CFISD Teacher Residency

About the role

The CFISD Teacher Resident (TR) is a student teacher who participates in a year-long paid teacher residency program under the guidance of a Resident Host Teacher (HT). While working alongside a trusted and experienced host teacher, the TR will be actively involved in many classroom elements and will take on gradually increasing responsibilities throughout the residency year while developing as a teacher.

Responsibilities

• Learning: Co-plan and co-teach with HT and other team members; lead small group instruction; lead instruction without the HT present (with planning support from HT)
• Attend professional development days, participate in team planning, professional learning communities, school-based professional development, campus faculty meetings, and meetings with the Site Coordinator (SC)
• Work with the HT to monitor and improve instruction using 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 HT and/or experienced team members
• 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
• Embrace feedback from HTs, the Site Coordinator, and Administrators before, during, and after informal and formal observations
• Take responsibility for other non-instructional duties as assigned by the HT

Classroom and School Environment

• Identify and address individual students’ social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers
• Hold students accountable for ambitious, measurable, high expectations of behavior and engagement
• Contribute to a culture of respect, enthusiasm, and rapport
• Manage student behavior during transitions and less structured time (such as recess and lunch)
• Monitor independent work time in the classroom while the teacher provides instruction
• Identify and suggest ways to engage students in a physical/virtual classroom that include technology

Planning and Preparation

• Progressively co-plan with HT and team
• Ensure a high-standards, differentiation-ready curriculum
• Plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments with high-expectation standards and curriculum
• Implement and suggest improvements to instruction that develop higher-order thinking skills and are personalized, reflecting the levels and interests of individual students
• Implement and suggest improvements to assessments that accurately reflect student progress

Instruction

• Progressively provide small-group instruction under the direction and using tools/rubrics of the HT and team
• Supervise student skills practice, projects, and digital learning
• Co-teach with HT
• Lead whole-group instruction
• Participate in instructional planning, data review, and improvement during the year

Professional Responsibilities

• Solicit and willingly receive feedback from HT, Principal, SC, and team members to improve professional skills
• Meet with HT to ensure alignment of instructional vision and delivery in all classrooms and troubleshoot students' persistent learning challenges
• Collaborate with other grade-level team members
• Participate in professional development opportunities at school
• Follow all district policies and maintain confidentiality

Qualifications

• Enrolled at a partner University
• Accepted into the CFISD Teacher Residency program and prepared to start residency in Spring 2027
• Good academic standing; 3.0 GPA preferred
• Strong work ethic, open to feedback, willingness to implement next steps, and a belief that all students can achieve
• Demonstrated effectiveness working with people with differing cultural backgrounds and/or personal characteristics, including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or economic differences
• Preference given for experience working successfully with those of similar demographics to the desired school placement
• Knowledge of the subject matter being taught

Schedule

Residents will be present during teacher contract hours and dates set by the district calendar. Candidates will follow district policy regarding personal and sick leave.

• Undergraduate - Paid Residency:
• Semester 1: 3 days per week
• Semester 2: 5 days per week