What is Teacher Residency?
Teacher Residency Admissions Requirements
- All coursework complete or will have all coursework complete by the end of the current semester;
- Minimum GPA of 2.75, either overall or last 60-hours; and,
- Passing score on the TExES content exam(s) on or before the program deadline for the semester.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- The Educator CAFÉ encourages interested students to apply for full-year teacher residency if they have not yet passed the TExES content exam, but have scheduled to take it before the deadline.
- Applying to Full-Year Teacher Residency Clinical Teaching does not guarantee acceptance into the teacher residency program.
- The school districts conduct candidate interviews and select hires according to district criteria.
- Candidates who are not hired by a school district for the teacher residency program, but have been approved for clinical teaching, have the option of completing traditional, semester-long, unpaid clinical teaching.