Senior Manager of Math

POSITION: Senior Manager of Math

LOCATION: DSST: Home Office located in Denver, CO

SALARY: $74,000-$84,000 with up to 6 years of aligned experience

STATUS: Full time, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position (Denver, CO) 

START: Immediate.  You can view the current School Year Calendar here. 

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

DSST Public Schools seeks educators with a track-record of raising student achievement to join a team of educators dedicated to providing a rigorous college preparatory program to a diverse population.  Our educators and leaders play an integral role in ensuring student success through supporting our school culture, developing and instructing a rigorous core curriculum, and using data to drive their daily practice.  Our Senior Manager of Math will drive strong academic results in math courses across all DSST campuses. The Senior Manager of Math is responsible for the curriculum and assessments for all math courses, the vision for excellent math instruction and how this connects to our overall vision for Curriculum and Instruction across all content areas, in addition to leader and teacher professional development in service of this vision.

Math Leadership (20%)

• Lead on the implementation of DSST’s vision for math instruction across all of DSST’s schools 6th – 12th grade

• Use data to effectively assess current state of math, diagnose areas of need and set goals

• Build relationships with members of the administration team on all campuses in order to positively impact student outcomes

Professional Development and School Partnership (40%)

• Plan and lead professional development to develop school leaders on strategic aspects of the Math Vision

• Collaborate with teacher coaches to support teacher development in strong instructional practices.

• Create network-wide leader and teacher-facing professional development and support schools in effectively developing math teachers through professional development and coaching

• Support teacher leaders to plan and execute strong content-specific professional learning and collaboration in math.

Curriculum Implementation and Assessment (40%)

• Ensure 6-12 math curriculum alignment and coherence

• Regularly observe classrooms to ensure the quality of DSST math instruction

• Ensure quality of DSST Math standards and alignment to external and internal benchmarks

• Recommend and support schools with implementing high quality curricular resources and best practices

• Lead the selection, creation, and revision of all internal network math assessments to ensure their quality and alignment of math assessments to grade level standards and proficiency bar

• Gather and respond to teacher feedback on math assessments

• Support network assessment administration by managing the implementation of math assessments across the network

• Coordinate norming, calibration and shared grading to ensure network math assessments are scored consistently and accurately across the network

• Lead on math assessments and curriculum and support with assessment and curriculum systems, administration, and execution

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 3+ years of experience as a secondary (6-12th grade) or post secondary classroom Math Teacher

• At least 2+ years of experience as a school instructional leader (Teacher Coach, Department Chair, Content/Course Lead) 

• Strong track record of instruction and a high bar for student achievement

• Deep understanding of the Common Core math standards and assessment best practices

• Demonstrated belief in and knowledge of how to serve all students in order to accomplish the mission of DSST. This includes experience and knowledge in serving students in Special Education and Multi-Language Learners. 

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience using the Illustrative Math curriculum (either as an instructional coach or as a teacher)

• Strong Upper Level (Algebra 2 or greater) math content knowledge

• Proven commitment to and experience with serving students