Gifted Teacher

Jenks Public Schools Job Description

Position: Gifted Teacher

Reports to: Site Principal; Consults with District Gifted Coordinator Site Principal Assistant Principal and Executive Director of Teaching and Learning

Supervises: None

Qualifications:

1. Hold or be eligible for an Oklahoma teaching certificate.
2. Meet all certification requirements including teaching area endorsement (preferably Gifted) in the state of Oklahoma.
3. Satisfy all district requirements about physical health and citizenship.
4. Meet such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

Position Goals:

1. To be a facilitator of communication cooperation and coordination who consults collaborates and engages in teamwork with other educators to identify learning and behavioural needs of gifted students; and plan implement and evaluate educational programs to meet those needs.
2. To support the implementation of gifted services at the site level in consultation with teachers administrators and parents.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Complete and maintain all administrative paperwork related to gifted services at the site level including student entry and exit documentation (e.g. parent permission forms qualification paperwork and matrices and records requests) and ensure the maintenance of confidential student files.
2. Confer with site principals regarding placement policy new enrollees service delivery and other matters related to student services.
3. Confer with individual parents and teachers regarding testing pertaining to identification for gifted services (referral results etc.).
4. Coordinate and administer as required assessments related to the identification of students for gifted services and/or acceleration in accordance with district procedures.
5. Provide professional learning addressing gifted identification instructional strategies and/or the academic and affective needs of gifted learners.
6. Provide leadership support and instructional resources for teachers serving gifted students including collaboration on differentiated curriculum extension opportunities team teaching and modeling effective instructional strategies.
7. Provide parent communication related to gifted services including welcome and on-going informational communications.
8. Participate in district-level gifted meetings and serve on the Local Advisory Committee for gifted and talented education.
9. Attend conferences workshops and meetings to stay informed regarding current issues and practices in gifted education and serve as an advocate for gifted education.
10. Facilitate instruction with identified gifted students.
11. Support gifted student engagement by monitoring academic progress and communicating with students through district-approved platforms to share information related to giftedness and promote enrichment opportunities clubs or activities as appropriate for grade level.

Employment Terms: Nine (9) months a year. Salary benefits and work year to be established by the Board through the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Jenks Classroom Teachers Association.

FLSA Qualification: Exempt

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Jenks Public Schools Board of Educations policy on Staff Evaluation (2.20) and by Oklahoma State Law.

Physical Demands:

This is an overview intended for compliance with the ADA it is not an exhaustive list of the duties to be performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position.

Regular Requirements: Stand for extended periods; sit for extended periods; twist at the neck and trunk; bend at the waist; stoop kneel crouch; lift/move up to 20 pounds; handle objects and tools with hands; repetitive use of fingers and hands.

Occasional Requirements: Reach with hands and arms overhead above shoulder and horizontally; lift/move up to 40 pounds.

Visual Requirements: Close color peripheral depth perception ability to adjust focus.

Hearing/Speaking Requirements: Adequate to exchange information.

Required Experience:

IC