Math/Science Specialist

TITLE: Elementary Intervention, Math & Science Specialist

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid elementary teaching license

• Master's Degree or advanced studies in curriculum and instruction, reading, mathematics, science or related field preferred

• Prior successful experience as an elementary classroom teacher, reading, math or science specialist

• Training in Reading Recovery and/or Math-Science Recovery preferred

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills

• Other qualifications that are acceptable to the Board of Education

SALARY: NC Teacher Salary + 18% supplement

BENEFITS: Full Benefits

SUPERVISES: May coordinate and direct activities of paraprofessionals, volunteers and/or clerical assistants.

REPORTS TO: School Principal or Principal's designee

JOB GOAL: To develop and to implement a pre-K and elementary school hands-on, minds-on science program that stresses active-involvement, process science, is coordinated with the state science competencies, and is appropriate to the school site.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops hands-on science/math activities, kits, centers, and units to facilitate science/math instruction.

• Works with teachers in the implementation of the science/math curriculum.

• Provides science/math demonstration lessons, as requested.

• Assists in the selection of science/math textbooks, materials, and equipment. Orders and maintains science/math materials and equipment.

• Facilitates the use of local and state resources for science/math instruction.

• Communicates and coordinates with other science/math educators. Gathers, organizes, and disseminates science/math information.

• Meets periodically with the principal and teachers to evaluate and to make recommendations about the science/math programs in the school.

• Supervises Science/Math Lab Assistant(s).

• Works with students on science/math-related activities as appropriate.

• Provides and/or coordinates science/math staff development as requested.

• Coordinates a parent volunteer program for science/math, as appropriate. Plans and coordinates science/math activities such as family science/math days, field trips, school-wide science/math programs, and science/math fairs.

• Represents the school at science/math meetings, conferences, and workshops as requested.

• Serves as a resource in integrating science/math with other subject areas and technology.

• Provides small group instruction or interventions, collaboratively in the classroom or in a separate setting, to non proficient or fragile students in reading, writing, mathematics, and/or science using research-based models.

• Provides expert knowledge about best intervention practice, instructional strategies and practices to classroom teachers for implementation as applicable.

• Serves on the Student Support Team to assist in the development of intervention strategies and plans.

• Promotes and models peer collaboration.

• Collaborates with classroom teachers in grades K-5 to assist in the development, administration, and analysis of assessments.

• Monitors formative and summative student assessments to plan instructional programming to meet the needs of students served.

• Collaborates with the school administration to determine student service plan/schedule.

• Supports targeted students during safety net time.

• Implements test-prep strategies with identified students during spring of each year.

• Assists classroom teachers in the development of proficiency portfolios for reading, writing, science and mathematics.

• Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the School Principal.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Ten-month position. Salary is in accordance with adopted schedule

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the School Board policy on Evaluation of classified personnel.