Lower School Math Coach

Position Overview

The Lower School Math Coach is a full-time, ten-month position. The goals are:

• Oversee the math curriculum in the lower school division.
• Collaborate with and coach faculty as they design a challenging, creative, and developmentally appropriate math curriculum and teach students with learning disabilities.
• Organize, integrate, streamline, and strengthen the lower school math program and establish the foundation for the work of the middle and upper school divisions.
• Examine current math teaching practice with an anti‑racist lens.
• Integrate the Quaker beliefs, testimonies, and practices in all your work with students, colleagues, families, and professionals.
• Bring your best self to work so that you may bring out the best in others.

• Orient and train new faculty in teaching mathematics.
• Develop in‑house professional development for lower school faculty.
• Prioritize coaching/observe and provide feedback for math groups.
• Co‑teach and/or model lessons.
• Meet with teachers individually, in small groups, and in grade‑level groups to support the development of math teaching practice.
• Support teachers with development of lesson plans and the execution of specific math group curricula.
• Provide teachers with support during the math assessment process.
• Model and support the writing of math reports.
• Participate in editing math reports.
• Support group management.

• Assess students as needed.
• Provide as‑needed remedial support.

Curriculum responsibilities may vary depending on the priorities, needs, and goals of the division and may include:

• Work in collaboration with division directors to review and create a math curriculum that meets the needs of lower school students.
• Identify and recommend math curriculum, materials, methodology, and training for faculty at the lower school.
• Develop a specific curriculum unit each year. Focus to be determined in partnership with the division directors.
• Set goals for program extension and implementation.
• Collaborate with division directors, speech and language professionals, and OTs to examine how to integrate these areas into math learning.
• Examine current assessment models, review, and make recommendations about best practices.
• Establish division math groups in conjunction with division directors and teachers.

• Engage and promote in building an anti‑bias school community.
• Setting the Stage to Building Trust.
• Material Choices – Whose stories are being told?
• Amplifying Student Voice – Student input and voice.
• Providing Mirrors and Windows – Ensuring that students know they are seen, heard, and valued, providing various perspectives.
• Disrupt and Dismantle – recognize ways power and privilege arise and interrupt or point it out.
• Participate in Professional Development/training to develop the ability to promote an anti‑bias community.

• Collaborate with the lower school educational technology coordinator to identify and integrate technology and STEM learning in the math program.

• Meet weekly with the division director(s).
• Attend weekly division meetings.
• Attend silent meetings and faculty meetings.
• Participate in school‑wide, division‑specific, and ad hoc committees where necessary.

• When and if the schedule allows, oversee student clubs.
• Take part in the rotation for door duty, lunch duty, and dismissal duty.
• Participate in school‑wide programs.

• Communicate with parents and guardians to discuss the student's needs and progress. This may be through email, written notes, phone calls, and face‑to‑face meetings.
• When necessary, participate in parent‑teacher conferences.
• Communicate with all members of our community in a polite, thoughtful, and honest manner.
• Act with integrity and address all conflicts in a professional manner.

• All employees are required to familiarize themselves with the employment policy manuals and meet the expectations outlined within each.
• A sense of fun, adventure, and humor is a plus.

• Understand and participate in all school‑wide diversity and equity…