FTR Become a Resident

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, M.Ed. or undergraduate education programs
• Apply and complete the MTELs in your respective subject
• Apply to teach in FPS after the residency 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 high needs 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 use relational teaching practices to build and strengthen student-teacher relationships as residents teach students in schools that contain and support high-needs students within the Framingham Public Schools district.

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 increased teaching responsibility and will thereby earn Massachusetts teacher licensure in their specified area, 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 building and strengthening student- teacher relationships in Framingham Public Schools.
FTR offers the opportunity for you to complete Massachusetts Teacher Licensure by 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, current students, and 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