BECOME A RESIDENT TEACHER

Become a Teacher Resident to acquire invaluable hands-on experience while deepening your understanding of educational strategies. As a Teacher Resident, you will fully engage in the educational setting, taking an active role in lesson planning, classroom management, and student assessments. This experience not only refines your teaching abilities but also helps you cultivate a robust network with fellow educators and school leaders.

Participate in professional development workshops and work closely with your mentor to enhance your instructional methods. By observing and practicing in a real classroom environment, you will gain valuable insights into the diverse needs and learning styles of students, preparing you for a rewarding teaching career.

Moreover, this residency program allows you to reflect on your teaching philosophy and adapt to the changing educational landscape. With your mentor’s guidance, you can tackle challenges with confidence and innovate within the classroom, ultimately positively impacting student success and contributing to the school community.

Commitment

• Serve 180 school days 
• Receive 300 hours of training via FSU coursework in PBTL Elementary and Secondary Education programs.
• Apply and complete the MTELs in a respective 5-12 subject matter knowledge and
• Acknowledge the possibility of a three-year full-time contract with FPS after the program year
   

Prepared to Teach on Day One

Framingham Teacher Residency is based on a residency model, already common around the nation, that equips new teachers to effectively lead classrooms in highly diverse areas. FTR is an AmeriCorps program providing support for a clinical teacher preparation program. Teacher-Residents start teaching from day one and continue to refine and improve their practice with immediate guidance from mentors. Created in 2022, FTR is a joint initiative between Framingham Public Schools and Framingham State University and aims to provide FPS students with high-quality bilingual education in areas such as Mathematics, the Sciences, Special Education, and Language Arts while honoring the school district's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
 

The Residency Experience

"Teacher residency programs are, by definition, district-serving teacher education programs that pair a rigorous full-year classroom apprenticeship with masters-level education content. Building on the medical residency model, teacher preparation programs provide Residents with both the underlying theory of effective teaching and a year-long, in-school “residency” in which they practice and hone their skills and knowledge alongside an effective teacher-mentor in a high-need classroom. New teacher Residents receive stipends as they learn to teach, and commit to teaching in their districts for three or more years beyond the residency."

​National Center for Teacher Residencies
 

How does it work

The Framingham Teacher Residency Program is recruiting 20 residents who will serve as Resident Teachers during their service year and will focus on improving student engagement in the short term, with the intentional goal of longer-range outcomes of decreased absenteeism and increased academic achievement. The Residents will be paired with selected mentor teachers to plan and teach lessons and mini-lessons, facilitate small group classroom activities and large-group discussions, assist students individually, grade and comment on individual student work, carry out classroom administrative duties, and communicate with students’ families. Each Resident will gradually take on full responsibility for teaching 75%-80% of their mentor’s classes by the end of their residency, and will thereby earn Massachusetts teacher licensure in specific subject areas such as Math, Science, History, English, or World Languages for grades 5-12, in accordance with DESE requirements, with training and supervision from FSU faculty.
 

The Best Part

A Teacher Resident will become a licensed teacher and play a key role in bringing dual language education to students in Framingham Public Schools.
FTR offers the opportunity for you to complete a Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Licensure combining a year-long classroom apprenticeship with teaching-related coursework to provide you with hands-on experience, feedback, evaluation and ongoing post-graduate support. We recruit talented recent college graduates as well as career changers.

During the residency year, FTR Teachers-Residents:

• Collaborate with experienced teacher-mentors in real classrooms;
• Earn a MA Initial Teacher Licensure; and
• Receive a living stipend and health benefits