Talented and Gifted Elementary Teacher (TAG) Grades 3-5

Location: Gallimore Elementary School Position Type: Elementary School Teaching / Talented and Gifted Elementary Teacher Job Summary Plymouth-Canton is seeking to employ culturally responsive, equity-focused educators who create high-achieving learning environments for advanced and neurodiverse learners. This teacher will identify and systematically apply differentiated instruction, curriculum compacting, and authentic student agency to improve achievement and growth for gifted learners from all backgrounds. Qualifications Must possess a valid Michigan Teaching Certificate with an endorsement in Elementary Education. Applicants with specific coursework, training, or certification in identifying and instructing twice-exceptional (2e) and/or talented and gifted students are preferred. Applicants with experience in designing and implementing advanced, self-paced, or project-based learning experiences for learners are preferred. Relevant Understandings and Competencies Asynchronous Development: Deep awareness of the unique physical, social, emotional, and academic development of the gifted and talented learner. Neurodiversity Expertise: A foundational understanding of the term neurodiversity and how it applies to gifted learners (including those with ADHD, Autism, or learning differences). Must possess a robust repertoire of practical strategies to support and scaffold neurodiverse learners in the classroom. Curriculum Compacting: Demonstrated coursework or practical competency in curriculum compacting techniques to eliminate redundancy and facilitate advanced pacing or deep-dive enrichment. Instructional Design: Proven evidence of designing student-centered units, inquiry-based models, or Project-Based Learning (PBL) that systematically embed student voice and choice. Advanced Pedagogy: Familiarity with high-ability frameworks (such as Kaplan's Depth and Complexity) to ensure all learners are met with appropriate intellectual challenge. Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Instruction: Possesses deep knowledge of culturally relevant pedagogy and applies these practices to honor students' diverse cultural backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. Designs and implements instruction that promotes belonging, student voice, high expectations, critical thinking, and equitable access to challenging learning opportunities. Intervention Frameworks: Understanding of pertinent learning intervention practices, such as Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), tailored specifically to address both the gifts and deficits of twice-exceptional students. Social-Emotional Architecture: Ability to provide a flexible, stable, and intellectually stimulating learning environment that proactively manages perfectionism, high anxiety, and executive functioning deficits while maintaining excellent classroom management. Professional Collaboration: Works collaboratively with grade-level teams and professional learning communities to discuss student work, share best practices, analyze data, and ensure appropriate intellectual challenge. Community Relationships: Capable of nurturing the home-school-community relationship, building strong partnerships with families navigating the complexities of raising gifted and neurodiverse children. Evaluation Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's Policy on Evaluation of Certificated Personnel. Beginning Date August 25, 2026. New hires will be required to attend a three-day orientation August 19-21, 2026. Salary PCEA Teachers Salary Schedule. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. Occasionally the employee will bend or twist at the neck more than the average person. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs such as boxes of books. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, or work output of other people. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment Plymouth-Canton Community School district is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Plymouth-Canton Community School district is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Terms of Employment Upon recommendation for employment, Section 1230g, as amended, of the Revised School Code requires all school employees to be electronically finger printed for the purpose of undergoing a criminal history background check. The fingerprinting is conducted by a third party and is at the expense of the applicant. Cost for fingerprinting is approximately $70.00. #J-18808-Ljbffr Plymouth-Canton Community Schools