Middle School Math Learning Specialist, .40

Middle School Math Learning Specialist, .40, Exempt, 10 Month

Founded in 1961, Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, coed, academically-rigorous day and boarding school serving students from age three through 12th grade. The campus is located on 140 acres in the historic Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the School is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education and accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.

Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, integrity, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict.

Summary: The Middle School, grades 6th - 8th, seeks candidates for a Learning Specialist position in our Mathematics Department. Experience with all levels of Middle School mathematics including but not limited to Middle School Math I, Middle School Math II, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Integrated Geometry is desired. We seek an individual who is dynamic, professional, and comfortably implements student-centered, inquiry-based learning strategies in the classroom who promotes a positive and engaging math learning environment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborate with the Student Resource Team and the Middle School Learning Specialist to assure continuity of support for students.
• Meet regularly with classroom teachers to discuss student needs and provide support for teaching methods, i.e. differentiated instruction.
• Familiar with multi-sensory math instruction methods.
• Collaborate with teachers to create strategies to support student learning using MTSS language
• Make in-class observations to determine learning needs and strengths
• Provide 1:1 or small-group academic interventions, remediation, and support.

• Experience with Middle School mathematics, including but not limited to Middle School Math I, Middle School Math II, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Integrated Geometry.
• Dynamic and professional individual who can implement student-centered, inquiry-based learning strategies in the classroom.
• Familiarity with multi-sensory math instruction methods.
• Ability to collaborate with teachers to create strategies to support student learning using MTSS language.