Resident Teacher; Lamar Education Resident Students

Applications will be accepted beginning Wednesday, October 9, 2024 12:00 AM (Central Standard Time).

Resident Teacher (Lamar Education Resident Students Only)

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.

Education/Certification:

Enrolled in education preparation program at 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, including transitions and less structured time (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

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

• Co-teach and deliver lessons prepared by the Host Teacher and experienced team members with a gradual release to the Resident Teacher
• Co-Teach with Host Teacher
• Lead whole-group instruction
• Provide small- and large-group instruction under the direction of the Host Teacher using tools and rubrics developed by the Host Teacher and team
• Supervise student skills practice, projects, and digital learning; monitor independent work time in classroom while teacher provides instruction
• Work with the Host Teacher to monitor and improve instruction with formative and summative assessments, grading, data analysis, and rubrics to identify next steps
• 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
• Implement and suggest improvements to instruction that develop higher-order thinking skills and are personalized, reflecting the levels and interests of individual students
• Plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments with high-expectation standards and curriculum
• Work as a substitute to implement all skills learned throughout the program
• 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)
• Taking responsibility for other non-instructional duties as assigned by the Host Teacher and agreed upon by the Site Coordinator

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

• 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
• Identify and suggest ways to engage students in a physical/virtual classroom that include technology

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

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

• Receive and respond to feedback from the Host Teacher and the site coordinator before, during, and after informal and formal observations
• Co-plan with the Host Teacher and team
• Collaborate with other grade-level or content team members

• Attend professional development prior to the start of the school year and ongoing throughout the school year
• Solicit and willingly receive feedback from Host Teacher, principal, site coordinator, and team members to improve…