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Position: Teacher (Elementary AIG)
Terms of Contract: 10 months, part-time, benefit non-eligible
Location: Iron Station Elementary School
Reports To: Principal
Monthly Salary: Teacher State Salary Schedule (plus local supplement)
FLSA: EXEMPT
Qualifications/Requirements: Must hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina teaching license in the appropriate licensure area. AIG license (Area 88087) preferred.
Goal: To provide a rigorous and challenging educational environment that meets the unique academic, social, and emotional needs of gifted and high-potential learners. The teacher will foster critical thinking, creativity, and complex problem-solving skills across disciplines, ensuring that each student is identified accurately and supported through differentiated instructional strategies.
Duties:
- Coordinate the universal screening process for all 2nd-grade students to ensure equitable identification across all populations.
- Facilitate the referral and identification process for students in other grades using multiple pathways, including achievement data, aptitude scores, and performance tasks.
- Lead the school-based AIG Team to review student data and make formal placement decisions.
- Implement higher order thinking curriculum to foster high-level thinking in early elementary classrooms.
- Provide specialized instruction through pull-out or cluster-grouping models focusing on advanced literacy, mathematical reasoning, and inquiry-based learning.
- Address the unique social and emotional needs of gifted learners, including specific support for perfectionism and underachievement.
- Collaborate with regular classroom teachers by providing resources and "push-in" support to help differentiate core curriculum for high-potential students.
- Maintain accurate AIG folders for all identified students to ensure organizational consistency.
- Develop and update Differentiated Education Plans (DEPs) annually to remain in full compliance.
- Serve as the primary liaison for families, hosting annual meetings to explain identification results, service options, and student growth.
- Gather and submit all required district and state reports in a timely and efficient manner.
- Collaborate with AIG specialists across the district to share best practices, align instructional strategies, and ensure a cohesive gifted education program.
- Implement and uphold the local AIG plan by ensuring all school-based practices align with district goals and state standards.
- Communicate and encourage participation in enrichment opportunities, competitions, and specialized programs available to gifted and high-potential students
- Must be able to perform heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of forces frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
- Other duties as assigned
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Position Available: August 6, 2026
All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please go to the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Kennan Eaddy, Director of Student Support Services
kennan.eaddy@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Lincoln County Schools
201 Jeb Seagle Drive
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Phone: 704-732-2261
Fax: 704-736-4296
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON BASIS OF AGE,
HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEXL
Lincoln County Schools, NC