State Strategies to Support High-Quality, Paid Teacher Residency Programs

Amidst persistent teacher shortages, a number of states are successfully recruiting future teachers and providing high-quality preparation through paid teacher residency programs. California and Texas have both made compelling progress in seeding and sustaining teacher residencies as a strategy for building high-quality teacher pipelines statewide. Through these residencies, schools have increased access to teachers equipped to deliver powerful, deeper learning experiences that enable students to not only learn content, but to also collaborate, think critically, solve problems, and engage in reflective practice. Effective policies for funding and scaling up these residencies have been important to launch, expand, and sustain high-quality programs that help address shortages of well-prepared teachers.

During this event, LPI researchers, and policymakers and practitioners from both states will discuss the impact of state investments in California and Texas and pathways to sustainable funding sources. Attendees will learn about seeding, sustaining, and scaling up paid teacher residencies and the role policymakers play in the process. 

Speakers

• Sarah Beal, Executive Director, University School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation
• Jennifer Bland, Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
• PK Diffenbaugh, Superintendent, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
• Adam Ebrahim, Chief Deputy Director, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
• Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, President and CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
• Rigel S. Massaro, Deputy Legal Counsel & Deputy Policy Director, California State Board of Education
• Clifton S. Tanabe, Dean of the College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso
• Cathy Yun, Deputy Director of EdPrepLab and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
   

Registration is required. Can’t make it during the scheduled time? Register anyway and we’ll send you a link to the recording.