Teacher Residency Program

• Overview
• Steps to Apply

Overview

Ideal for local candidates who want to learn to teach and start their career in a district nearby, our Teacher Residency Program is an accelerated, a year-long student teaching placement at a single school site and enables residents to:

• Learn to teach and launch your career in the SJSU service area
• Receive grant funding that covers full tuition, fees, and book expenses plus a $5,000 stipend
• Finish the credential program in 13 months (Summer start)
• Develop yearlong relationships with your students
• Work with the same mentor teacher for the year and become immersed in the school, district and community culture.
• Priority job interviews and hiring in your placement district or affiliated districts. District support for four years as your career develops.

Once admitted to SJSU, teacher residents complete a supplemental application and are selected following an interview with potential host district(s). Program options include Pathways that facilitate eligibility include full-timefull time coursework beginning in spring (3-semester option) or summer (one-year option) and part-timepart time coursework beginning in the fall (two-year option). During the fall and spring semesters of their residency (student teaching) year, students take a full-time load of courses while completing their residency placements with their mentor teacher(s) and students.

Each residency program includes a credential focus and tailored professional development support for both residents and their mentors. See below for program options and participating districts. Click each for a full description and advising contacts:

• Multiple Subjects Credential  (Grades K-8, with or without Bilingual Authorization)

  • Teacher candidates enrolled in the Multiple Subject Credential Program (MS), with or without participating in the Critical (Spanish) Bilingual Authorization Program (CBAP), are eligible to become teacher residents if they are scheduled to student teach during consecutive fall and spring semesters. Therefore, full-time candidates who are admitted to the MS/CBAP in the spring or summer may apply to become MS/CBAP teacher residents, as are part-time candidates who begin in the fall.

    MS/CBAP teacher residents will be placed in one of our partner school districts: Alum Rock, Campbell Union, or Milpitas Unified. Together with their mentor teachers, residents participate in monthly professional development (PD) that centers an emancipatory approach to district instructional priorities, such as assets-based approaches to math and literacy instruction that integrate content learning and language development.

    As is the case with all SJSU teacher residents, MS/CBAP teacher residents are placed with a mentor teacher for the entire school year and follow the calendar of their host district–from district and school PD before the school year begins, to setting up the classroom with their mentor, and experiencing the first and last days of the school year. MS/CBAP teacher residents receive funding to cover their tuition costs and provide a stipend. In return, MS/CBAP teacher residents will commit to teaching within one of the partner districts for four years after graduation.

    For more information, email Susana Mayorga, Susana Residency Coordinator susana.mayorga@sjsu.edu

    Particpation District: Milpitas Unified, Campbell Union, and Alum Rock Districts.

• Education Specialist (Special Education Credential)  

  • Education Specialist (Special Education Credential) – Oak Grove School District, Campbell Union, Milpitas Unified and Sunnyvale Elementary School District.

    Education Specialist Residents complete our Education Specialist Credential program on an accelerated pathway (Summer – Fall – Spring)
    Receive priority registration in courses with other residents
    Education Specialist Residents complete a year-long field placement (student teaching) in a residency school with a master teacher
    Education Specialist Residents participate in activities at the school site following the residency school calendar with other SJSU Residents
    Be eligible for up to $18,000 in funding from CTC Residency grants, which may cover all or partial tuition costs and includes a stipend 
    Receive priority job interviews for teaching positions in the residency district upon completion of the program
    Contact: Lisa Simpson: lisa.simpson@sjsu.edu

    Download Flyer here

    Download the Ed Specialist Supplemental Residency Application here

    Education Specialist (Special Education Credential) – Oak Grove School District, Campbell Union, Milpitas Unified and Sunnyvale Elementary School District.

• Transitional Kindergarten/Age 3 to Grade 3 Credential  

  • Teaching Transitional Kindergarten (TK) provides an opportunity to use developmentally, linguistically, and culturally supportive practices with our community’s youngest public school students. If early primary grade teaching is your passion, and you are committed to teaching in the San Jose area, read on! Our ESD-SJSU TK Residency Program will pair teacher candidates with an experienced TK mentor teacher in one of five partner school districts on the eastside of San Jose: Mount Pleasant Elementary, Franklin-McKinley, Alum Rock Union, Evergreen Elementary, & Berryessa Union School District. 

    As a TK Resident, you will become immersed in the school community from the very first day of their school year. You will teach in the TK classroom alongside your mentor teacher, and connect with other TK residents, all working to support the learning and holistic development of San Jose’s culturally and linguistically diverse students. Funding will be available to cover the cost of your tuition and a stipend, and you might also qualify to be paid for your role in the TK classroom. In return, residents will commit to teaching within one of the partner districts for four years after graduation. 

    The ESD-SJSU TK Residency Program will launch its first cohort in Fall 2023. Students who are early-childhood focused and accepted into the Multiple-Subject Subject Credential program are encouraged to apply - applications will begin being accepted in March 2023. Check back here for updates and the application link! SJSU’s new PK-3rd grade credential (PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential) is anticipated to launch in AY23-24 – Students interested in that program are also encouraged to apply to the TK Residency program! 

    For more information, email Professor Maria Fusaro at maria.fusaro@sjsu.edu

    Mount Pleasant Elementary District, Alum Rock School District, Berryessa Elementary School District, Evergreen Elementary School District, Franklin McKinley School District.

• Ethnic Studies/Multiple Subjects (with or without Bilingual Authorization) 

  • Ethnic Studies helps students connect with their power by highlighting the strengths in their personal, community, and cultural backgrounds. Our SJSU Ethnic Studies Residency Program (ESRP) pairs teacher candidates with dynamic mentor teachers in East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD), Franklin-McKinley School District (FMSD), and Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District (MPESD) at Overfelt High School with a commitment to being transformative educators. Additionally, through ongoing, practice-based professional development rooted in residents’ curriculum and experiences in their student teaching placements, the ESRP supports residents and their mentors in cultivating the mindsets, knowledge, and skills to turn their classrooms into spaces of solidarity and liberation.

    The ESRP is open to SJSU Multiple Subject Credential candidates (for placement in FMSD or MPESD) and History/Social Science Single Subject Credential candidates (for placement in ESUHSD teaching either Ethnic Studies classes or US/World History classes through an Ethnic Studies lens). To be eligible to participate in the ESRP, candidates must complete student teaching in consecutive Fall and Spring semesters. The ESRP can be completed in conjunction with the Bilingüismo y Justicia Bilingual Authorization program. 

    For more information, email Prof. Luis Poza at luis.poza@sjsu.edu

    Download flyer here

    Eastside Union High School District, Franklin McKinley District, and Mount Pleasant Elementary District.

Steps to Apply

• If you want to learn more about becoming a Teacher Resident, contact Susana Mayorga at susana.mayorga@sjsu.edu 
  
• If you are interested in the Ethnic Studies Teacher Residency Program, contact Professor Luis Poza at Luis.Poza@sjsu.edu
• Apply to our Multiple Subject / Elementary Education Credential program or Single Subject / Secondary Education Credential program if you aren't already admitted or enrolled.
• Complete our Teacher Residency Supplementary Application Google form.