Roseville Community Charter School is seeking an experienced 2018-2019 Mathematics Instructional Coach to join its school community!

Founded in 2011, Roseville Community Charter School was created to provide a high quality, college preparatory education to students in the Roseville neighborhood of Newark, NJ. Our mission is to prepare every student for academic excellence while providing a warm, nurturing environment in which all children are supported and thrive. Roseville Community Charter School currently serves 320 students in grades K-4 with plans to expand to K-8 in the future. To learn more about our history and founder, watch our video HERE.

Position: K-4 Mathematics Instructional Coach

About the Opportunity
The Mathematics Coach will be responsible for coaching teachers to implement innovative strategies that boost student Mathematics achievement. The Mathematics Coach will play a chief role in implementing and revising the Mathematics curriculum as needed, and coordinating and administering Mathematics assessments.

Responsibilities:

• Exemplify, advocate and operationalize the mission, vision and core values of the school
• Teach and reinforce all school-wide expectations, systems, and routines
• Observe teachers and provide specific strategies for improved instructional delivery
• Create detailed coaching plans, which include focused goals and measures of success, to drive learning cycles
• Work closely with the Instructional Leadership Team to create and improve aligned curriculum resources, professional development and materials support teachers
• Support teachers’ achievement of goals by using coaching strategies that gradually release responsibility for implementing instructional practices to the teacher (for example, co-planning, modeling, co-teaching, side-by-side coaching, and observing)
• Review and provide feedback on math lesson plans
• Consistently analyze teacher practice through ongoing classroom observations, data analysis, and examination of student work
• Serve as an expert in national trends and best practices in mathematics curriculum development and instructional strategies for historically underachieving students
• Facilitate small group intervention and instruction for Tier 2 and Tier 3 students
• Serve as a coach to teachers by providing expert advice on improving and enhancing individual lessons and units based on ongoing. This will include, but is not limited to:?
• Reviewing lesson plans, unit plans, and assessments?
• Understanding scope and sequence models
• Observing classroom instruction and offering comprehensive analysis and feedback
• Providing instructional strategy best practice training, as needed
• Supporting the development of curriculum, using the backward design model and advising scope and sequence based on essential content knowledge that addresses the Common Core Standards
• Cultivating a standards-based, data and results-oriented culture

Qualifications and Certifications

• New Jersey teaching certification with specialization in Mathematics
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred
• Firm belief in the ability of all students to achieve at high levels, and high expectations for low-income children to become college ready and attend selective universities
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Minimum of 5 years teaching experience
• Previous elementary math coaching experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to build and support teams
• Experience teaching in an urban environment, with demonstrated quantifiable and objective student performance gains that surpass state or local averages
• Self-reflective and analytical problem solver
• Openness to feedback, willingness to take personal responsibility, and a desire to learn from others
• Unwavering in pursuit of excellence even in the face of difficult opposition and challenges

More about the Hiring Process
Roseville Community Charter School is committed to a rigorous hiring process that seeks to identify high-quality staff members. The hiring process at RCCS is designed to communicate the school’s high expectations, determine candidates’ commitment to urban education and high expectations for all students, and to determine each individual’s proclivity to work relentlessly to ensure that students achieve at high levels.

Non-discrimination Statement
Roseville Community Charter School provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.