14.031 - What Do We Know About the Promise of Teacher Residencies for Quality Educator Preparation?

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Over the past decade, residencies have grown in number in response to hiring needs in hard-to-staff regional areas (urban and rural) and subject areas (e.g., special education, mathematics, science). School districts partner with local teacher preparation programs to recruit the teachers that local districts know they will need early and before they are prepared so that they can then prepare the teachers to excel and remain in these contexts. When used in this deliberative manner, teacher residencies address a crucial recruitment need while also building the capacity of the districts to offer high-quality instruction to the students they serve. This symposium provides an overview and deep dive into the design, implementation, and effectiveness of teacher residencies.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 8: Teacher Professional Development: Impact on Teacher Practices and Student Learning

Chair

• Barnett Barry, Center for Teaching Quality

Papers

• Teacher Residencies: An Innovative Model for Preparing Teachers - Roneeta Guha, Learning Policy Institute; Maria E. Hyler, Learning Policy Institute; Tara Elizabeth Kini, Learning Policy Institute; Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute

• Addressing District Needs Through the San Francisco Teacher Residency Program - Peter W. Williamson, Stanford University

• The Boston Teacher Residency: District-Based Teacher Education - Jesse Solomon, Boston Teacher Residency

• Boston Teacher Residency: Early Evidence of Effectiveness - John Papay, Brown University

Discussants

• Kenneth M Zeichner, University of Washington

• Maria E. Hyler, Learning Policy Institute