Math Specialist, Grant Position: 2025-2026 School Year

Position Type: Certified- 240-Day contract

Date Posted: 6-5-2025

Location: Gillham, AR 

Closing Date: Until Filled

Math Specialist Job Requirements

Candidate must be a self-starter and team player. He/she must show strong examples of classroom instruction and classroom management. He/she should have evidence of instructional leadership (i.e., mentoring, model classroom or hosting of site-based observations, training, etc). 

Qualifications

• Mathematics Certification

• A minimum of three years teaching experience

• A Master degree 

• Candidate must have current training in mathematics practices

• Knowledge of Arkansas State Standards

• Knowledge of current research and effective practice in standards based curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the area of mathematics

• Experience in adult learning situation and in team problem solving

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Other duties may be assigned 

Mathematics specialists will coordinate schedules with the building principals in the DeQueen-Mena ESC region, work with other instructional facilitators in the district to accomplish district goals, and work directly with teachers to improve classroom instruction.

• Design, conduct, and implement professional development based on best practices

• Understand and disseminate current research

• Assist teachers with planning, modeling, and co-teaching lessons and units

• Model appropriate instructional strategies

• Act as an instructional resource to the classroom teachers

• Assist in creating, implementing, and evaluating instructional strategies

• Integrate technology into the curriculum

• Recommend resources to building principals

• Assist in selection of standards-based instructional materials

• Plan, organize, and assist in the development of curriculum and common grade level assessments

• Align curriculum within schools and with state

• Implement standards-based curriculum into classroom

• Assist with state and local assessments

• Evaluate assessment results, and incorporate strategies based on data disaggregation

• Assist with PLC, RTI, and other processes in place in districts

This position is grant-funded through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and will remain open until filled.

To apply, please send completed application and a resume to dana.ray@dmesc.org.

If you have any questions about this position, please contact Dana Ray at dana.ray@dmesc.org or via phone at 479-385-4319.

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