Explore Residency and Fellowship Pathways
Teacher Residency and Teaching Fellowship programs offer immersive, hands-on ways to begin your journey as an educator. Whether you envision spending a year learning side-by-side with a mentor teacher or stepping directly into your own classroom with guided support, these programs are designed to prepare you to teach, lead, and make a difference from day one. Explore the opportunities below to find the path that matches your goals, values, and vision for the kind of teacher you want to become.
Teaching Residency Programs
Residency programs offer a combination of theory and practice, integrating a yearlong classroom apprenticeship with a sequence of master’s-level coursework. Residents receive a stipend during their training year and a subsidized master’s degree upon completion. Over the course of the year, they transition from a collaborative co-teaching role to a lead-teaching role under the guidance of a veteran educator.
Teaching Fellowship Programs
Teaching Fellows Programs recruit professionals and recent graduates to teach in high-need districts and charter schools for at least two years. These programs provide a direct path into teaching through intensive summer preparation and ongoing coursework toward certification and a master’s degree.
| Program Name | Location / Notes |
|---|---|
| Teach for America | Nationwide |
| TNTP Teaching Fellows | Multiple locations |
| Teach Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Baltimore City Teaching Residency | Baltimore, MD |
| Nevada Teaching Corps | Nevada |
| teachNOLA | New Orleans, LA |
| Arizona Teaching Fellows | Arizona |
| Fortune School of Education | California |
| Inner City Teaching Corps | Chicago, IL |
| Memphis Teaching Fellows | Memphis, TN |
| Mississippi Teacher Corps | Mississippi |
| New York City Teaching Fellows | New York, NY |
| Agency By Design Oakland Fellowship | Oakland, CA |
| Philadelphia Public Schools Teaching Fellowship | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Teacher Academy Residency | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Texas Teaching Fellows | Texas |
| University of Pennsylvania Urban Teaching Apprenticeship | Philadelphia, PA |