Part-Time Field Supervisor, Texas

Position: Field Supervisor, Texas

Type: Part-Time (~40 hours per month)

Start Date: December 2023 or January 2024

End Date: May, 2024 

Location: Huston, TX

Preferred Application Deadline:  10/27/2023 

SUMMARY

Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay) is welcoming applications for Field Supervisor (TX) on the Teacher Preparation team. Relay’s mission is to ensure that all students are taught by outstanding educators. Our vision is to build a more just world where every student has access to outstanding educators and a clear path to a fulfilling life. Individuals dedicated and well versed in culturally responsive pedagogy, social justice in education, and exceptional teaching practices will have an opportunity to thrive while ensuring that Relay students fulfill their aspirations of becoming teachers.  

If you love coaching teachers, working on a team of experienced high-performing educators, and are hungry to further build your instructional leadership skillset, the Field Supervisor role is right for you. Supervising the teaching internship is a shared responsibility of Relay GSE and our partner schools. As a Field Supervisor, you will share the responsibility of supervising the teaching internship with Relay GSE and our partner schools. Your weekly activities will include communicating with your manager for supervision updates, conducting in-person observations, conducting pre- and post-observation conferences with students, and keeping accurate records of student progress.

To grow your own skills as a teacher coach and leader of adults, you will have the opportunity to participate in team professional development and individualized coaching. This is a great opportunity for experienced teachers and/or past school leaders who are looking to gain additional experience leading adult educators.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

In this position, you will conduct field supervision for a caseload of 14-20 teacher interns in the Houston area. The essential responsibilities of this position, while not limited to the following, will include: 

Field Supervision: Observations (~40%)

• Travel to teacher intern school sites in the Houston area to observe each teacher intern in a classroom setting approximately two times during the TEA designated observation windows across the spring team. Each in-person observation must be 45 minutes.

Field Supervision: Conferences with Teacher Interns (~45%)

• Prepare for pre-observation conferences and post-observation feedback sessions by reviewing teacher lesson plans, collecting information about practices in the classroom/student progress, and preparing resources to support teachers with areas of need
• Conduct a 15 - 30 minute pre-observation conference virtually or in-person with each teacher intern before an observation cycle during school hours; preview the teacher intern’s lesson for the observation during this conference
• Conduct a 15 - 30 min post-observation feedback session virtually or in-person post-observation with each teacher intern during school hours
• Upload documentation as required by the TEA in Anthology within 72 hours; evaluation rubric, lesson plan, pre-observation form 
• Support teacher interns’ internalization of ethical and professional conduct and their ability to handle work/school problems with the strictest confidence through relationship-building and feedback within conferences

Field Supervision: Training and Caseload Management (~15%): 

• Complete state of Texas training on field supervision if needed (one business day of training that Relay GSE will reimburse)
• Complete Relay training and periodic check-ins with the Professor, Texas Clinical Practice Field Experience
• Communicate weekly with teacher interns and manager to ensure: 
• With Relay Teacher Interns: introduce yourself and your role, collect schedules, and provide reminders about upcoming observations or conferences 
• With your manager, (Professor, Texas Clinical Practice Field Experience): share trends in strengths and areas for growth for teacher interns and  identify teacher interns who may require additional counseling, assistance, or support (e.g. campus growth plans, additional observations)
• Conduct a final, asynchronous written evaluation of teacher interns at the end of the spring term 

QUALIFICATIONS

First and foremost, the field supervisor must share the Relay community’s commitment to working together to improve student growth and achievement through phenomenal teac