TEACHER RESIDENCY 1 ADOLESCENCE EDUCATION

Catalog description

Teacher residency is the practice of teaching in a 7-12 classroom under the direct supervision of an attending teacher. Teacher residency requires a minimum of 1000 hours in the classroom as a paid resident who is not the teacher of record. Teacher residents must be accepted into a residency by a school partner and match with an attending teacher. Residents are expected to: apply developmentally appropriate instruction, develop both long- and short-term plans to implement curriculum, adapt instruction to meet individual needs, use technology to enhance instruction, develop and administer appropriate assessment strategies, organize and manage the classroom environment, and exhibit the characteristics and ethics of a professional educator.