Job Goal:

In collaboration with The Calculus Project Organization, founded by Dr. Adrian Mims, the Somerville Calculus Project supports Black and Latin students, as well as students of other historically and systemically excluded identities, in order to actualize SPS' vision of closing the achievement and opportunity gap in our advanced level math classrooms. Once students are enrolled, the Calculus Project (TCP) commits to working with them through their senior year of high school. In the summer, students come together for four weeks of rigorous and engaging math experiences to pre-learn selected topics from the upcoming year and participate in team building, field trips, clubs, and other STEM experiences.

The Calculus Project is a space in which students can develop a deeper appreciation of mathematics, see themselves as competent, creative mathematicians, and face challenges with flexibility and courage. We are searching for a Site Coordinator who will do the same.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) with experience in teaching middle or high school mathematics and/or educational administration; at least one year experience managing a program is preferred

* Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole language proficiency is a plus

* Ability to supervise and support a team of up to twenty staff members, including learning designers, learning facilitators, and peer mentors (teen staff)

* Ability to manage communications with community partners

* Ability to provide critical feedback to staff on ways to improve classroom instruction and/or management

* Ability to organize and coordinate daily activities including student attendance, family communication, and other responsibilities daily

* Ability to communicate with students and families who are from culturally and/or linguistically different backgrounds

* Ability to identify biased and hateful incidents among students and staff and appropriately respond to such incidents

Responsibilities:

* Lead recruitment efforts to hire TCP summer staff and co-coordinate hiring process

* Mange student registration process in collaboration with the summer leadership team

* Onboard, train and supervise TCP summer staff

* Recruit and manage community partners and guest speakers

* Co-design summer program schedule, including field trips, guest speakers, and graduation ceremony

* Co-create and implement an attendance system

* Build partnership with TCP families through consistent communication

* Conduct regular observations of classrooms and coach TCP learning facilitators and peer mentors to make improvements in culturally proficient instructional practices

* Collect informal feedback from TCP summer staff daily in order to make adjustments, as necessary

* Report incidents to summer leadership team and other relevant staff as required; ensure that all required documents are completed as part of the reporting process

* Respond to behavior concerns, conflicts, and crises as they arise

* Co-plan and co-lead daily debriefs with TCP summer staff after student dismissal

* Manage data collection for program effectiveness, including student and staff surveys and pre- and post-assessments and co-prepare program reports

* Support in developing and facilitating Count Forward curriculum, a series of conversations, discussions and presentations meant to disrupt deficit thinking and amplify the contributions of professionals of color to the U.S. social fabric and the STEM field in particular

* Assume every TCP student and staff member has a superpower; you can help them find it

Terms of Employment:

Seasonal/Yearly Employment

Location: East Somerville Community School

Stipend: $4,000

Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 24, 2024

Program Schedule: July 8, 2024 - August 2, 2024

Monday through Friday

8am-2pm, 5 days per week, Monday-Friday

Reports to: Assistant Superintendent for Academics, Manager of Partnerships and Programs, Co-Directors of Summer Programs & TCP Director.

Job Contact:

Name: Jene' Riley, Manager of Programs and Partnerships

Email: jriley2@k12.someville.ma.us