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Teacher in Residence (TiR)

KIPP New Jersey has designed the Teacher in Residence program to help aspiring teachers to get hands-on experience and the certification they need to become excellent teachers at KIPP’s world-class schools. As a TiR, you will fuse theory and practice as you work alongside experienced teachers in the classroom while earning your teaching certification over the course of a two-year period. 

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Joining our schools as a teacher in residence comes with the opportunity for significant growth and development but with great power comes great responsibility. Your role as a Teacher in Residence (TiR) will involve a number of responsibilities which include but are not limited to: 

• Work closely with an experienced lead classroom teacher to create lesson plans, teach, and reflect on lessons as well as assess and collect and use data to inform

• Build positive relationships with students and families to become part of your school community

• Provide small group instruction

• Assist with diagnostic and progress monitoring testing across the school

• Communicate consistently with families about student progress

• Attend and actively participate in professional development opportunities to support continuous growth