2026 - 2027 Elementary - Advanced Academics Specialist - Gifted and Talented Teacher

Position Summary

Work collaboratively with district- and site-level staff to support and facilitate gifted and talented programming to ensure students' instructional needs are met and maintain compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Extend enriched learning experiences to all students through the use of the STEAM rooms. Coordinate and facilitate Botball activities and challenge days for interested students.

Essential Duties

• Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the gifted and talented program
• Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of gifted students based on the district's goals and objectives
• Organize and facilitate the Gifted and Talented School Site Committee
• Coordinate the ongoing identification of the gifted and talented students at the school site and communicate with parent(s)/guardian(s) about their child's individual programming options
• Organize documentation and collection of data related to services provided to the school's gifted populations
• Work with the Planning, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) Department to ensure identified gifted and talented students have been marked in the school information system (SIS) with correct category classification
• Assist instructional staff in developing and providing gifted and talented students with appropriate learning activities and experiences
• Advocate and dispel misconceptions related to giftedness and cultural implications on giftedness
• Participate in all district-level gifted and talented education meetings throughout the school year and disseminate essential content specific information and expectations from gifted and talented education meetings or emails in staff meetings and professional learning communities (PLCs)
• Facilitate gifted and talented professional development, as needed, to instructional staff
• Maintain and improve competence through participation in professional learning
• Perform other duties as assigned

STEAM Rooms

• Attend and participate in district professional development relative to STEAM
• Participate in all district-level STEAM innovator meetings throughout the school year and disseminate essential information and expectations from STEAM innovator meetings or emails in staff meetings and professional learning communities (PLCs)
• Create an environment of curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and innovation using STEAM room products and technology that encourages students to be actively engaged in the learning process
• Design and facilitate instruction that incorporates elements from each discipline of STEAM - science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics that is inquiry-based and promotes hands-on learning through exploration
• Oversee the organization, inventory, and cleaning of STEAM room products
• Maintain equipment and supplies in the best possible condition and promote those same attitudes in students
• Provide regular professional development to school staff for STEAM integration into core classroom instruction
• Perform other duties as assigned

Botball

• Participate in professional development experiences allowing for observation, evaluation, and application of the use of technology (robotics) to support the implementation of the botball curriculum
• Organize, supervise, and conduct regularly scheduled meeting times for students to participate
• Model and deliver the student-centered botball lessons that lead students to problem-solve coding errors and meet the different robotic challenge lessons
• Maintain equipment and supplies in the best possible condition and promote those same attitudes in students
• Work with students, parent(s)/guardian(s), and both site- and district-administration to attend challenge day(s) with a group of students representing the school
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Specifications

• Bachelor's in education or a related field
• Oklahoma Teaching Certification in Elementary Education or Alternative/Provisional Teaching Certification as approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Education
• Oklahoma Teaching Certification in Gifted and Talented (or ability to obtain certification by the time of starting the position)
• Highly effective communication, listening, collaboration, and interpersonal skills both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others, demonstrate self-discipline and initiative, follow state and district guidelines
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents/guardians, and the community
• Knowledge of curriculum design and implementation
• Deep knowledge of content standards, effective instructional strategies, and assessment driven instruction
• Ability to develop and deliver training to adult learners

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree from an accredited college or university
• Expert level of technology and 21st-century learning understanding and application
• Strong Google Apps for Education skills (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites, etc.)
• Experience or familiarity with tools such as, but not limited to Botballs, 3D printing, Makey-Makey, littleBits, Ozobot, ROK Blocks, Snap Circuits, Code Hopper, Squishy Circuits, and BeeBots
• Knowledge of statutory and regulatory requirements of gifted and talented students
• Knowledge of the educational needs, strategies, and materials for serving gifted and talented students