Teacher Residency

WS/FCS Teacher Residency is a state-approved alternative route Educator Preparation Program (EPP) for the Residency License. The WS/FCS’s Teacher Residency Program specifically targets current teacher assistants, WS/FCS past and current employees, substitutes, graduates from local universities, and people in the Triad area. Teachers in the program will teach under a Residency License while attending weekly classes in person and working online in a licensure-specific Canvas course. The goal of the program is for WS/FCS Teaching Residency to be a high-quality, research-based, accelerated training and licensure program that recruits, prepares, and retains a diverse teaching population to meet the academic, social, emotional, and cultural needs of WS/FCS students.

The program begins with 6 weeks of in-person classes over the summer. During this summer training, participants experience high-quality professional development on Content Knowledge, SEL/Classroom Management, Equity and Access, Field Experience and Coaching, and Knowledge and Application of Pedagogy. During the Fall, participants complete licensure-specific online modules and receive timely feedback from a teacher leader or coach in that licensure area while attending weekly in-person classes to continue professional development and solve problems of practice in a supportive environment.

The cost is $3500. Participants pay $500 summer fee by June 1 and have $350 per month automatically withdrawn from each of their paychecks. Teachers may choose to pay the $3500 up front if they prefer.  

Applications for Cohort 4 are open.