Job Goal
The mission of The Calculus Project is to use research-supported strategies to increase the representation and success of Black Hispanic and low-income students in advanced mathematics. There are seven distinct components that support students year-round and one of these is pre-teaching in the summer. Somerville Public Schools is in partnership with the Calculus Project Organization to bring the TCP program to our students.
At TCP, individuals who thrive here love working with kids are dedicated to their craft, embrace feedback, and actively seek to build connections. As an Assistant Director, you will oversee all staff and students in the program, ensuring a cohesive and supportive environment for both learning and growth. You will perform key administrative duties, including taking daily attendance, managing program logistics, and ensuring smooth operational flow. In addition, you will work closely with the TCP Coordinator to lead and continually enhance the program, fostering team-building, effective communication, and professional development among staff.
Qualifications
Expectations:
• Bachelors Degree • Masters Degree preferred with experience in teaching middle or high school mathematics and/or educational administration. • Ability to supervise and support a team of up to twenty staff members, including Lead Teachers, Associate Teachers, and Peer Teachers. • Mentors teen staff. • Ability to manage communications with community partners. • Ability to provide critical feedback to staff on ways to improve classroom instruction and/or management. • Ability to organize and coordinate daily activities, including student attendance, family communication, and other responsibilities daily. • Communicate effectively with students and staff from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. • Treat all staff and students with respect at all times, identify biased and hateful incidents, and respond appropriately.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience managing a program. • Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole language proficiency is a plus.
Responsibilities
Lead recruitment efforts to hire TCP summer staff and co-coordinate hiring process. Manage student registration process in collaboration with the summer leadership team. Onboard train and supervise TCP summer staff. Recruit and manage community partners and guest speakers. Co-design summer program schedule, including field trips, guest speakers, and graduation ceremony. Co-create and implement an attendance system. Build partnership with TCP families through consistent communication. Conduct regular observations of classrooms. Collect informal feedback from TCP summer staff daily to make adjustments as necessary. Report incidents to summer leadership team and other relevant staff as required, ensuring that all required documents are completed as part of the reporting process. Respond to behavior concerns, conflicts, and crises as they arise. Co-plan and co-lead daily debriefs with TCP summer staff. Manage data collection for program effectiveness, including student and staff surveys and pre- and post-assessments, and co-prepare program reports. Support in developing and facilitating the Count Forward curriculum, where students learn about accomplishments of STEM professionals of color.
Assume every TCP student and staff member has a superpower you can help them find it.
Terms of Employment
• Seasonal • Yearly Employment • Location: East Somerville Community School • Stipend: $4000 • Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 22, 2026 • Program Schedule: July 6, 2026 - July 31, 2026 (Monday through Friday) • Students: 6 hours/day, 9am-2pm • Staff: 6 hours/day, 9am-2:30pm, including 30 minutes lunch • Position Reports to: Assistant Superintendent for Academics, Director of Equity & Excellence, TCP Director, Director of Summer Programs
The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, home status, marital/civil union status, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship status, place of birth, national origin, ancestry, cultural identity, genetics, or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation, threat, or harassment that demeans individuals, groups, or interferes with their ability to learn or work.