This one-hour webinar from Prepared to Teach, How New Mexico Embraced Teacher Residencies: The Role of the State, highlights the transformative role of state leadership in overhauling New Mexico’s teacher preparation system with paid residencies. Panelists Phoebe Walendziak (New Mexico PED), Teresa Washut Heck (St. Cloud State University), and Michael Weinberg (Thornburg Foundation) share insights on the pivotal contributions of the New Mexico Public Education Department, the cohesive pre-service co-teaching model, and philanthropic support. The discussion emphasizes how these elements drove the scale, pace, and quality of the residency transformation. This webinar would be especially valuable to policymakers, teacher educators, and organizations seeking to implement or scale teacher residency programs.