Trinity School, a coeducational, K-12 institution located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, seeks a Math Department Head, beginning September 2014.
 
In brief, the Math Department Head is responsible for (1) direct oversight of math department curriculum and instruction, grades 5-12, ensuring appropriate coherence, continuity, consistency and quality; (2) appropriate coordination between the math department curriculum in grades 5-12 and Lower School math curricula; (4) oversight of math department members’ professional growth, including routine review of math department members’ professional growth and performance; (5) collaboration with division heads, Associate Head, and Head of School in hiring and mentoring new math teachers; and (6) supervision of departmental staffing and scheduling, budget, book orders, substitute teaching arrangements, and other departmental policies and procedures. While the math department head routinely works with all three division heads as well as the Head of School, the math department head is supervised by the Associate Head.
 
As expressed in the school’s recently completed Strategic Plan, the next Math Department Head will be focusing sustained attention on (a) developing students’ deep understanding of essential concepts and processes in mathematics through problem-based learning; (b) providing greater differentiation of instruction by both intensifying the department's learning support resources and by offering an advanced curriculum that will challenge students who have a special passion and aptitude for mathematics; (c) enhancing meaningful mathematical enrichment opportunities K-12, both on campus and beyond it.
 
The ideal candidate is an exceptional math teacher and mathematician whose education and experience have brought wisdom and vision about curriculum as well as pedagogy in both Middle and Upper Schools; a versatile leader eager to foster collegiality within the department as it revises its program; a skilled administrator with experience in hiring and evaluation, sensitive to the needs of the department and its members as well as the needs of the School; an effective communicator able to articulate departmental policies, practices, and decisions well to students and parents; an approachable colleague who possesses intellectual curiosity, an openness to others’ ideas, an eagerness to extend oneself for others, and a sense of humor.
 
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Trinity School seeks candidates who will add to the diversity of our school community.