Gifted Resource Coordinator - Viera Charter School at None

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts/Science in Education or field instruction required
• Current Educator’s Florida Certification
• Gifted Endorsement or working toward a Gifted Endorsement
• Two years teaching experience

High-Level Responsibilities:

• Professional Development (50%)
• Student Success and Learning Focus (25%)
• Process Management and Program Development (10%)
• Positive Contribution to the School Environment (10%)
• Professionalism and Collaborative Responsibilities (5%)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports a positive learning environment and enhances professional practice through collaborative relationships and professional dialogue.
• Facilitates communication and collaboration for and within teams or departments, grade levels, staff, and administration.
• Mentor colleagues.
• Plans and leads team meetings when appropriate.
• Provides professional development regarding “high effect” instructional strategies.
  • Effectively communicates expectations for student learning and behavior.
  • Identify professional development objectives.
  • Actively seek opportunities for professional growth to meet objectives.
  • Serves as a member of the Student Services team to orchestrate school-wide program improvement in identification, curricular modifications, and assessment of gifted learners as well as twice exceptional learners.
  • Recognizes work-related challenges and participates in solving those problems.
  • Manages time effectively to complete roles and responsibilities of the job, Special Education, RTI, 504 and other assigned meetings and paperwork.
  • Creates, supports, and maintains clear and accurate records of communication, student data, protocols, and schedules.
• Creates, supports, and maintains Viera Charter School identification and protocol documents.
• Provides teachers and parents with appropriate inventories to assist in identification.
• Creates and maintains Gifted Programming Identification summaries in a timely manner.
  • Provides information to colleagues, students and parents regarding identification practices, learning outcomes, progress towards objectives, and participation in learning activities.
  • Provides information and support to individuals, families, and educational teams regarding a student’s educational needs.
  • Fosters others’ awareness of student learning needs, talents and challenges.
• Develops content for, coordinates, and facilitates professional development for student support staff, school leaders, and/or cohorts of educators’ continuous learning and improvement of practices related to gifted education.
  • Follows and complies with applicable school, district, state and federal policies, procedures, and laws.
• Ensures consistent adherence to policies and procedures, including timely communication and monitoring of student progress with appropriate stakeholders.
• Ensures implementation of state mandate regarding development of Advanced Learning Plans for gifted learners.
  • Acts as school/network support and provide additional assistance and resources at the request stakeholders as appropriate.
  • Attends and participates in meetings with administration as needed.
  • Provides timely and clear communication.
  • Demonstrate problem-solving.
  • Instructs on the implementation of research-based interventions that are based on quantitative and qualitative data collected along with meaningful classroom data.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of content area and strategizes for student success.
  • Demonstrates appropriate and correct use of assessments (formal and informal) for intervention development and matches the student needs for learning.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and positive relationships with colleagues.