Ancillary Benefit of Teacher Residency Programs

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Abstract

This paper explores the ancillary benefit of teacher residency programs, which are teacher preparation programs that provide experiential training to residents by placing them in classrooms with host teachers, as a part of a comprehensive graduate-level curriculum. We explore whether, by placing a resident in the classroom, there are positive, short-run benefits to student learning. We use data on three teacher residency programs to explore whether hosting a resident in the classroom improves student learning, as measured by improved teacher effectiveness scores, relative to teachers who do not host residents in their classrooms. We find some evidence that having a resident in the classroom can improve student learning, with teacher effectiveness scores being higher for host teachers at two programs.

Authors

• Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra, Glass Frog Solutions

• Rebecca Casciano, Glass Frog Solutions

• Jennifer Puma, Glass Frog Solutions