Full-Year Teacher Resident: Elementary Education Major with a Special Education Concentration

Reports to: Elementary Principals and Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships

General Summary:   The full-year teacher resident experience will provide opportunities for candidates to apply content and pedagogical knowledge in the classroom as teachers. They will learn to select instructional goals appropriate to their students and to develop lesson plans that demonstrate knowledge of content; students; State, professional and local standards; and use of educational resources.

Essential Functions:

With the help of their cooperating teachers and supervisors, teacher residents will learn to create a learning environment that demonstrates mutual respect between students and teacher and among students. This involves creating a culture where content is valued and expectations for learning and achievement are high.  Teacher residents will learn to manage classroom procedures and student behavior and to organize their classrooms and resources in ways that promote both safety and learning.

Teacher residents are expected to engage students in learning content through activities, assignments, grouping, materials, resources, structure, and pacing. They will learn and implement questioning and discussion techniques that promote student participation and knowledge acquisition. They will be expected to communicate clearly and accurately and to provide accurate, substantive, constructive, specific, and timely feedback to students. Teacher residents are also expected to be responsive to the suggestions of their cooperating teachers and supervisors and to demonstrate flexibility and persistence.

Qualifications:

• Elementary Education Major with a Special Education Concentration
• Currently Enrolled at Grace College