Consultant - Education jobs in Houston, TX

Description

Status: Part Time

Location: Texas Major Cities

Are you ready to make a difference?  At MIND we are passionate about achieving our mission of ensuring that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems.  

We are looking for a visionary leader with a passion for professional learning and math education to join our team! 

We are looking for an individual with a background in teaching mathematics who can highly influence the impact of professional learning delivery. This role also requires partnering with school leaders in order to provide consultation toward the increase in efficacy and  transformation of  math education.

We have the awesome opportunity to work with over 1.3 million students and over 100,000 teachers.  Through our work, we get to inspire teachers to love math, equip them to be more effective at teaching it, and partner with districts to transform their math curriculum.  We are looking for someone that will meet districts where they are and elevate the conversation of math education to help in this hard, but incredibly rewarding work to transform math education.

Do you have what it takes to join our team? Do you have the passion, commitment, and expertise to deliver professional learning to help teachers transform their practices?

• Do you have a passion for math education, particularly PK-8?
• Can you give ample examples of delivering professional learning (in person or virtually) that is engaging and reflects best practices for working with adult learners?
• Do you have experience providing coaching and support to help teachers develop and apply skills needed to become more effective math instructors?
• Are you comfortable modeling strategies and classroom lessons using effective teaching practices?
• Can you facilitate engaging meetings with school and district leaders to review data and help them plan for success?
• Does your work reflect your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion?

Did you answer, “Yes!” or even, “Absolutely!” to all of the above?  Great!  Let’s get down to specifics.  

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience delivering professional learning to educators - both in person and online.
• Demonstrate strong ability to facilitate adult learners in coaching and planning situations.
• At least 5 years of experience teaching math in a K-12 setting.
• Bachelor Degree required.
• Experience with ST Math is a plus.
• Located in a Major city of Texas
• Willing to travel.

After reading about the opportunity on our team, are you more excited than you were before? If so, this probably means that you have an education background, experience in professional learning and are extremely comfortable with the tools of the trade. Still saying “Yes!”? Then we absolutely want to talk with you!

This part-time position reports to the Director of Professional Learning. Many training events will be virtual, but we are looking for candidates excited to provide on-site workshops and travel if needed. 

Technology Requirements:

Consultants are required to provide and maintain their own computer or laptop with webcam (see requirements below) and have reliable high speed Internet of at least 5Mbps Up and 5Mbps Down.

Windows PC:

OS: Windows 10 and later. Make sure your Windows Updates and drivers are up-to-date/current.

Specs: Intel Dual-Core CPU 2.00 GHz or AMD processor 2.00 GHz or higher.

4 GB of RAM minimum recommended.

Mac Computers:

OS: MacOS 10.13 and later

Specs: M1 chip or Intel CPU-based (2.00 GHz minimum)

4 GB of RAM minimum recommended.