Primary Purpose:

Serve as a resident teacher while participating in a year-long clinical experience under the guidance of a Host Teacher. Observe and learn on the job in preparation for a teaching career while earning a degree (typically a bachelor’s, but in some cases a master’s) or completing teacher certification requirements from Lamar University.  For one school district calendar year, full-time, the resident works alongside the assigned Host Teacher and actively engages in as many elements of the classroom as possible from the very beginning of the residency. Participate in instructional planning, data review, and improvement throughout the year. The Cardinal Resident will gradually assume greater responsibilities throughout the residency as they develop as a teacher. 

 

**Compensated roles must not compromise learning goals for future teachers. 

 

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Enrolled in education preparation program Lamar University Educator Preparation Program, working towards a teaching certificate - pass the content exams and (core subjects)  will pass STR during the residency  year. 

 

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge of subject matter of classroom assignment
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior: Manage student behavior during transitions and less structured time (such as recess, lunch); Monitor independent work time in classroom while teacher provides instruction
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Developing effectiveness working with people who have differing cultural backgrounds and/or personal characteristics
• Strong work ethic, open to feedback, with willingness to implement next steps, and a belief that all students can achieve

 

Experience:

Demonstrated effectiveness working with people who have differing cultural backgrounds and/or personal characteristics

 

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

(while learning from HT and collaborating with team may vary)

 

Instructional Strategies

1. Co-teach and deliver lessons prepared by the Host Teacher and experienced team members with a gradual release to the Resident Teacher.
2. Co-Teach with Host Teacher

      3. Lead whole-group instruction

 

4. Provide small- and large-group instruction under the direction of the Host Teacher using tools and rubrics developed by the Host Teacher and team.
5. Supervise student skills practice, projects, and digital learning; monitor independent work time in classroom while teacher provides instruction.
6. Work with the Host Teacher to monitor and improve instruction with formative and summative assessments, grading, data analysis, and rubrics to identify next steps.
7. Adapt and improve high-standards, differentiation-ready lesson plans that motivate strong student learning, after learning to deliver such lessons prepared by the Host Teacher and/or experienced team members.
8. Implement and suggest improvements to instruction that develop higher-order thinking skills and are personalized, reflecting the levels and interests of individual students.
9. Plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments with high-expectation standards and curriculum.
10. Work as a substitute to implement all skills learned throughout the program.
11. Solo Teaching within the school placement on an increasing schedule developed and agreed upon by the Site Coordinator, Principal, and Host Teacher (applicable to residents in the paid residency)
12. Taking responsibility for other non-instructional duties as assigned by the Host Teacher and agreed upon by the Site Coordinator.

Student Growth and Development

13. Identify and address individual students' social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers.
14. Meet with the Host Teacher to ensure alignment of instructional vision and delivery in all classrooms and to troubleshoot students' persistent learning challenges.
15. Implement and suggest improvements to assessments that accurately measure student progress.

Classroom Management and Organization

16. Manage procedures, supervise students, and develop students’ social-emotional skills during transitions, lunch, recess, assemblies, and other activities, and while team teachers plan or deliver instruction.
17. Identify and suggest ways to engage students in a physical/virtual classroom that include technology.
18. Ensure a high-standards, differentiation-ready curriculum

   19. Hold students accountable for ambitious, measurable, high expectations of behavior and engagement.

   20. Contribute to a culture of respect, enthusiasm, and rapport.

 

Communication

21. Receive and respond to feedback from the Host Teacher and the site coordinator before, during, and after informal and formal observations. Embracing feedback from Host Teachers and the Site Coordinator before, during, and after informal and formal observations.
22. Co-plan with the Host Teacher and team.
23. Collaborate with other grade-level or content team members.

Professional Growth and Development

24. Attend professional development prior to the start of the school year and on-going throughout the school year.
25. Solicit and willingly receive feedback from Host Teacher, principal, site coordinator, and team members to improve professional skills.
26. Participate in team planning, Professional Learning Communities, school-based professional development, campus faculty meetings, and meetings with the site coordinator.

Hours

 

Residents will be present during teacher contract hours and dates set by the Hamshire-Fannett ISD calendar. Cardinal Residents will follow the Lamar University absence policy.

     Undergraduate - 

• Paid Residency:
  • Semester 1: 3 days per week with Host Teacher (Any days Monday - Thursday) Friday are EPP days for coursework
  • Semester 2: 3 days per week with Host Teacher (Any days Monday - Friday); gradual release this semester where Resident is by themselves
  • Each Thursday Residents will leave early for EPP seminar
  • After EPP semester ends, there will be flexibility for additional days to substitute

 

 

Post-Certification

Cardinal Residents who successfully complete the yearlong residency will be given priority hiring in H-F ISD.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

 

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment

 

Posture: Prolonged standing; frequent kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

 

Motion: Frequent walking

 

Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); may lift and move textbooks and classroom equipment

 

Environment: Work inside, may work outside; regular exposure to noise

 

Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; work prolonged or irregular hours