National Center for Teacher Residencies
Project Title
For a project to continue to integrate the use of high-quality instructional materials into teacher residency programs
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials and curriculum are well-positioned to contribute to instructional change. However, many new teachers struggle to find instructional materials that are high-quality and aligned with new college and career-ready standards. The National Center for Teacher Residencies has launched and sustained teacher residency programs for the past ten years, improving the quality of new teachers for students in high-need schools and districts by focusing on coherent learning experiences between teacher residency programs and school district partners. In prior grants, they have led four residency programs in a series of workshops focused on curriculum literacy and have made data-informed modifications to the design to reinforce teachers’ mindsets about the use of high-quality instructional materials. This renewal grant will allow them to expand this program to more residency groups, as well as codify and distribute the tools and learnings from previous phases to their broader network.
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Project Title
For a project to continue to integrate the use of high-quality instructional materials into teacher residency programs
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials and curriculum are well-positioned to contribute to instructional change. However, many new teachers struggle to find instructional materials that are high-quality and aligned with new college and career-ready standards. The National Center for Teacher Residencies has launched and sustained teacher residency programs for the past ten years, improving the quality of new teachers for students in high-need schools and districts. This renewal grant will continue to build capacity and coherent learning experiences between teacher residency programs and school district partners that focus on coursework and clinical experiences that reinforce teachers’ mindsets about the use of high-quality instructional materials.
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For a project to integrate the use of high-quality instructional materials into teacher residency programs that partner with school districts to prepare new teachers
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials and curriculum are well-positioned to contribute to instructional change. However, many new teachers struggle to find instructional materials that are high-quality and aligned with new college and career-ready standards. The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) has launched and sustained teacher residency programs for the past ten years, improving the quality of new teachers for students in high-need schools and districts. This project will begin to build a coherent experience between teacher residency programs and district partners in which coursework and clinical experiences reinforce teachers’ mindsets about the use of high-quality instructional materials. Through this planning grant, NCTR will: (a) design a series of three workshops for teams of teacher educators and district leaders, (b) engage with organizational partners and workshop teams to transition towards a focus on curriculum literacy, and (c) produce a handbook for teacher preparation providers based on these workshops.