Teacher - GATE; Gifted and Education Part-time

Job Details

• Position Type: Teaching - Middle School/ Gifted & Talented
• Date Posted: 2/23/2026
• Location: Columbine Middle School
• Date Available: 08/12/2026
• Closing Date: 02/27/2026

Teacher – Gifted & Talented Education- .5

FTE

Exempt

Site:
Columbine Middle School

Direct Supervisor:
Building Principal

Contracted Length Term:
Teacher – 178 Days

Salary

Schedule:

Teacher(range $25,008 - $39,943 based on 25/26 salary schedules, education and experience)

Start Date:

August 12, 2026

Columbine Middle School's mission is to educate students, build positive relationships, and engage students in discovering a sense of purpose. We do this through leveraging our research based Instructional Framework founded in the tenants of a high reliability school and implemented with fidelity across our grade levels. Members of our staff engage in purposeful professional development specific to their needs and are able to cultivate high quality relationships in order to deliver meaningful instruction on a consistent basis.

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At MCSD, we care about our employees and their loved ones. Our benefits package consist of the following items: a variety of health insurance plans with employer contribution, including dental and vision insurance, Telehealth, a $50,000 life insurance policy with optional additional coverage, PERA retirement contribution, supplemental insurance options including pet insurance, no match tax shelter account options including 401K, 457(b), 403 (b) and Roth, before tax deductions and flexible spending options, paid leave options and holidays based upon the position, Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Added perks:
Great people to work with, professional development and advancement opportunities, and multiple wellness programs and incentives.

Under direction, to teach and instruct pupils in Reading, social, behavioral, and other educational skill areas; to plan, develop, organize, and conduct a comprehensive educational program for pupils; to assist pupils in making appropriate life style adjustments, and in the determination of career and vocational choices; and to do other related functions as required.

• Manage GATE student caseload and paperwork for the building.
• Collaborate and Co-Teach with core teachers as assigned.
• Teach and instruct in small groups.
• Utilize an adopted course of study, instructional program guidelines, and other materials in planning and developing lesson plans and teaching outlines.
• Pursue a variety of methodology in teaching and instructing pupils, including lectures, demonstrations, discussions, lectures, and laboratory experiences.
• Conduct teaching and instructional activities, using educational equipment, materials, books, and other learning aids.
• Provides instruction in citizenship and other subject matter specified by legal mandate, District policy, and administrative regulations.
• Plan, develop, and utilize a variety of instructional materials and aids appropriate to the intellectual and instructional level of pupils from varied socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, and who possess a range of mental and emotional maturity.
• Review, analyze and evaluate the history, background, and assessment of pupils in designing instructional programs to meet individual educational needs.
• Individualize and adapt educational processes and procedures to enhance pupil educational opportunities.
• Provide group and individual instruction to motivate pupils, and effectively utilize the time available for instructional activities.
• Maintain appropriate standards of pupil behavior, using behavioral management strategies and techniques, including positive reinforcement and behavior shaping procedures.
• Review, analyze, evaluate, and report pupil academic, social, and emotional growth.
• Prepare, administer, score, record, and report the results of criterion referenced tests, and administers, scores, records, and reports the results of group standardized tests in evaluating pupil growth and progress.
• Counsel, confer with and communicate with parents, School, and District personnel regarding pupil progress, and in the interpretation of the educational program.
• Cooperatively pursue alternative solutions to ameliorate pupil learning problems, and to enhance expanded academic, social, and emotional growth opportunities.
• Maintain an effective learning environment through the proper control of heating, lighting, and ventilation, and the utilization of exhibits, displays, and independent study centers.
• Select and requisition appropriate educational supplies, materials, books, equipment, and learning aids.
• Perform a variety of non-instructional duties, including curriculum and instructional development activities, student supervision, and consultation activities.

All other duties as assigned.

Possession of a baccalaureate or higher degree with emphasis in an academic major or minor…