Full-Time
