JOB SUMMARY:
The Numeracy Coach will be required to work at the primary school level. Duties include monitoring the progress of students’ numeracy development and working with the school’s administration and teachers to improve numeracy instruction, through the implementation of data driven interventions aimed at improving students’ academic performance in Mathematics.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: –
- Prepares work plans and provides reports on activities, outputs and achievements.
- Assists teachers in identifying factors that contribute to low academic performance in numeracy.
- The Coach will support, encourage and guide staff to use:
- Data from assessment to diagnose learner deficiencies and plan interventions based on data analysis.
- Resource-rich strategies (involving manipulatives as well as technology) to motivate learners and create positive dispositions to building mathematical understanding
- A variety of strategies (including performance tasks, portfolios and learning logs) to assess learner progress.
- Strategies that connect numeracy to other subjects and real life.
- Model best practices and effective instructional strategies, which result in improved student achievement in numeracy.
- Innovative approaches to successfully lead the development, implementation and review of teaching and learning strategies for students’ numeracy development.
- Attends training sessions to upgrade his/her understanding of content and pedagogical skills including assessment of student learning in the development of numeracy skills and the teaching of Mathematics.
- The Coach will:
- Support the school’s Numeracy and/or School-based Intervention Teams (Principal, class level representatives, all specialist teachers).
- Develop teacher capacity by providing on-going support for teachers through professional development that is learner centred.
- Provide support to key school personnel to assist teachers in ensuring that the learning needs of all students are addressed.
- Build motivation for Numeracy with school-wide incentives.
SKILLS:
- Sound human relations skills
- Sound verbal and written communication skills
- Sound classroom management skills
- Sound planning and organising skills
- Sound measurement and evaluation skills
- Sound Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) skills
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Core qualifications:
- Bachelor of Education degree specialising in Numeracy/ Mathematics Instruction.
- Post-graduate qualifications (any of):
- Certificate of completion of the University of Trinidad and Tobago’s (UTT) Remedial Training Programme provided by the Ministry of Education (May-July 2023)
- Diploma in Numeracy/Mathematics Instruction
- Master of Education with a specialty in Numeracy Instruction
Additional qualifications may include:
- Other specialised qualifications/skills in the areas of Numeracy and Numeracy Interventions.
- Degree/Diploma/Certificate specialising in ICT skills development and/or training in the use of Educational Technologies.
Experience:
- Teachers who currently hold appointments by the Teaching Service Commission with a minimum of five (5) years of service.