Program Supervisor – Secondary Mathematics

WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICE

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Program Supervisor Secondary Mathematics

$82847 - $97050 annually

Closes August 25 2026

The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill a Program Supervisor Secondary Mathematics position. This permanent full-time permanent position is based in Olympia Washington. This position may be eligible for partial to near full-time telework. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days. During your training period you will be required to be in the office 3 days per week. After youve completed your initial training you may have the option to work from home 2 days a week on a flexible telework schedule. While were happy to offer this balance of in-office connections and telework flexibility this isnt a fully remote position.We encourage interested candidates to visit the OSPI website to gain insight into our agency.

About OSPI and our initiatives

OSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K12 education in Washington state. Working with the states 295 public school districts and 7 state-tribal education compact schools OSPI allocates funding and provides tools resources and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided a high-quality public education.

At OSPI we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency. We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives. We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise. OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment including:

Vision Mission and Values
Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways careers and civic engagement.

Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators families and communities.

Values: Ensuring Equity Collaboration and Service Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement Focus on the Whole Child

Equity

Each student family and community possesses strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers educators and schools. Ensuring educational equity:

Position Overview

The primary responsibility of the Program SupervisorSecondary Mathematics is to provide leadership guidance technicalassistance professional and resource development for the states secondary education system formathematics. This positionis responsible for supporting the implementation of state-adopted learning standards for mathematics which are part of Washingtons graduation requirements. This position resides in the Teaching Learning and School Improvement Division and is a member of the Secondary Education Content team. This position works closely with the Associate Director for Elementary Mathematics & Content Integration and serves as a liaison to Educational Service District Regional Math Coordinators and other community partners and organizations in the state and national mathematics landscape. This position also works closely with other divisions and agency partners in support of alignment with CTE equivalencies content integration and professional learning to support math instruction that supports all learners.

This position supports the agencys anti-racist objectives actively engages in systems development alignment with OSPIs strategic goals and legislative requirements and delivers proactive guidance focused on breaking down and removing barriers to those we serve.

Key Responsibilities

Provides statewide leadership and support for secondary math aligned to the responsibilities as outlined in RCW and to the agencys strategic goals and initiatives in the following ways:

Program Leadership:

Proactivelyidentifiesareas of improvement within systems and processes to support closing opportunity gaps aligning with the agencys antiracistobjectivesand meeting or exceeding compliance requirements.

Maintains the highest standard of personal professional and ethicalconduct;and supports the goals for diversity and inclusion.

Provides leadership and implementation support of math initiatives to support access to learning for secondary math.

Develops and leadsstatewide initiatives and professional development opportunities based on Local Education Agency and school needs to support implementation of math standards effective instructional practices in math based on current research instructional assessment including best practices for supporting students with disabilities English learners migrant highly capable students and students eligible for learning assistance.

Provides instructional material guidance and professional learning that supports district adoption of bias-free standards-aligned curriculum and materials increasing the confidence and capacity of schools educators families and interest-holders to create culturally responsive learning experiences for students.

Informs state level policies for legislative bills and proceduresimpactingmath implementation; provides testimony and bill analysis for legislative bills as needed.

Overall project planning and oversight for major bodies of work thatidentifykey activities and projectsanticipatedtimelines major administrative components ( contracts) and evaluation of program activities (including proviso or legislative reports).

Serves as a content advisor and/or leader for math in system-wide education policy issues and in partnership with assessment staff for content related matters with partners such as Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Board of Education (SBE) and the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) and supportsimplementation of content-related guidance policies and assessment system and support.

Provides leadership in support of agency direction for the third credit of math options.

Maintains the highest standard of personal professional and ethical conduct; supports the goals for diversity and inclusion.

Learning Standards:

Executes the statewide development revision and implementation of revised learning standards for math including partnerships with internal and external interest holdersin collaboration withagency leadership for the learning standards revision project.

Provides leadership for building statewide capacity for implementation of the revised math learning standards.

Builds and delivers professional learning and technicalassistancein support of the math learning standards.

Supports models of instructional practice aligned to the learning standards and offersresources and guidance that ensure graduates are prepared forpost-secondarysuccess.

Offersexpertiseindeterminingdual-creditand equivalency to math courses in the service of post-secondary success.

Managesdevelopsand curates resources aligned to learning standards.

Collaboration and Partnerships:

Collaborates with Regional Math Coordinators from the nine Educational Service Districts and AESD leadership to plan and provide aligned support for schools and districts in secondary mathematics.

Participates in committees which advise and direct programs with partner organizations thatseekto support secondary mathematics learning ( Advisory Committee Bridge to College) under the direction and approval of agency leadership.

Cultivates partnerships between both internal and external interest-holders to further the development of the K-12 education systems to enable continuous improvement and the fulfillment of state requirements.

Collaborates with the OSPI Professional Certification the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) and the State Board of Education (SBE) in support of state-level policiesimpactingmath.

Serves as agency liaison or representative with key content-specific national and state education associations and agencies as well as specific departments within OSPI identified as key collaborations necessary toaccomplishposition expectations.

Facilitates orparticipatesin advisory committees and workgroups for program planning and oversight per legislative or agency directive.

Organizesfacilitatesand supports educator groups and workgroups as necessary in support of agency initiatives.

Collaborates with internal partners across departments and divisions to develop and support cross-disciplinaryintegrationwork and resources.

Maintains frequent and ongoing collaboration with members of the elementary and secondary education teams.

Communication:

Maintains revises and develops content web pagesresourcesand regular statewide communications.

Providestimelyresponses to interest-holder email and executive correspondence requests.

Completes legislative reports proviso billanalysisand annual work plan within established timelines.

Demonstrates and promotes individual and group interpersonal skills including but not limited to listening for understanding influencing mediation consensus building and collaboration.

Strategically and effectively communicates with media by providing responses and/or talking points tofrequentlyasked questions about mathematics educationissuesand state regulations such as high school graduationrequirementsunder the direction of supervisor and in collaboration with agency departments ( relations communications and division leadership).

Assessment Data Analysis & Reporting:

Develops and supports implementation of content-related guidance and policies for content assessment.

Uses OSPI data to inform policy and programmatic continuous improvement in service to Math educators and students.

Supports assessments aligned to learning standards in alignment with legislative requirements.

Diversity equity and inclusion must be embedded into the work and goals of each employee both in what work is done and how.

Required Qualifications:

Knowledge of:

• Current research procedures and best practices in K-12 mathematics content area education including curriculum program evaluation assessment for classroom and large-scale applications.

• Change management practices best practices for professional staff development program planning individual and group decision making strategies

Desired Qualifications:

Compensation
The annual compensation for the position is$82847 - $97050per year and depends upon experience educational background and qualifications. Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health dental and life insurance retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visitHealth Care Authorityfor information regarding health benefits and theDepartment of Retirement Systemsfor retirement plan information. This is a Washington Management Position. This position is not represented by a bargaining unit.

Application Process

Those interested in this position must apply through. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word or PDF format:

NOTE: Your resume and letter of interest must be attached to your application. Please confirm they are attached before you submit.

Please address any questions to:

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
600 Washington Street Southeast
Olympia Washington 98504-7200

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