Teacher - Gifted

Position: Teacher - Gifted

Term: Full Time

Classification: Certified

Location: Stapleton

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
• Valid Missouri Teaching Certificate
• Valid Certificate in the appropriate field or grade level as required by DESE

Supervisory: No

Reports to: Building Principal

Code: 002.1211.6111.0845.00000.1.000

Job Number: 1136

Summary:

Gifted teachers are responsible for providing direct instruction to gifted and talented students and maintaining an environment conducive to learning.

General Expectations:

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.
• Supports the value of education.
• Become familiar with, enforce, and follow all applicable Board policies and regulations, administrative procedures, other directions
• given by district administrators and supervisors, and state and federal laws.
• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.
• Obey all safety rules, including rules protecting the safety and welfare of students.
• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required.
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.
• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.
• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.
• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.
• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.
• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed to complete job duties.
• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply to job duties.

Essential Functions:

• Develop lessons within and across disciplines that teach strategies that nurture creative and critical thinking in gifted and talented students, with consideration for the cognitive, affective and physical development of each student.
• Possess a deep understanding of the characteristics of gifted and talented students and their influence on student learning.
• Possess a broad knowledge of instructional strategies that address academic needs of gifted and talented and high achieving students.
• Coordinate and deliver enrichment for gifted and talented students.
• Collaborate with teachers to ensure differentiated instruction that will encompass innovative and responsive learning experiences that promote and develop student potential in the general education classroom.
• Model effective teaching strategies as the demonstration teacher for multiple grade levels.
• Adapt the instructional environment to the differences of each gifted and talented student, including flexible grouping, choice, expression styles, and multiple modalities of learning.
• Nurture the social and emotional development of gifted and talented students.
• Other duties as assigned.

Attendance:

Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

Physical Demands:

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds
• Speak and hear in an environment where numerous conversations and activities may be taking place simultaneously
• Move around the classroom
• Read handwritten or printed material

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Conditions and Environment:

The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active. Occasionally the individual will be required to work outdoors for short periods of time to perform such tasks as loading and unloading students from district transportation and supervising recess.

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Joplin Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not illegally discriminate in its programs, services, activities or facilities.