CFISD Teacher Residency

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD; Cypress (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is hosting a Teacher Resident program that lasts a full academic year, with a mentor host teacher guiding you through progressively increasing responsibilities in planning, instruction, and assessment.

The resident will participate in co-planning, co-teaching, and professional development while building classroom management and data-analysis skills with strong support from the district team.

Qualifications

• Enrolled at a partner University and accepted into CFISD Teacher Residency.
• Prepared to start residency in Spring 2027.
• GPA 3.0 preferred.
• Strong work ethic, openness to feedback, and willingness to implement next steps.
• Experience working with diverse student populations.

Responsibilities

• Co-plan with HT and team, lead small group instruction, and co-teach with HT.
• Attend professional development days and participate in PLCs and campus meetings.
• Monitor and improve instruction with formative/summative assessments and data analysis.
• Adapt and improve differentiation-ready lesson plans aligned to standards.
• Assist in non-instructional duties as assigned by the HT.

Skills

Strong work ethic

Open to feedback

Belief that all students can achieve

Knowledge of subject matter

Education

Enrolled at partner University

CFISD Teacher Residency program enrollment

GPA 3.0 preferred

Job description

Summary

CFISD Teacher Resident Job Description

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 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

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