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ALTA VISTA INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL

Full Time, Monday - Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This position provides support to various school sites within the Inland Empire and High Desert regions. The role may require travel between locations to meet site-specific needs.

Help Us Change Lives

We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.

Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/

How You Will Make an Impact

Under the direction of the Director of Instructional Services, the Math Specialist designs, manages, coordinates, and supports the implementation of the company-wide math academic intervention program to enhance student learning and achievement; as well as, provide consultation and professional development activities to teachers, tutors, and administrators to enhance the educational effectiveness of a strategic and intensive math intervention program.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Work collaboratively with other professionals to develop organization-wide strategic and intensive math intervention program.
• Support administrators and teachers in designing and implementing data-driven, engaging, and student centered approaches to math intervention programs for students at risk of academic failure.
• Provide professional development training and workshops appropriate for administrators, teachers and tutors in math skill development and research-based, innovative instructional practices.
• Provide coaching to teachers and tutors enabling them to think reflectively about improving student learning and implementing various instructional programs and practices.
• Provide expertise to school leadership teams through professional development, coaching, mentoring, and serving as a content-specific expert to assist schools with core instructional initiatives focused on improving student achievement.
• Assist teachers and tutors in differentiation for highly able or struggling students through the use of technology.
• Provide leadership, coordination, and innovation in Mathematics Common Core curriculum and instruction.
• Compile, review and analyze a variety of student data and technical information related to assigned area.
• Conduct periodic program evaluation to assess the need for improvements in math instruction and use of assessments and data.
• Assist administrators, teachers, and tutors in identifying appropriate math instructional materials and manipulatives for all students.
• Research curricula, methods and materials in assessing and improving math education strategies and pedagogy to strengthen academic achievement.
• Prepare reports and maintain records concerning intervention program and student progress monitoring.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of Organizations diagnostic assessment and data.
• Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree in Education or Mathematics
• Masters Degree in Education or related field- Preferred
• A valid California Teaching Credential
• Minimum of 5 years teaching experience

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Current curriculum and instructional strategies and programs for math development skills
• Strong background in math development
• Appropriate intervention programs and assessments utilized to address the barriers of student academic achievement
• Pedagogical shifts within Common Core State Standards

ABILITY TO:

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Direct and coordinate academic achievement remedies for targeted populations
• Provide leadership and direction to others involving curriculum and instructional issues pertaining to math achievement
• Make independent judgments
• Make oral presentations to convey information to large groups of educators and staff
• Meet deadlines and maintain accurate records

TRAVEL: Ability to travel is required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination.
• Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery.
• Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time, and occasionally exerts up to 10 lbs. of force (almost all office jobs).
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required.
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures.