Building Systems. Strengthening Teachers. Transforming Futures.

Stronger Preparation. Stronger Teaching. Stronger Futures.

US PREP partners with universities, school systems, regions, and states to build the systems that prepare excellent teachers and create the conditions for them to stay, grow, and lead.

Our Approach See Our Impact

Every student deserves an excellent teacher. Building that workforce takes a system.

US PREP helps build the systems that develop and sustain an excellent educator workforce.

US PREP works across the educator workforce continuum to connect preparation, partnerships, staffing, instructional support, and leadership—because no single strategy can strengthen schools on its own.

01

Recruit

Build local talent pipelines

  • Grow Your Own
  • High school pathways
  • Community college pathways
  • Paraprofessional pathways
  • District workforce pipelines

02

Prepare

Develop excellent, classroom-ready teachers

  • Practice-based preparation
  • Yearlong residencies
  • District–EPP partnerships
  • Mentor development
  • Site coordinators
  • Practice with HQIM
  • EPP transformation

03

Support

Create the conditions for educators to thrive

  • Mentoring
  • Strategic staffing
  • Collaborative teams
  • High-quality instructional materials
  • Early-career support
  • AI-enabled teaching and learning

04

Grow + Lead

Develop and retain great educators

  • Teacher leadership
  • Career pathways
  • Instructional leadership
  • Professional growth
  • Retention
  • School leadership

The infrastructure that connects the continuum

We build the connective infrastructure that allows those parts to operate as a coherent system.

  • Partnerships
  • Governance
  • Data + Continuous Improvement
  • Technical Assistance
  • Research + Evidence
  • Sustainable Financing

Enabled by aligned policy, public investment, and regional capacity

Trusted by the partners doing the work

Based on 2025 partner survey

96

Net Promoter Score ®

PROMOTERS

96%

DETRACTORS

0%

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“The support US PREP has provided us has helped us get to where we are today, and supported us to scale our residency program from 10 districts to over 30!”

Texas State University

Partner survey

Independent research validates the work.

Learning Policy Institute has published five studies highlighting US PREP-supported approaches and statewide implementation in Texas.

Explore the Research (LPI studies)

The evidence is clear. How teachers are prepared matters.

Explore the Evidence

725,000 plus

Teacher-year observations reviewed in a 2026 statewide Texas Tech research analysis.

92.2%

Three-year retention for paid residency-prepared teachers

plus 5.5

Months of additional reading learning in emerging UTEP residency research

400 million dollars

Annual Texas public investment in educator preparation and certification

Emerging research; results forthcoming.

From innovation to infrastructure.

For more than a decade, US PREP has helped partners demonstrate what excellent educator preparation can accomplish. Today, we’re helping build the systems that make those results possible at scale.

01

Demonstrate

Design and test evidence-based approaches.

02

Prove

Measure teacher and student outcomes.

03

Scale

Build regional and statewide implementation capacity.

04

Sustain

Align policy, funding, and local ownership so the work lasts.

US PREP staff and partners talking together at a convening

Our goal isn’t permanent dependence on US PREP. It’s stronger systems that partners can ultimately own.

Our work at scale.

Three dimensions, one system.

40 plus

University partners
nationwide

Transforming Educator Preparation

Residency, clinical practice, mentors, Site Coordinators, governance, and continuous improvement.

Explore the Work : Transforming Educator Preparation

17

Pipeline to Leadership school systems

Building the Educator Workforce

Preparation + strategic staffing + teacher leadership + HQIM for stronger schools.

Explore the Work : Building the Educator Workforce

20/20

Texas Education Service Centers

Building State + Regional Capacity

3,499 mentors trained
100 plus facilitators prepared to lead locally

Explore the Work : Building State & Regional Capacity

One mission. Different contexts.

From California to Arkansas to Texas and beyond, US PREP works alongside local leaders to build solutions around their workforce, policy, funding, and community context.

  • Current Coalition
  • Cohort VII
  • Cohort VIII

We bring evidence and implementation expertise—not a prepackaged program.

Explore the Coalition
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Proven in Texas. Built to adapt.

Texas demonstrates what becomes possible when evidence, implementation, policy, and investment align.

We don’t export a Texas model. We help states and regions build solutions around their own context and needs.

See the Texas Story (coming soon) Partner With Us

Ready to build what comes next?

Whether you’re redesigning educator preparation, strengthening a regional workforce, building state implementation capacity, or investing in systems change—we’d like to work with you.

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Who we work with

Educator Preparation
Programs

Redesign preparation and clinical practice.

School Systems

Build sustainable pipelines, staffing models, and leadership pathways.

States + Regional
Organizations

Build implementation capacity and align investments.

Philanthropy

Invest in demonstration, evidence, infrastructure, and sustainable scale.

Community Colleges
+ Communities

Create accessible pathways into excellent preparation.