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*Serve as the campus consultant and district liaison for G/T education*Assist counselors with services for G/T students/MAP students*Support the social and emotional needs of G/T students by coordinating enrichment opportunities*Serve on campus site-based decision-making committee as G/T program representative, ensuring that *G/T program improvement issues are addressed in the Campus Improvement Plan*Conduct classroom visits to APA, MAP, and AP (AP if applicable) classes to promote the Advanced *Academics program and work with students on a weekly basis in order to facilitate appropriate differentiation and service G/T students*Monitor Gifted and Talented students and make academic recommendations*Monitor PEIMS data and maintain individual G/T student records (through Project Education/folder)*Monitor campus compliance with AISD board, Advanced Academics program goals, and the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted and Talented Students*Maintain campus staff records for TEA Gifted/Talented required 30 hours of professional development and annual 6 hour updates*Communicate regularly with parents and students through written & verbal forms such as daily announcements, school website, school marquis, and through community opportunities*Maintain communication by acting as the liaison with parents, counselors, administrators, faculty and staff, district G/T teachers, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education, Director of Advanced *Academics, and Coordinator of Advanced Academics*Serve as building consultant for MAP and MAP placement of students*Regularly monitor MAP students and make academic recommendations*Work in partnership with MAP teachers to ensure the provided expectations of MAP coursework are met*Complete MAP qualification process for students including: testing and maintaining records

*Instruct students from diverse backgrounds in TEKS (Cluster Classes)*Utilize the most up to date teaching methods that provide the students ample opportunity to express themselves through reading, writing, speaking and listening.*Provide small group instruction as intervention, prevention and enrichment*MAP Humanities Teacher integrated curriculum with Social Studies and ELA while also providing a Humanitarian perspective*Plan and implement lessons for 6th and 7th grade Humanities that provide creative and enrichment opportunities for a diverse population.*Monitor data and implement purpose lessons that reach the advanced learner in a cluster classroom.*Started FCA at Caffey Jr. High*Started and Lead Caffey Cheer program during Cardinal Camp, games and other spirit programs on campus.

*Instruct students from diverse backgrounds in TEKS (Cluster Classes)*Utilize the most up to date teaching methods that provide the students with ample opportunity to express themselves through reading, writing, speaking and listening.*Utilize rigorous and relevant instructional practices to support success.*Demonstration of differentiated instruction through small group by student by standard*Differentiated whole group instruction based on objective mastery.*Create and design lessons to engage the virtual students*navigate and utilize technology in the google classroom

*Instruct Native English speakers and English Language learners in one classroom environment*Utilize the most up to date teaching methods that provide the students with ample opportunity to english language development.*Instruct and enrich student learning through creativity and rigor.*Utilize rigorous and relevant instructional practices to support success.*Demonstration of differentiated instruction through small group by student by standard*Differentiated whole group instruction based on objective mastery.*Facilitate weekly team-planning to ensure that all teachers on the team are teaching the TEKS on the scope and sequence.*Arrange and organize planning with a bilingual partner.*Partnered with district to launch new Pre K schedule to ensure students receive the full instructional time.*Created activities to increase parental involvement and increase the rigor and acceleration of learning.