What are the responsibilities and job description for the Year Long Resident Teacher 25-26 School Year position at SPLENDORA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT?
Summary
The teacher resident (TR) is a student teacher who participates in a year-long clinical experience under the guidance of a highly effective mentor teacher (MT). A resident observes and learns on the job in preparation for a teaching career while earning a degree (typically a bachelor’s, but in some cases a master’s) and/or certification from the University of Texas at El Paso. For a full school year, full-time, the resident works alongside the MT. TRs are actively engaged in as many elements of the classroom as possible from the very beginning of the residency year. The TR will gradually assume greater responsibilities throughout the residency year as they develop as a teacher. Compensated roles must not compromise learning goals for future teachers.
Typical Responsibilities Include Learning While
The teacher resident (TR) is a student teacher who participates in a year-long clinical experience under the guidance of a highly effective mentor teacher (MT). A resident observes and learns on the job in preparation for a teaching career while earning a degree (typically a bachelor’s, but in some cases a master’s) and/or certification from the University of Texas at El Paso. For a full school year, full-time, the resident works alongside the MT. TRs are actively engaged in as many elements of the classroom as possible from the very beginning of the residency year. The TR will gradually assume greater responsibilities throughout the residency year as they develop as a teacher. Compensated roles must not compromise learning goals for future teachers.
Typical Responsibilities Include Learning While
- Co-planning and co-teaching with MT and other team members, leading small group instruction, leading instruction without the MT present (with planning support from MT).
- Attending professional development prior to the start of the school year and on-going throughout the school year.
- Participating in team planning, Professional Learning Communities, school-based professional development, campus faculty meetings, and meetings with their Site Coordinator (SC).
- Working with the MT to monitor and improve instruction with formative and summative assessments, grading, data analysis, and rubrics to identify next steps.
- Adapting and improving high-standards, differentiation-ready lesson plans that motivate strong student learning, after learning to deliver such lessons prepared by the MT and/or experienced team members.
- Managing procedures, supervising students, and developing students’ social-emotional skills during transitions, lunch, recess, assemblies, and other activities, and while team teachers plan or deliver instruction.
- Embracing feedback from MTs and the Site Coordinator before, during, and after informal and formal observations.
- Substituting within the school placement one day per week (applicable to candidates in the paid residency)
- Taking responsibility for other non-instructional duties as assigned by the MT.
