Math Coach

• Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/ Math Coach
• Date Posted: 4/7/2025
• Location:
  
  New Beginnings Family Academy

About New Beginnings Family Academy

Opened in September 2002 offering grades K-3, New Beginnings Family Academy ("NBFA") offers active and engaging learning experiences from Pre‑K through 6th grade. NBFA is a tuition-free, public charter school proudly distinguished by:

• Social, emotional and academic learning steeped in child development best practices
• An emotionally responsive model that weaves trauma‑informed practice into every classroom
• Parental involvement, in and outside of the classroom

NBFA is located at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT. NBFA is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workplace. NBFA respects, values, and celebrates the unique attributes of all stakeholders: employees, students, families, and members of its’ Board of Directors.

NBFA employees thrive in a collaborative environment of thoughtful self‑reflective professionals on a mission to change the life outcomes of Bridgeport youth by narrowing the nefarious achievement gap. Our mission is to provide students a meaningful, high‑quality education through experience‑based learning to develop essential social, emotional, and critical‑thinking skills to give all children the foundation to achieve their potential.

The NBFA Math Coach must be committed to and advocate for its mission to provide students a meaningful, high‑quality education through experience‑based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical‑thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life. The Math Coach is responsible for working with classroom teachers in assisting with the full implementation and monitoring of the NBFA’s adopted math program in response to intervention needed for student achievement.

The Math Coach must build and maintain open lines of communication with teachers to aid them in gaining content mastery. The Math Coach must comply with state and federal education laws and regulations at all times.

• Research and provide staff support to improve teaching and learning including teaching strategies, assessment of math skills, interpretation, and use of assessment results, etc.
• Research and provide information and guidance regarding a range of effective and innovative math practices through various activities such as individual discussions (informal and formal), coaching sessions, demonstration lessons with pre‑ and post‑discussion/analysis, study groups, staff meetings, and professional development programs.
• Provide support and assistance to all classroom teachers in the full implementation of NBFA’s adopted math program.
• Conduct demonstration lessons to ensure that all teachers have been trained to an advanced level of delivery and are using the instructional materials as designed.
• Provide on‑site staff development to ensure that teachers are knowledgeable about program components and understand the instructional design of how the program meets the standards.
• Assist teachers in creating an interactive classroom and ensure that recommendations for improvement are implemented.
• Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate instructional strategies and interventions to improve student achievement for all students.
• Collaborate with peers to enhance the instructional environment school‑wide.
• Participate in school‑wide and grade level data teams and Professional Learning Communities to share best practices and help improve overall school performance.
• Support grade‑level teams in integrating math content with other subject areas through an interdisciplinary approach.
• Ensure that student growth is continuous and appropriate for age group, subject area, and/or program classification.
• Assist teacher in preparation pacing for instruction.
• Participate in collaborative grade level meetings to assist in the analysis and utilization of assessment data to improve the focus of instructional planning and student achievement.
• Meet regularly with administrators to review benchmarks…