What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Summer Programs - Calculus Project: Assistant Director position at EAST SOMERVILLE COMM. SCHOOL?
Program Goals: The mission of The Calculus Project is to use research-supported strategies to increase the representation and success of Black, Hispanic and low-income students in advanced mathematics. There are seven distinct components that support students year-round, and one of these is pre-teaching in the summer. Somerville Public Schools is in partnership with the Calculus Project Organization to bring the TCP program to our students.
At TCP, individuals who thrive here love working with kids, are dedicated to their craft, embrace feedback, and actively seek to build connections. As an Assistant Director, you will oversee all staff and students in the program, ensuring a cohesive and supportive environment for both learning and growth. You will perform key administrative duties, including taking daily attendance, managing program logistics, and ensuring smooth operational flow. In addition, you will work closely with the TCP Coordinator to lead and continually enhance the program, fostering team-building, effective communication, and professional development among staff.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Degree preferred) with experience in teaching middle or high school mathematics and/or educational administration.
- Ability to supervise and support a team of up to twenty staff members, including Lead Teachers, Associate Teachers, and Peer Teachers/Mentors (teen staff)
- Ability to manage communications with community partners
- Ability to provide critical feedback to staff on ways to improve classroom instruction and/or management
- Ability to organize and coordinate daily activities including student attendance, family communication, and other responsibilities daily
- Communicate effectively with students and staff from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Treat all staff and students with respect at all times, identify biased and hateful incidents, and respond appropriately
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managing a program
- Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole language proficiency is a plus
Responsibilities:
- Lead recruitment efforts to hire TCP summer staff and co-coordinate hiring process
- Mange student registration process in collaboration with with the summer leadership team
- Onboard, train and supervise TCP summer staff
- Recruit and manage community partners and guest speakers
- Co-design summer program schedule, including field trips, guest speakers, and graduation ceremony
- Co-create and implement an attendance system
- Build partnership with TCP families through consistent communication
- Conduct regular observations of classrooms
- Collect informal feedback from TCP summer staff daily in order to make adjustments, as necessary
- Report incidents to summer leadership team and other relevant staff as required; ensure that all required documents are completed as part of the reporting process
- Respond to behavior concerns, conflicts, and crises as they arise
- Co-plan and co-lead daily debriefs with TCP summer staff
- Manage data collection for program effectiveness, including student and staff surveys and pre- and post-assessments and co-prepare program reports
- Support in developing and facilitating the Count Forward curriculum, where students learn about accomplishments of STEM professionals of color.
- Assume every TCP student and staff member has a superpower; you can help them find it
Terms of Employment:
Seasonal/Yearly Employment
Start Date: March 2025
Location: EAST SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Stipend: $4,000
Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 23, 2025
Program Schedule:
July 7, 2025 – August 1, 2025
Monday through Friday
Students: 6hrs/day, 9am-2pm
Reports to: TCP Director & Co-Directors of the 2025 Summer Programs
The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs, facilities or employment of educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, home status, marital/civil union status, sex/gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship status, place of birth, national origin, ancestry, cultural identity, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' group or interferes with their ability to learn or work
