Prepared To Teach

Teacher residencies are designed for residents to experience instructional cycles, build relationships throughout the school building, and become embedded in the school culture. Their impact goes beyond a single classroom, benefitting the full school community! @enmu @WNMU

Principals with teacher residents in their building see the impact a full year of preparation in the classroom makes for aspiring educators. #teacherresidencies @nmsu

Grow-your-own programs and teacher residencies are a powerful tool for recruiting teachers from the local community. #teacherresidencies @NorthernNNMC

Aspiring teachers learn, grow, and succeed during residency. It’s challenging, rewarding, and prepares you for a long career in the classroom. New Mexico has seen how funding teacher residencies changes education: preparedtoteach.org/resources/case…

Teacher residencies don’t just support teacher candidate learning, they provide an extra layer of support for P-12 students!

Residencies give a fuller picture of what it’s like to teach. Candidates get to see all the parts of the school year, from setting up classrooms to cleaning up after graduation—and learn from all that’s in between. It’s the best way to prepare teachers for a successful career.

Residency-trained teachers are confident, committed, and stay in the classroom longer. With schools facing severe shortages and high hiring costs, teacher residency partnerships are a viable pathway to a stable, secure workforce.

It takes practice to master any skill, and teaching is no different. Teacher residencies provide scaffolded support during clinical practice, building a strong foundation for teachers to rely on in their own classrooms. @NorthernNNMC #teacherprep #teaching

Financial support during preparation makes teaching a more accessible, viable profession for great candidates—especially those considering changing careers. Teacher residents in New Mexico receive $35k, attracting committed new teachers for high-needs classrooms.

Lore Mize, a mentor teacher working with @SanJuanCollege teacher residency says that mentoring residents for a full year impacts retention long-term: "They understand how classrooms work." A huge thanks to all mentors for helping to prepare the next generation of teachers💌

When a teacher resident learns to teach in the community they grew up in, it not only cultivates a sense of belonging in the resident, it allows them to connect deeply with students in their classroom. #GrowYourOwn

Residencies strengthen family engagement, improve student support, and build a more stable, community-rooted educator workforce. @enmu #teacherprep #growyourown

New Mexico’s paid teacher residencies bring more instructional capacity to classrooms. This mentor and resident pair see co-teaching as a powerful tool for student learning. @WNMU #teacherprep

In New Mexico’s teacher residencies, students get more immediate support, teachers have instructional partners, and districts have a well-prepared, familiar hiring pool.

Teacher residencies are a powerful tool to expand grow-your-own teacher preparation programs. In NM, schools have benefitted from having community members join them as teacher residents, before being hired to teach in the very schools they attended as students!

Teacher residencies are built for real-world preparation so new teachers can be ready on day one and schools can benefit along the way. #teacher #teacherprep

Mentoring a teacher resident is a chance for teachers to pass down their expertise to the next generation, while learning from them in turn. #teaching #teacherprep #coteaching @WNMU

When a teacher resident co-teaches with a mentor teacher, amazing things happen! This pair reflects on how co-teaching not only enhances student learning, but gives residents the confidence to lead their own classroom in the future. @enmu #teacher #coteaching #teacherprep

“[Being] a teacher that shares the same cultural heritage and background of my students, I feel that I've been able to have a profound impact” - Cassandra, resident, @enmu Residents bring unique skills, perspectives, and expertise to the classroom to meet students’ needs.

Stipends for teacher residents are essential. They support aspiring teachers financially so they can focus solely on their classroom and their learning! @CNMsuncats @UNM

Teacher residencies bring more capacity to classrooms. Carissa, a resident at @NMHighlands, says that students receive more support, more adult attention, and more individualized instruction when their class is co-taught by a mentor and a teacher-in-training.