Teacher Gifted & PreK-8; Pool SY

Teacher Gifted & Talented PreK-8 (Pool 2025-26 SY) Job Description

Job Code: 84257

Job Family/Function: 65 - Teachers xceptional Education

FLSA: Exempt

Grade Ladder: MNPS Certificated Teacher

Pay Grade: MNPS.
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Duration (days/year): 201

Locations(s): School-Based

Metro Schools is one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States. Our teachers and staff educate more than 80,000 students in Metro Nashville-Davidson County, preparing them to excel in higher education, work, and life. Our district implements some of the most innovative reform strategies in the nation. We seek to partner with highly effective, engaging teachers, teacher leaders and support staff with a passion for urban education and a go‑getter spirit as we strive to become the highest‑performing urban district in the nation.

Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, or a potential support staff employee, if you want to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

In order to exceed Great Expectations, the academic potential for all learners must be identified, nurtured and maximized. A Gifted & Talented Teacher will be in every elementary and middle school. The Gifted & Talented Teacher acts as a liaison between the Office of Gifted and Talented and MNPS schools in the implementation of academically differentiated instructional programs. The Teacher coordinates screening and selection processes;

provides content‑based direct instruction that is advanced, differentiated, and appropriate for learners of varying levels and abilities in grades K‑8.

• Recognizes the characteristics, including non‑traditional characteristics, of gifted and highly able learners and adapts curriculum to meet their unique needs.
• Accelerates instruction in an evidence‑supported way that meets the needs of gifted learners while ensuring a variety of instructional techniques, strategies, and media are used.
• Provides content‑based instruction that is advanced, differentiated, and appropriate for learners of varying levels and abilities.
• Promotes a growth mindset philosophy and works with teachers, principals, and families to find and nurture advanced academic potential in students from historically underrepresented populations.
• Facilitates the intellectual and professional development of teachers in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, facilitating professional learning opportunities; models effective teaching practices and instructional strategies in classrooms; designs and delivers professional development modules as needed (i.e., differentiating instruction, critical reasoning, etc.).
• Coordinates screenings and assessments to determine a student’s eligibility for advanced academic services. Coordinates screening processes for rescreens and students new to the system; uses pre‑ and post‑assessments and observations to guide ongoing instruction, differentiation, grouping, and measuring student growth. Analyzes student needs, including quantitative and qualitative data analysis for instructional decision making; assists school staff with understanding the instructional implications from assessments.
• Works with the community, parents and outside agencies to facilitate Advanced Academic Education awareness; reacts to change productively; and, handles other tasks as assigned.

• Master's Degree Preferred

• 1-3 years Highly successful teaching experience or proven expertise working with advanced learners Required

• Demonstrates superior knowledge of pedagogy as it relates to gifted identification, programs and services, talent development, and Growth Mindset
• Knowledge of recent research and best practices in Gifted education including the non‑traditional characteristics and masks of gifted and highly able students as well as equity and access
• Has a variety of content area expertise
• Evidence of effective leadership skills
• Excellent human relations skills
• Relates positively with teachers, administrators and other central office personnel
• Interacts effectively with students and parents
• Demonstrated competency in adult learning theory and developing and…