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Teacher and Principal Residencies

Build a better talent pipeline

Schools using Opportunity Culture® staffing models can build better talent pipelines by providing teacher and principal residencies and apprenticeships. Aspiring teachers and principals work and learn on teams led by educators who have already produced high-growth student learning, training residents to produce top-notch learning, too.

Teacher Residencies

Aspiring teachers serve as yearlong, paid teacher residents on teaching teams. They may be:

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Working as a new teacher after obtaining a bachelor’s degree to obtain licensure or a master’s degree—with heavy Multi-Classroom Leader® (MCL™) guidance, and collaborating with a team;

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Or serving as a resident during their last year(s) of obtaining a bachelor’s degree*, supporting one or more MCL™ teams as the Reach Associate™ role does.

*Or associate’s degree in programs allowing multiple residency years

In both types, residents tutor small groups—delivering immediate positive learning results; learn to plan, deliver, and improve high-standards, differentiated instruction; and receive observations and feedback from the team leader and other team teachers with prior high-growth results.

All residencies are paid with benefits, widening the talent pipeline for schools, and reducing costs and debt for the next generation of educators.

Educational preparation partner organizations provide course credit for on-the-job learning under MCL™ guidance, course schedules compatible with full-time work, and a supportive relationship to ensure that aspiring and new teachers learn to teach with excellence while delivering value for students right away—in jobs schools need.

Public Impact®, which has co-designed these roles in multiple states for over a decade, keeps state policy, federal and state apprenticeship funding for tuition, and more in mind during the design phase.

Principal Residencies

The Multi-School Leadership™ model, in which excellent principals lead two or more schools, creates the potential for paid, full-time residencies for aspiring principals—particularly ones who have already led instructional teams in the Multi-Classroom Leader® role.

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See video examples below of teacher residents working in schools using Opportunity Culture® models:

Opportunity Culture® Teacher Residencies

Audriana Munoz on Being a Teacher Resident

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For more about the resident role, check out these resources: