City Teaching Alliance

“Residency year is very insightful into the teaching profession especially for participants without a formal undergraduate background in the field of education. Multiple layers of support are provided to help prepare the next batch of culturally responsive educators. Instructional coaches, provided by Urban Teachers, are invaluable assets and provide targeted feedback to hone best practices.”

“The coursework is rigorous and much of it is highly clinical and applicable to what we need to do in the classroom. We are placed in REAL schools doing the REAL work. The coaching program is a safeguard to make it more likely that, despite the dearth of resources for teachers in these environments, you're being developed professionally somewhere, whether that's at your school, through your coach, or both. Some of the faculty really cared about me and worked hard to make sure that I stayed in the program at those moments when I was really really struggling to keep up.”