K-5 Math Interventionist

Position Title:

K-5 Math Interventionist

Location:

Great Hearts Northern Oaks Lower School (17223 Jones Maltsberger Rd. San Antonio, TX 78247)

Reports To:

Headmaster FLSA Status:
Salaried-Exempt

We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students' hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies, a growing network of 49 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free classical schools in Phoenix (AZ), Baton Rouge (LA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), and San Antonio (TX). Great Hearts currently provides over 30,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually and morally.

• Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
• Texas Teacher Retirement System
• Uniquely valuable professional development offerings, from great books seminars with academy colleagues, to leadership and special education coursework/pathways, to reduced tuition graduate degree support with select partner universities

• Provides direct instruction to students identified as eligible for math services in 1:1 and/or small group settings.
• Develops a student-centered system of intervention that effectively works to close the achievement gap in mathematics.
• Ensures that students master grade level standards and curriculum.
• Creates a classroom environment and research-based program of study that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Demonstrates knowledge of scientifically based mathematics instruction.
• Uses a variety of manipulatives and hands-on activities to support content standards and meet the needs and capabilities of students.
• Effectively analyzes/uses data and conducts student assessments to identify those eligible for intervention services, plan instruction, and assist staff members in learning various assessment techniques.
• Identifies student needs and data to guide the learning process toward achievement of district’s math content standards.
• Monitors and assesses student progress on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.
• Understands how to use technology for instructional planning, i.e. creating reports and using data to plan lessons.
• Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects using formal and informal assessment data.
• Communicates and collaborates with classroom teachers to ensure alignment between classroom instruction and interventions.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in math, education, or related field required
• 3 years of experience teaching students in mathematics in a K-12 school setting
• Knowledge of Algebra I and Algebra II preferred for upper school positions
• Experience Proven track record of instructing diverse learners, including English Language Learners and Special Education students, in the area of mathematics.
• Experience and training in administering assessments and analyzing data to drive instruction.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships.
• Detailed-oriented with strong organization and time management skills.

Great Hearts offers a very competitive benefits package and overall compensation will be commensurate with talent, experience, and education.

Passionately Committed With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose; seek to share (with each other and with others externally as an advocate); seek to live the mission ourselves with relentless pursuit and intrinsic motivation; seek to understand our work and how it serves the mission…which should result in getting the…