Math Specialist

OPENING: 2ND-6TH GRADE MATH SPECIALIST (Full time beginning Aug 2026)   Lower/Middle School has an immediate opening for a 2-6th math specialist. This position will support our recent efforts to differentiate and enrich our math program. Our educational philosophy focuses on helping students develop the skills necessary to succeed as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. We’d love you to join our faculty and create classrooms that seek to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning by encouraging them to participate in experiential opportunities, take risks, view the world through multiple lenses, utilize innovative tools, build empathy and demonstrate proficiencies through a range of assessments that include real world problems and performances. In addition to classroom expectations, faculty also take on community duties and participate in the life of the community.  

Classroom-centered responsibilities

• Scheduled one to two times a week into each 2nd-6th math classroom to do student pull-out for enrichment or remediation- would work in conjunction with the student needs identified by the classroom teacher and log weekly classrooms activities 
• Meet with 2nd-6th grade classroom teachers to discuss support needs and to suggest enrichment and remediation materials
• Observe teacher and provide feedback as well as coaching on approach and instruction in math  

Other Lower and Middle School Job Responsibilities

• Work with teachers and administrators in interpreting CTP/Milestones data and designing approaches to improve student achievement and instruction; provide summary reports to Head of Lower and Middle School
• Attend Lower/Middle division or grade level meetings, when needed, and math department meetings
• Work with math department to assess the efficacy of the math curriculum 
• Attend and provide professional development workshops in the area of math differentiation including Youcube, etc.
• Research best practices in math and co-create math curriculum from the Upper Elementary and into Middle School
• Create opportunities for K-8 math experiences, including estimation challenges, the Julia Robinson Math Festival, and others.   

Skills

• Collaborative, collegial, and flexible teacher with other student-centered educators 
• Clear communicator with students, colleagues, and parents, both orally and in writing 
• Demonstrated success partnering with parents to support the educational needs of their students. 
• Possess a growth mindset, a love of learning, and patience
• Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills
• Flexible in pedagogical approach, using multiple modalities to deliver a concept 
• Clear desire to use a variety of teaching approaches in order to reach different student populations and adapt to better serve their learning styles and needsIntegrates technology to enhance the student experience
• Practiced in differentiated instruction
• Demonstrated understanding of curriculum design, pedagogical approaches and developmental appropriateness in order to deliver engaging, active, student-centered lessons, practice, and assessment
• Familiar with and uses different kinds of assessment (formative and summative)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Mathematics or Math Education 
• Minimum 5 years experience teaching at the primary elementary level 
• Strong academic background, experience in multicultural education and an awareness of ecological literacy
• Genuine fondness for working with students of this age

Additional Qualifications we hope to find, but not required:

• Advanced degrees in the field of education

Other Requirements

• Must provide clearance background screening, TB and SB848 Applications will be reviewed as they are received.   Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce (HRS) is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 137-year history. Our mission is to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning and pursuit of academic excellence, to promote understanding of and respect for diversity that makes our society strong and to encourage active and responsible global citizenship.   Head-Royce enrolls 900 students in the three separate divisions—Lower, Middle and Upper—and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student.   Please note - HRS is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be willing to undergo both Livescan background check and TB screening as part of the hiring process.   Head Royce is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions including but not limited to employment, training, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves of absence and termination based on qualifications and without regard to protected status. We will not discriminate based on age, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, registered domestic partner status, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, military or veteran status, reproductive health decision making or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.