Gifted Teacher for the 2025-26 School Year

Purpose:   The Gifted Education Teacher is responsible for designing and implementing instructional goals to

                 meet gifted students' unique academic and social-emotional needs. This role fosters advanced

                 critical thinking, creativity, and independent learning.

Reports To:  Building Principal and Assistant Superintendent of Student Services 

FLSA Status: Exempt

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field
• Valid state teaching license with appropriate endorsement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with children, families, and staff
• Organizational and time-management skills for balancing multiple responsibilities and documentation
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior experience working with gifted and talented children
• Experience developing and implementing IEPs and using data to drive instructional practices
• Strong understanding of child development principles, special education laws, and inclusive classroom practices
  
  

Essential Functions:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily:

• Develop and implement differentiated lesson plans and enrichment activities aligned with individual education plans
• Utilize research-based instructional strategies that challenge students to think critically, creatively, and independently
• Integrate technology, project-based learning, and other innovative methodologies to challenge students to think critically, creatively, and independently 
• Use formal and informal assessments to identify gifted students and track their academic progress
• Analyze data to tailor instruction, set goals, and provide timely feedback that fosters continuous improvement
• Maintain student records, documentation, and performance reports in compliance with Individual Education Plans
• Provide guidance on best practices for differentiating instruction, accommodating, and promoting intellectual engagement
• Create a supportive classroom environment that fosters a growth mindset, encourages independent learning, and builds students’ self-confidence
• Promote leadership, collaboration, and communication skills through group projects, competitions, and other opportunities
• Facilitate discussions and activities that address the unique social and emotional challenges faced by gifted learners
• Stay current with research, trends, and best practices in gifted education through professional development, conferences, and networking
• Assist in the ongoing evaluation and development of gifted services, policies, and resources at the school or district level
• Communicate regularly with parents/guardians regarding student progress and any concerns
• Monitor student progress, document observations, and update IEP goals and objectives accordingly
• Stay current on best practices in gifted education by attending workshops, conferences, and trainings as appropriate
• Regular and consistent attendance at work
• Other duties as assigned by administration

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to enter data into a computer and to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in typical classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Ability to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead

Terms of Employment: At-will employment. 

Evaluation:   Performance evaluations under the Board’s policy and the negotiated agreement.

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, or promoting based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.

Salary : $51,500 - $92,135