Careers Job Description
General Description
MISSION
We build innovative educational and career development programs that strengthen and advance The City University of New York’s commitment to promoting equity and mobility for its students. CUNY Early College actualizes equitable college and career access to ensure future success for all students. Housed within The City University of New York (CUNY) Office of K16 Initiatives, we support 26 public schools in New York City that blend a rigorous college-prep curriculum with the opportunity (in many cases) to earn up to two years of college credit while in high school – at no cost to students and their families. These innovative schools make a college education more accessible, affordable and attractive to New York City students by offering programs that blur the lines between middle school, high school and college.
CUNY Early College provides guidance, project management, and financial resources to create and maintain early college schools in New York City. Our staff provides technical assistance to early-college schools in the evolution and maintenance of strong relationships with partner college faculty and administrators, curriculum development, staff recruitment, professional-development planning, and community outreach.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Early-College Associate Director for School Support, the Math School Support Specialist will serve as a thought partner, instructional mathematics and leadership coach, and program strategist to a small group of the CUNY Early College Network schools, specifically within the realm of Algebra. Specialists will be expected to collaborate with team members and contribute to the overall capacity of the CUNY Early College Team, being tapped to support schools across the entire network when appropriate. As a member of the Team, the Math School Support Specialist will be given ample opportunity for growth and development.
Typically, School Support Specialists will spend 3-4 days a week in the field, visiting schools, working with teachers, teacher-team leaders, assistant principals, and/or principals. Additionally, Specialists will provide contact information (phone and email) to principals and occasionally respond to queries outside of the regular workday.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Specialist will be responsible for:
Instructional Support (50%)
* Developing positive working relationships with teachers, principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders in order to support the achievement of school goals and growth within priority areas, especially in regard to Algebra “Illustrative Math” Curriculum implementation (training will be provided);
* Coaching, mentoring, and thought partnering with various educators using both a dialogical and facilitative-based approach;
* Helping to provide or coordinate access to all aspects of school support to assist school leaders and teachers in achieving their goals and addressing challenges. Areas of support and planning include:
- Coaching Algebra I teachers across a small group of schools;
- Supporting/liaising with the district regarding school-curriculum implementation for math;
- Conducting and using student-data analysis for effective coaching;
- Coordinating learning walks and Professional Learning Communities across subsets of schools
- Supporting interim assessment/benchmark exam planning, administration, and action planning;
- Leadership development, inclusive of teacher leaders;
- Restructuring and strengthening the Early College program at given schools so that all students have access and opportunities for success;
- Strengthening and monitoring initiatives and efforts as they relate to college readiness, especially within the domain of mathematics.
Team Collaboration (30%)
- Coordinating, organizing, and operationalizing support and planning by proactively communicating with key constituents within the Department of Education, CUNY and the greater community of stakeholders;
- Serving as a key contributor to the CUNY Early College Team by communicating school needs to internal staff, and devising strategies to meet those needs in collaboration with the Early College Team, as well as tuning team members’ work and providing collegial feedback;
- Keeping clear and concise records of communications with school staff and other support personnel;
- Co-constructing and co-facilitating CUNY Early College network-wide professional development, including principal meetings and assistant-principal meetings, often in collaboration with the district team.
Other Duties
Other Duties (20%)
- Attend staff meetings and training as required.
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.
- Keep careful records and documentation of school-support services (coaching, workshops, etc.) that have been provided.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
* A minimum of five years of successful professional experience as a math department leader, instructional or leadership coach, curriculum specialist, mentor and/or professional developer/trainer;
* Keen understanding of educational reforms and structures in New York City and New York State, including new accountability initiatives;
* Proven ability in helping schools use student-level and school-based data to plan, implement, and monitor instructional programs;
* A background in teaching and coaching within the realm of mathematics;
* A demonstrated commitment to preparing students at Title I public high schools to succeed in college;
* Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail;
* Excellent written and oral communication skills;
* Ability to multi-task and to respond quickly to various requests;
* Attention to deadlines;
* Creativity, friendliness, and a sense of humor;
* Proven ability to work well with others;
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office;
* Openness to continued professional development and growth.
Preferred Qualifications
* A background in teaching and coaching within the realm of high-school mathematics is strongly preferred;
* Experience in leading educators or working with school leaders is preferred.
Physical Requirements
- This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, laptops, tablets, smart phone, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other presentation materials
- While performing these duties, the employee is required to perform physical activities such as, but not limited to, lifting items (up to 20 pounds), bending, reaching, sitting for prolonged periods of time.
- Ability to travel to other CUNY sites as needed.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Early College/ K-16 Initiatives
Full Time
$95,000.00 - $105,000.00
Dec 06, 2023 (Or Until Filled)