AIG Teacher

TITLE: AIG Teacher

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. NC Teaching License

Academically Gifted License (K-12)

2. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: Academically or Intellectually Gifted License AIG Coordinator

School Principal(s)

SUPERVISES: N/A

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direct services to AIG students.
• Collaborates, co-teaches, and co-plans with cluster teachers as they differentiate curriculum and instruction for AIG students.
• Collaborates with and supports regular classroom teachers as they nurture students who show potential for giftedness.
• Plans and facilitates extensions of classroom experiences aligned with the student’s DEP and level of talent and/or giftedness.
• Coordinates school-wide communications and serves as a resource for gifted education at the school level.
• Facilitates meetings of the school Gifted Identification Team including gathering required data, completing required paperwork, administering recommended assessments, and communicating results.
• Facilitates annual parent/teacher conferences to write differentiated education plans.
• Collaborates with the school data manager to update AIG student records.
• Facilitates the annual enrollment count of gifted students (at the school level).
• Assists the principal(s) by providing up-to-date lists of AIG students (and their areas/levels of identification) in preparation for yearly clustering.
• Provides transition information to students and parents as AIG students transition from elementary to middle school and from middle to high school.
• Works with the director to re-vise the LEA plan for gifted education.
• Communicates to cluster teachers any opportunities for professional development relating to gifted education.
• Facilitates collaboration between students and school counselors to ensure class schedules meet individual AIG students’ needs and/or career plans.
• Leads/provides professional development, coaching and technical assistance at the school and district levels.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attends faculty and staff meetings and serves on school-based committees as required.
• Assists the principal(s) in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct, develops reasonable rules for classroom behavior and procedures, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Any alternatives to the above responsibilities that the director and/or principal(s) may deem appropriate and necessary.
• Analyzes student and cluster growth data to determine effectiveness of instructional plan.
• Provides support and information to high school students on enrichment opportunities, grants, scholarship applications and collegiate admission applications.

This is a 10-month position.