Lead Math Instructor

Formal

Title:

Mathnasium Lead Instructor

Position Summary:

The Mathnasium Lead Instructor is responsible for leading the instructional floor, directing instructors to ensure all students receive appropriate attention, coaching instructors on how to improve their instructional abilities and use of the Mathnasium Method, and providing exceptional instruction to students. Lead Instructors are capable of effectively balancing leadership and instructional responsibilities. They are committed to providing exceptional customer service through an expert personal and prescriptive approach, ensuring students are making progress on their binder work, attending to each individual student’s needs, and coaching instructors on how to develop an expert approach.

They build students’ confidence and self‑esteem and build instructors’ confidence and self‑esteem through successful coaching interaction. The Lead Instructors are the instructional floor leaders of the Mathnasium center team and are responsible for the successful facilitation of team teaching.

Role:

• Lead the instructional floor by facilitating the team teaching environment
• Lead instructors throughout the workday to ensure all students receive proper attention
• Manage the center environment and resolve escalated student progress and behavioral issues
• Take accountability of and ensure students are progressing through their workout plan and Mathnasium Hour during their sessions
• Take accountability of the formal check‑in and check‑out process, ensuring all students get situated appropriately when entering the center by setting session goals
• Take accountability of all students completing reflective learning by reflecting on session goals during the check‑out process
• Coach and motivate instructors to become better at their role and help them master how to use the Mathnasium Method to help students learn math

• Teach through Mathnasium methodology and terminology, using prescribed teaching practices
• Ensure instructors are delivering instruction using the Mathnasium Method, terminology, and methodology
• Interact with and motivate students during the instructional session
• Evaluate and document student progress
• Communicate student needs to the appropriate superiors
• Assist in non‑teaching tasks, which may include cleaning, administrative assistance, curriculum preparation, or other duties, as assigned

In addition to characteristics of an excellent Mathnasium Instructor, Mathnasium Lead Instructors possess the following:

• Lead Instructors must be able to effectively facilitate Mathnasium’s team‑teaching environment on the instructional floor and keep awareness of the instructional floor at all times to direct instructors to assist students needing attention.

• Lead Instructors must be leaders who can motivate and inspire others to achieve top performance through positive reinforcement and helpful coaching; they must also be able to create strong relationships with center staff and be role models in using the Mathnasium Method in providing instruction for students.

• Lead Instructors must act as a resource for Instructors to be successful, making themselves available to assist and coach subordinates to develop their talent and alleviate learning or behavioral issues.

• Lead Instructors must be accountable for students’ workout plan progress during their sessions, remove learning or behavioral obstacles impacting students’ abilities to make progress towards their workout plan, make good judgments in difficult situations, resolve student conflicts, and be passionate about providing math education and making a difference in students’ learning.

• Be a role model for instructors on how to teach using the Mathnasium Method
• Facilitate a team teaching environment
• Ensure instructors are monitoring students’ progress throughout their Mathnasium Hour
• Demonstrate good judgement in stressful situations, such as directing instructors when multiple students are in need of attention
• Effectively manage the instructional floor by leading instructors in teaching and assisting all students throughout their respective…