2025-2026 Teacher - Enrichment Specialist - Gifted - Cocopah MS
2025-2026 Teacher - Enrichment Specialist - Gifted - Cocopah MS
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Job Description
POSITION OBJECTIVE:
The job of the Middle School Enrichment Specialist is done for the purpose/s of serving as as consultants collaborators coaches and mentors of best practice in gifted pedagogy and advanced differentiation. They provide leadership and expertise to ensure consistent and effective differentiation of daily instruction and academic growth of diverse advanced learners. Enrichment/Differentiation Specialists spend at least seventy percent of their time working collaboratively with school staff by coteaching coaching collaboratively planning or developing resources for students and teachers. During this time they may also be working alone or with others designing and implementing independent projects for specific students by facilitating mentorship opportunities by pushing into classrooms and teaching small groups of advanced learners. Thirty percent or less of their time will be spent working with site administrators grade level teams and other site resource coaches to coordinate the enrichment component of the enrichment block.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: (These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.
General
- Be a strong advocate for students their parents and teachers.
- Provide direct services to identified advanced learners (i.e. through collaborative teaching by designing and implementing independent projects for specific students by facilitating mentorship opportunities etc.
- When necessary advocate for appropriate accelerated learning opportunities both within the school and outside the school
- Coach and collaborate with classroom teachers to improve the differentiation of curriculum and instruction for diverse high ability learners
- Utilize data and student interest to coordinate schoolwide enrichment
- Promote equity regarding talent development and gifted education services for students within school
Curriculum Design and Delivery
- Collaborate with classroom teachers and school staff to include enrichment and differentiation for diverse high ability learners in daily ELA instruction.
- Support affective needs of high ability learners through appropriate curriculum design
- Screen and select necessary supplemental curriculum materials and resources to ensure learner outcomes are met
Professional Development
- Lead professional development about best instructional practices and assessment for students and ground all staff development in a research base from the field of gifted education
- Provide workembedded coaching to classroom teachers by collaboratively plan and teach differentiated lessons and units of study that assess address and evaluated the needs of diverse advanced learners.
- Provide parent education opportunities to help parents understand standards and instructional materials differentiation for advanced learners and the opportunities for interest based learning for students through schoolwide enrichment
Assessment
- Support the use a comprehensive assessment system to inform instruction and enrichment opportunities for students
- Support ongoing assessment/identification of high ability high talent and high potential following district guidelines. Make particular effort to recruit and retain students from populations often underrepresented in gifted programs and who may be underachieving
- Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (positions in this class typically require):
Education
- Advanced degree or endorsement in Gifted Education (must currently hold or be working to obtain)
- Appropriately certified in Arizona
Experience
- Experience in gifted teaching strategies
- Experience with qualitative differentiation of the core curriculum for varied learners
- Demonstrated effective collaboration consultation and coaching skills in working with adults
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS (positions in this class typically require):
- Advanced degree or endorsement in Gifted Education (must currently hold or be working to obtain)
- Appropriately certified in Arizona
KNOWLEDGE (position requirements at entry):
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Strong knowledge of gifted education current educational research instructional strategies and differentiation of curriculum and instruction specifically for diverse high ability learners
- Strong knowledge of the content and pedagogy needed for gifted education; knowledge of assessment strategies; knowledge of resources and appropriately differentiated materials
SKILLS (position requirements at entry):
- Excellent interpersonal skills; excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to facilitate professional development experiences for staff using exemplary pedagogy from gifted education
- A passion for student achievement the conviction that all students will learn and a drive to close the achievement gap between student groups
ABILITY (position requirements at entry):
- Ability to differentiate instruction for diverse groups of learners
- Ability to work creatively and collaboratively with teams
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Positions in this class typically require: stooping kneeling crouching reaching standing walking pushing pulling lifting finger dexterity grasping talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.
Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts odors chemicals extreme temperatures inadequate lighting workspace restrictions and intense noises.
NOTE:
The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
