RESIDENCY INFORMATION
Panther Educator Residency Consortium (PERC) has three residency pathways. The three pathways are: a pre-baccalaureate undergraduate residency program (Panther Teacher Residency-PTR), a post-baccalaureate residency graduate program (PantherTERM), and a post-baccalaureate principalship residency program (Panther Leaders Residency-PLR). The residency pathways were launched in partnership with US-PREP, TERM and LEADERS grants. The residents receive authentic experiences, including co-teaching opportunities, individual one on one tutoring, small group/whole class teaching, working alongside an exemplary teacher/mentor, classroom rotations, professional development and induction, culturally responsive pedagogy, progress-monitoring practice/implementation, teaching strategies for differentiation, and learning tools to build student engagement and success.
- The PTR yearlong residency utilizes a 3/2 model (three days in the field, two days of coursework) for the first semester moving to all five days the second semester in the same classroom with their assigned mentor. Residents are admitted in the Fall and end in the Spring of the academic year they begin residency. The PTR Residency Year.
- The PantherTERM residency utilizes a 4/4 model (four days in the field, one day of professional development).
- The principalship residency is a 30 credit, three-semester program, with one year of leader residency. The Panther Leader Residency Program
Resident Profile
Track 1 (pre-bac/Undergraduate). Students are teacher education students with two semesters or less to complete their undergraduate degree.
Requirements:
- Good academic standing; pass CUIN courses with no grades lower than B
- Pass content exams by mid-July prior to residency placement
- Ability to participate in an internship/residency as a teacher in a partner school district
- Link to Profile
- Resident Profile and Expectation
Track 2 (post-bac/Graduate).
Students are graduate students with an earned bachelor's degree. Post-bac students must be:
- Accepted into the Graduate Certification Program/Master of Education Program
- Accepted into the Alternative Teacher Certification Program
- Able to participate in an internship/residency as an associate teacher in a partner school district.
Track 3 (principalship/Graduate).
Students are graduate students with an earned bachelor's degree. Principalship candidates must have/be:
- A bachelor's degree with GPA of 2.75 GPA minimum: GPA of 3.0 from graduate institutions
- A Valid Teacher Certificate is required
- Teacher Service Record with two years of teaching at end of first 12 semester credit hours
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Accepted into the Graduate Certification Program/Masters of Education Program
- Accepted in the Educational Leadership Program.
- Able to participate in an internship/residency as an associate teacher in a partner school district.
Site Coordinators:
A Site Coordinator supports the candidates throughout their residency and provides them with coaching based on data collected throughout the year in bi-monthly seminar courses. They are expected to be current on TTESS training.
Candidate Evaluations:
PERC's current performance gate includes student learning outcomes aligned with TTESS, CAEP, and InTASC standards. The structured coaching and observation use four "POP Cycles" (pre-conference, lesson observation, post-conference) throughout the residency year so that the site coordinator and resident understand the expectations for supporting quality teaching.
Mentor Teachers
The LEA and EPP conduct Mentor teacher training in July, focusing on understanding and implementing the co-teaching models. The Site Coordinator then conducts monthly mentor-teacher training onsite with the LEAs. They are expected to be current on TTESS training. Mentor Profile
Co-Teaching Instructional Methods:
Our residency program expects all residents and their mentors to use the co-teaching strategies in their classrooms. The mentor and the resident will co-plan, co-teach and co-assess students in their classroom. They will utilize any one or a combination of the co-teaching strategies.