Teacher Resident - Temporary​/Misc

Meet university requirements for the fellowship and remain in good standing with the university and College of Education.

• Complete college Educator Preparation Program (EPP) coursework.
• Complete Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) application and hiring process including background check and fingerprinting.
• Successfully complete GACE content exam for the area of certification pursued and the GACE Ethics 360 Exit Assessment.
• Follow GCPS policies for employment.
• Attend and engage in professional development related to the fellowship program.
• Commit to work one additional year in GCPS after the completion of the fellowship, bachelor’s degree, and Georgia Professional Standards Commission certification requirements.
• Demonstrate command of school subject being taught.

Develop and prioritize short and long-term instructional objectives based on district AKS curriculum in collaboration with the mentor teacher of record.

• Identify specific prerequisite skills and/or knowledge necessary for students to learn the AKS.
• Plan instruction as needed to promote student mastery of prerequisite skills and knowledge.
• Analyze student work and assessments to determine instructional needs.
• Prepare written lesson plans to support instructional objectives of the AKS for all students.
• Plan appropriate assessment of student learning.

Evaluate, select, and modify resources and activities in collaboration with the mentor teacher of record.

• Review resources including district core materials.
• Select core materials and other resources that match the AKS.
• Select resources that match the learner(s) needs.
• Select resources that reflect scientifically-based research on effective instruction.

Provide initial focus for the lesson in collaboration with the mentor teacher of record.

• Communicate specific learning objectives to students.
• Link lesson content to students’ prior knowledge, background experience, and/or real-world application of content.
• Capture student attention through active involvement.

Organize content for presentation of the lesson in collaboration with the mentor teacher of record.

• Present information in a logical sequence.
• Organize the presentation of content into blocks or steps based on the students’ needs and the complexity of the material.
• Follow research-based organizational plan for content organization, such as anticipatory set, acquisition lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and summarizing.

Utilize scientifically researched effective instructional strategies and methods of providing information for students to acquire the learning in collaboration with the mentor teacher of record.

• Assess students’ learning of the AKS and provide specific feedback to students and parents.
• Provide collaborative learning opportunities to enhance student achievement.
• Provide multiple opportunities for distributed guided practice followed by independent practice.
• Teach essential content-related vocabulary.
• Utilize a variety of nonverbal/visual representations of content and skills.
• Teach students to summarize their learning.
• Teach skills for improving reading and writing proficiency/literacy across…