What are the responsibilities and job description for the Math Intervention Specialist 25/26 SY - American River position at California Montessori Project?
About Us
California Montessori Project is a public, tuition-free, TK-8, charter school network in the Greater Sacramento Area. We have over 2,800 students at our six schools, which are authorized by the four school districts in which they geographically reside.
The California Montessori Project provides a Montessori curriculum, integrated with the California state standards, to provide hands-on education in a child-focused format. Our classrooms are multi-grade, have small class sizes (averaging 24 students per class), and most have both a lead teacher and a teaching assistant. We encourage peer-to-peer collaborations, small-group learning, and independence.
California Montessori Project offers an environment which has the tools, programs, resources and support to enable students to become educated to high international academic standards and to develop themselves to their fullest capacity as competent, happy, productive individuals, family members, workers, and contributors to a better society and a peaceful world.
Purpose:
CMP Math Specialists will have a deep understanding of the California State Common Core Math Standards and the use of evidence-based practices. CMP Math Specialists are responsible for supporting student achievement in mathematics at their campus and across the CMP Network.
CMP Math Specialists support student achievement in mathematics across CMP by:
- Participating in a CMP Math Specialist Professional Learning Community (PLC) consisting of all CMP Math Specialists which is focused on:
- Supporting the implementation of CMP’s 1st – 8th Grade Math Scope and Sequence
- Supporting the implementation of CMP’s standards aligned curriculum
- Evaluating the CMP Middle School math program to ensure students leave CMP with the ability to succeed in high school level math classes
- Conducting campus and network level data analysis to understand how CMP students are progressing towards standards mastery for their particular grade level
- Sharing best practices and troubleshooting campus challenges informed by student data and classroom observations
- Continuing to expand their knowledge base related to high quality math instruction and providing training and support to teachers across CMP
CMP Math Specialists support student achievement in mathematics at their campus by:
- Leading the implementation of CMP’s 1st- 8th Grade Math Scope and Sequence
- Leading the implementation of CMP’s standards aligned curriculum at the campus in TK-8th Grade
- Observing math lessons and providing feedback to classroom teachers and campus administration
- Teaching and/or modeling math lessons and instructional best practices
- Supporting math rotations (i.e. pushing into classrooms to provide additional support)
- Holding regular check-in meetings with the campus principal to keep the principal appraised of the status of CMP’s Math Scope and Sequence implementation, student progress towards standards mastery, and classroom observations
- Facilitate regular meetings with Grade Level PLCs to support CMP Math Scope and Sequence implementation, share observation feedback, and action plan around student achievement data
- Develop a campus system for regularly monitoring student progress towards grade level standards mastery
Requirements:
List may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this position:
- California Single Subject in Math or an added math authorization to a Multiple Subject credential
- Proven experience in teaching and planning
- Thorough knowledge of the K-8th Common Core Math Standards
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- Collaborative and creative mindset, with an affinity for problem solving
- Strong passion for the development and education of K-8 students
- Patient, flexible, positive, consistent, dependable, and cooperative
Physical Demands:
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a variety of standard office equipment.
- Clarity of vision at varying distances
- Verbal, auditory, and written capabilities to effectively communicate in an articulate manner
- Sitting and standing for extended periods of time
- Lifting of objects with a strength factor of light work
- Frequent sitting, standing, and walking
- Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and supplies
- Occasional bending, reaching, and stretching
- Occasional pushing, pulling, and dragging
- Occasional kneeling, crouching, and squatting
- Pushing, moving, and lifting objects with a strength factor of light work
WHAT DO I NEED IN MY APPLICATION?
Be sure to also completely fill out the application and attach all of the following. Please note that failure to follow directions could lead to non-consideration.
- Certificate Copy
- Copy of Transcript
- Credential Document Number
- Letter of Introduction
- Letter(s) of Recommendation (3 recent letters of reference attesting to your professional attributes)
- Other (3 professional references, with at least one from someone in a supervisory role)
- Resume
