CFISD Teacher Resident Job Description

Summary

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. The TR will take on gradually increasing responsibilities throughout the residency year while developing as a teacher.

Typical responsibilities include learning while:

• Co-planning and co-teaching with HT and other team members leading small group instruction and leading instruction without the HT present (with planning support from HT)
• Attend professional development days participating in team planning professional learning communities school-based professional development campus faculty meetings and meetings with the Site Coordinator (SC)
• Working with the HT to monitor and improve instruction with formative and summative assessments grading data analysis and rubrics to identify the 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 HT 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 HTs the Site Coordinator and Administrators before during and after informal and formal observations
• Taking responsibility for other non-instructional duties as assigned by the HT

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

Classroom and School Environment - Yearlong

• 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 Doing More

• 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 Doing More

• 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 inSpring 2026
• 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

Hours

• 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

Post-Certification

• Hiring opportunities with the host campus

Reports to: Host Teacher Principal and Site Coordinator