Math Instructional Coach (Early Childhood Mathematics)

Location: Based in the greater Los Angeles area, including Riverside and San Bernardino, with travel to schools and districts approximately 30–50% of the time.

Salary: $90,000–$110,000 annual base salary; target total compensation approximately $130,000 including performance-based bonus. Bonus potential is uncapped.

Company

hirify.global is a Barcelona-founded mathematics education organization providing research-based curriculum, teacher training, assessment, and intervention for schools from Early Childhood through Secondary Education.

What you will do

• Transform early childhood mathematics instruction by helping teachers move beyond rote counting and memorization toward meaningful mathematical experiences.
• Design and deliver personalized professional development journeys tailored to each school, teacher, and implementation stage.
• Coach teachers in real classrooms through observations, live modeling, feedback cycles, and developmentally appropriate instructional strategies.
• Use play, exploration, manipulatives, games, stories, movement, and hands-on activities to develop number sense, quantity understanding, counting, patterns, shapes, spatial reasoning, and early problem-solving.
• Build teachers' understanding of young children's mathematical thinking, instructional questioning, and different learning needs while acting as a thought partner to educators and school leaders.
• Lead math-focused workshops, build a regional community of early childhood math educators, drive measurable instructional impact, and travel 30–50% to support implementation.

Requirements

• Strong background in early childhood education and mathematics education, including current or former experience as an early childhood, preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, or early elementary educator.
• Deep understanding of early mathematical development, including number sense, counting, cardinality, quantity recognition, pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, and early problem-solving.
• Ability to make mathematical concepts accessible through play, exploration, manipulatives, and meaningful classroom interactions.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or supporting educators and helping teachers reflect on practice and grow in confidence.
• Passion for bringing research into the classroom and positively impacting the mathematical development of young children and educators.
• Strong understanding of developmentally appropriate practice, including balancing purposeful mathematical instruction with curiosity, play, and hands-on exploration.
• Expertise in creating meaningful relationships and generating opportunities with school leaders and district-level administrators, or equivalent experience.
• Strong educator-to-educator communication and relationship-building skills.
• Hands-on approach, willingness to build from scratch, entrepreneurial mindset, comfort with an early-stage environment, and willingness to travel to schools and classrooms in the region.

Nice to have

• Experience teaching mathematics to children ages 3–6.
• Experience leading professional development, modeling lessons, or facilitating teacher learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on improving mathematics education and directly impacting students and teachers.
• Autonomy, responsibility, ambitious goals, rapid iteration, continuous learning, humility, and collaboration.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 5% 401(k) match, 22 days of PTO, five additional company-wide days off over the Christmas holidays, and generous leave programs.
• Annual learning stipend and an international, community-oriented working environment.