Teacher Preparation & Teacher Residencies in Texas
Texas has implemented various initiatives aimed at strengthening the quality of its teacher preparation pathways and improving teacher retention, including a large-scale, multi-year, statewide effort to establish and support teacher residencies.
Research conducted by the Learning Policy Institute sheds light on Texas’s teacher workforce and preparation pathways, with a particular focus on teacher residencies, providing insight into how the state can sustain these investments and further advance its efforts to develop a well-qualified, sustainable teacher workforce.
Resources
Teacher Residencies in Texas [fact sheet]
Texas has made compelling progress in seeding, sustaining, and scaling up paid teacher residencies as a strategy for building robust statewide teacher pipelines. Continued policy action is necessary to support existing residency programs and launch new ones.
Investing in Teacher Residencies: Sustaining Texas’s Momentum to Prepare High-Quality Teachers
In response to ongoing teacher shortages, at the direction of the legislature, the Texas Education Agency launched a large-scale expansion of paid teacher residencies. Data show positive outcomes for residency participants, schools and districts, and educator preparation programs. Further state-level policy action will be needed to continue Texas’s meaningful progress.
Investing in Texas Teacher Preparation: Key Features of Successful Residency Programs
Amid challenging teacher workforce conditions, Texas has invested in a multifaceted strategy to seed and support paid teacher residency programs, which includes incentivizing programs to adopt common features. The state can build on already significant progress through continued funding, guidance, and technical assistance.
Strengthening Pathways Into the Teaching Profession in Texas: Challenges and Opportunities
In Texas, a large majority of new teachers are now hired before they complete preparation. Researchers have taken a deep dive into the state of the Texas teacher workforce to understand the conditions that have led to shortages and to surface the solutions and policies that can help.
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