Director, Gifted

**Salary**:
Highly competitive compensation package.

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

22 November 2024

**Job overview**:
The Director of Gifted & Talented will be responsible for:

- Establish policies and procedures to identify exceptionally abled students for categories of intellectual, specific academic, creativity, leadership, sport, and visual and performing arts.
- Establish a guideline for the development and implementation of QF schools Inclusion Policy.
- Stay informed about current trends, research, and international best practice models in gifted education.
- Provide leadership, direction, and structure to a QFS wide Gifted and Talented education program, to assist schools with identification and support for students; promoting a collaborative and cohesive learning culture; ensure that all decisions and processes are designed to improve student learning.
- Lead specialists, teachers, and schools to design and implement enrichment activities, projects, and competitions to stimulate intellectual curiosity and creativity.
- Collaborate with teachers and other educational professionals to integrate G&T strategies and resources into mainstream classrooms.
- Plan and manage programs that cater for gifted students in and out of Qatar Foundation schools.
- Make sound and financially sustainable decisions when planning programs based on operational needs.
- Market the programs and encourage schools to participate; to grow and develop the QF Gifted Hub brand across Qatar and coordinate with school leadership and S4 Psychologists to identify gifted students.
- Provide curriculum support and design, planning and development including consultancy for schools adopting a gifted program.
- Provide adequate teacher professional learning and build capacity of teachers and leaders on inclusive practices.
- Supervise with school based Gifted Coordinator hiring; Lead monthly meetings, coaching and facilitation to new appointments.
- Establish appropriate and consistent written procedures for the program and evaluate these annually and ensure compliance with the approved policies and procedures.
- Establish and build working relationships with partners including parents, teachers, school administrators and other educational professionals, and community members to enable students to reach their full potential.
- Provide research-informed insights on classroom teaching strategies that allow for effective differentiation practices that cater for Gifted students.
- Develop, implement, scores/norms and analyze required assessments regarding student data for placement.
- Determine and implement appropriate pre-assessment tools are used to understand the students’ current level and make adjustments to ensure that the student is always learning something new
- Order, maintain, distribute, and interpret multiple instruments for required assessments of diverse populations.
- Serve as liaison between PUE, MoEHE, Private Schools in Qatar, and the International Centers of Excellence for Gifted and Talented
- Other reasonable tasks assigned by supervisor
- Master’s degree in education or related field, preferably in Gifted and Talented Education
- 8+ years of relevant full-time work experience in a related field.
- Extensive background and experience in tests/ measurement and curriculum, instruction, and assessment for G&T. (preferred)
- A thorough knowledge of Gifted and Talented instructional theory, practice, and pedagogy.
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.

**About **Qatar Foundation**:
**Qatar Foundation**
- PUE Office, QF Headquarters, Al Luqta Street, PO Box: 5825- Doha- Qatar+974 454 0000