US PREP Residencies
Hear from Residents Themselves
Graduates from four different US PREP Coalition universities speak out about the positive impact of yearlong, paid residencies and high-quality preparation on them and their students.
These graduates, each from scaled and sustained residencies atTexas Tech University, University of Houston, University of Texas El Paso, and University of Texas Permian Basin, reflect in this video series on how paid residency has transformed their trajectories and those of their students as a result of a more robust, rigorous, and quality teacher preparation experience.
Watch and share the testimonials of these amazing educators as further proof of the positive impact and power of paid, yearlong, residencies and the US PREP transformed model.
Why Yearlong Teacher Residencies?
"I was really nervous about [classroom management] going into my residency, but I had so much support that when I went into the classroom this year I didn’t feel like a first year teacher, I felt like a veteran."

"The support that I was provided in the teacher residency program is going to be a big tool in helping keep teachers in the profession because they will be prepared, they will be competent, and they will know what they are doing."

Bella
Yeargo
"Getting the stipend was a really big deal for me… If I didn’t have the [paid residency] I don’t know how I would have made it through paying rent, paying all my bills."

Baohan
Phi
"Having this paid teacher residency [and] the experience that I have had; I’m very confident that I’m able to make a difference within my future classroom."

Aracely
Valdes
"The things that I learned in my residency program are what … keeps me going now that I am a teacher."

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