Role Snapshot
The Director of Math leads curriculum development and instructional quality across KIPP Foundation's nine Philadelphia schools, ensuring K-4 math instruction is rigorous, aligned, and college-ready. This role drives student growth and teacher excellence while fostering a culture of mathematical problem-solving and inclusive learning.
Key Responsibilities: Sets and drives math vision with school leaders, ensures vertical and horizontal curricular alignment across all schools, trains teachers on implementation and best practices, and analyzes regional data to support continuous improvement. Collaborates with curriculum directors and school leaders to assess classroom instruction, design professional development, and build partnerships with math education experts.
Skills & Tools: Deep knowledge of math curriculum development, learning theory, and educational research; expertise in professional development facilitation and teacher coaching; strong data analysis and strategic problem-solving abilities. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to motivate teams, manage change, and operate with cultural competence and anti-racism commitment.
Qualifications: Extensive experience driving student growth and achievement in K-4 math instruction within a school or network setting. Advanced degree (Master's preferred) in Education, Mathematics Education, or related field, with demonstrated leadership in curriculum development and professional learning design.
Location: In-Person - Philadelphia, PA
Compensation: $95K–$145K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
Reporting to the Managing Director of Teaching and Learning (MDTL) and working closely with School Leaders and Assistant Principals at our nine schools, the Director of Math is responsible for ensuring that our growing network maintains vertical and horizontal curricular alignment for rigorous, college-ready math and problem-solving instruction.
Key Responsibilities
- Works with school leaders to set and drive a vision for quality K-4 math intervention, instruction, and assessment.
- Ensures that curriculum and assessment programs in all math classrooms are strong, aligned to common core standards and rigor, teacher accessible, meet the needs of our students and are both horizontally and vertically aligned.
- Supports school leaders and teachers to ensure that math classrooms are joyful, structured and caring and foster a deep love of math and problem solving.
- Trains teachers and leaders on curricular implementation and math instruction best practices.
- Supports the development of a rigorous pathway of elementary math courses
- Works closely with all Curriculum Directors and the Senior Director of Data and Analytics to create and drive an effective and streamlined assessment approach that leads to strong, data-driven decision making.
- Regularly works with regional and school leaders as well as assistant principals to assess the state of math instruction in classrooms and plan supports and approaches to improve instruction.
- Analyzes and responds to region wide math data to adjust approach and support teachers and schools that are encountering challenges.
- Collaborates, works closely, and creates partnerships with local and national experts and colleagues in the field of math instruction through research, observation, and formal collaboration.
- Supports new teacher and new leader onboarding and training through professional development design and facilitation.
- Works with school leaders to ensure students have programs, clubs, and extracurriculars that foster a love of mathematics and problem solving.
- Other relevant duties as assigned by the MDTL.
Who You Are:
- You love and see the high potential of all children
- You have experience driving student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.
- You have passion for facilitating professional learning, including a desire to continuously grow and learn as a leader.
- You operate with cultural competence and a commitment to inclusion, anti-racism, and the eradication of anti-Blackness.
- You believe that teachers are the primary drivers of student growth, learning and achievement.
- You have high expectations for students and teachers; and the ability to motivate, inspire and hold others accountable.
- You are solutions-orientated and have an eagerness to adapt in order to solve problems.
- You are solutions-oriented; ability and eagerness to adapt to and manage change and solve problems.
- You are flexible and able to multi-task within a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment, while also driving towards clarity, simplicity and solutions.
- You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- You have a deep knowledge of learning theory and math curriculum development, including current educational trends, methods, research, and technology.
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