Math Specialist (Focus on Grades K-4)
Start Date: August 27, 2025

Salary: 61K-150K

Schedule: This role is a 10-month position. The hours for this position are 8:00 AM-4:00 PM, Mondays through Fridays, and until 5:00 PM on Wednesdays for a weekly afternoon faculty meeting. This role also includes occasional event support that may happen early mornings, evenings, or weekends.

About the School
A leader in progressive education for more than 100 years, the Bank Street School for Children provides students, from nursery through 8th grade, an education that engages their natural curiosity, nurtures critical thinking, and helps to develop a sense of community and social responsibility. Through a teaching approach that is fundamentally hands-on and child-centered, Bank Street students develop the courage and confidence to think independently, work collaboratively, understand themselves and others more deeply, and possess the compassion to make meaning of the world around them.

About the Position
The Bank Street School for Children is seeking a passionate, knowledgeable, and team-oriented Math Specialist. This role will primarily work primarily with students and teachers in grades K through 4 but may teach or have responsibilities with other grade levels as the needs of the school change. The ideal candidate will be team oriented, collaborative, and able to work with a broad range of community members.

Responsibilities:
Curriculum Development & Implementation
- Collaborate with the Math Coordinator and other administrators to develop and refine scope and sequence and pacing calendars for grades K - 4 (5/6s - 9/10s) based on Bridges in Mathematics curricula
- Develop and document math content across grades K-4, with a goal of vertical coherence
- Meet with administrators and faculty to receive feedback and revise the curriculum as needed
- Build strong relationships with teaching teams
- Document the implementation of curriculum in classrooms, regularly meeting with teacher teams to reflect on, adjust, and maintain the curriculum
- Participate in the presentation of curriculum and practices to parents during Math Nights
Math Instructional Practice and Content Knowledge in Classrooms 5/6s - 9/10s
- Support and planning with teachers around differentiation strategies in the classroom
- Collaborate with Lower School to implement differentiation support , including small group work
- Collaborate with administrators on coaching in classrooms that consists of a cycle of planning and instruction, (observing, modeling, and feedback)
- Partner with administrators to coordinate additional professional development for teachers, as needed
- Facilitate meetings regarding student progress, and how to utilize the information for targeted instruction
Student-Centered Academic Support
- Coordinate with Director of Student Support & Learning to implement the student intervention process for student in 6/7s - 9/10s
- Refine and manage the systems for assessing and monitoring student data and progress towards identified goals
- Co-develop plans with teachers for tier one and tier two supports in classrooms
- Provide tier-three supports to students as needed
- Communicate with parents about student progress and needs when necessary

Other Responsibilities
- Attend regular faculty, division, department, and supervisory meetings
- Support school coverage needs by substituting for teachers when needed
- Attend occasional overnight events in support student community experiences
- Fulfill other duties as assigned when needed

Qualifications:
Candidates should have:
- Master's Degree in Education with a concentration in mathematics
- A minimum of five years experience
- Strong working knowledge of mathematics
- Inquiry-based teaching experience
- Knowledge of and experience with Bridges in Mathematics curricula

About Bank Street College of Education

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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