Math Team Coach

The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 770 students K-XII, seeks candidates for a Math Team Coach for students in Classes V-XII starting January 2025. 

We invite interested candidates to apply by completing an application and uploading a cover letter and resume at https://www.brearley.org/careers-at-brearley/

The Math Team Coach will join a dynamic team of math teachers to engage and challenge students with an outlier’s appetite for problem-solving outside of the core curriculum.

Responsibilities include:

• coaching the Upper School Math Team; traveling with the team for local and regional contests, including on weekends
• leading an after-school advanced problem-solving seminar for interested Middle and Upper School students (non-credit bearing)
• implementing an inclusive, anti-bias, anti-racist pedagogy
• collaborating with teachers in the math department on opportunities to offer enrichment

The ideal candidate will:

• have a bachelor’s degree in math; an advanced degree is preferred
• have experience with national or international math competitions
• demonstrate an interest in working with students at the Middle and Upper School level
• demonstrate strong skills in communication
• demonstrate the desire to work collaboratively and in consultation
• have a commitment to the education of girls
• have competence in inclusive, anti-bias, anti-racist pedagogy.

About the School

Founded in 1884, the school is a center of intellectual exuberance, attracting students from across and beyond New York City. Our mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose:  to cultivate a commitment to the greater good in our students. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty and student body. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, and antiracist school community, and we expect our faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions.

Pay

$5,000 per trimester (three trimesters in the academic year)

The Brearley School is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to hiring exceptional, dedicated teachers of diverse backgrounds. We consider qualified individuals for employment with the School regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other state or federally protected classification.