Gifted Coach

This position utilizes current evidence-based strategies and theories to plan, organize, and implement instructional frameworks for gifted and talented students. The Gifted Coach position provides instructional leadership and coaching to ensure high-ability learners—including English Learners (ELs) and historically underrepresented populations—receive challenging, differentiated, and accessible instruction across the district.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required)

• Master’s degree or higher with appropriate certification for teaching assignment.
• Virginia Department of Education Teaching License with an endorsement in Gifted Education (ESL endorsement or coursework preferred).
• At least three (3) years of successful classroom teaching experience.
• Demonstrated ability to differentiate content, process, product, and learning environment for advanced learners.
• Strong knowledge of scaffolding techniques and language acquisition strategies to support multilingual and English Learner gifted/potentially gifted students.
• Demonstrated ability to create and align project- or problem-based learning (PBL) scenarios with mandated curriculum.
• Experience using equitable screening tools, disaggregated data, and assessment results to identify and shape instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to provide advice, coaching, and professional development to colleagues, administrators, and families.
• Proficiency in using web-based educational technology for instruction and communication.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate universal data screening 2–3 times a year with school administrators, specialists, and teacher teams to screen for potential giftedness.
• Manage all aspects of the gifted identification process (screening, referral, testing, scoring, eligibility, and determination notification).
• Disaggregate referral, identification, and testing data through an equity lens to actively identify and support potentially gifted English Learners and underrepresented student populations.
• Serve as a support to the referral and identification process, collaborating with teachers, specialists, and counselors to ensure accurate student coding, tagging, and record-keeping.
• Instruct identified gifted and potentially gifted students across assigned grade levels using high-leverage teaching methods.
• Incorporate language acquisition scaffolds and English Learner strategies into gifted instruction, ensuring EL students can fully access higher-order thinking tasks and complex curriculum.
• Monitor, track, and report on gifted student progress, adjusting learning plans as needed.
• Facilitate processes for regional and specialized programs (e.g., Camp Launch, Governor’s School, talent search initiatives).
• Provide facilitative coaching and lead Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) focused on meeting the academic and affective needs of K–12 advanced learners.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and EL educators to co-plan, model, and embed talent development strategies that benefit high-ability English Learners.
• Deliver ongoing professional development for staff on modifying curriculum, differentiating instruction, and recognizing gifted characteristics in non-traditional and multilingual students.
• Communicate with families regarding gifted programming, policy, and opportunities, providing outreach tailored to linguistically diverse communities.
• Serve as an instructional resource across the division for identifying appropriate interventions and extension strategies for all students.
• Attend district-provided professional development and complete requirements necessary to maintain professional certifications.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate overall good health.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate in a clear, concise manner with staff, students, and families.

Terms of Employment

• 8 hours per day; 11 months (Part-Time Option Is Also Possible)

Evaluation

• Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Sussex County School Board’s policy manual.