Teacher Residency Program
Welcome Teachers!
“You have chosen to embark on a journey that few people will ever experience. Better yet, you are leading others on a journey they will never forget.”
– Joy Hofmeister
The Teacher Residency Program includes guidelines for resident teachers, selection of mentors, and appointment of residency committees. In addition, OSDE recommends resources for the development, support, mentorship and coaching for resident teachers.
Requirements
As required by H.B. 2885 (2014) all new teachers, called resident teachers, must participate in a residency program starting in school year 2015-2016. A resident teacher means a person employed to serve as a counselor, librarian or classroom teacher or in any other instructional capacity and under the guidance of a mentor teacher or residency committee.
Teachers participating in the residency program include all new teachers regardless of certification path (traditional, alternative, or emergency), as well as teachers working in a new role, such as classroom teacher moving to counselor role.
Guidelines for the teacher residency program can be found here.
Oklahoma Statutes: §70-1-116 §70-6-182 §70-6-195
TEN TENETS OF BEHAVIOR VIDEOS
Learn strategies on how to work effectively with students who demonstrate behaviors that impede their successful growth.
Ten Tenets of Behavior Part 1
Ten Tenets of Behavior Part 2
TEACHER RESOURCES
Classroom Management Mini-Series
Videos
- Introduction
- Hospitality - Helping Students Feel Valued
- Preparation - Helping Students Feel Important
- Procedures - Helping Students Feel Worthy
- Consistency - Helping Students Feel Respected
Reflection Questions
- Hospitality - Helping Students Feel Valued
- Preparation - Helping Students Feel Important
- Procedures - Helping Students Feel Worthy
- Consistency - Helping Students Feel Respected
References on Classroom Management
Classroom Management Webinar
Reshaping the paradigm for a classroom community centered approach
Core Practices in Action: Management in the Active Classroom
- Series of 30 videos that support teachers to foster "self-managed" classrooms that are respectful, active, collaborative, and growth-oriented.
- Part 1: Foundational Structures and Practices
- Part 2: Protocols and Strategies
K20 LEARN
The University of Oklahoma
- Lessons - Access and download lessons that are searchable by grade level, content area, keywords, state/national standards and time frame.
- Strategy Library - Find instructional strategies to enhance classroom engagement that are searchable by group size, grade level and purpose.
Mentor Resources
Program Administration Models
District Mentoring Program Samples
- Mentor/mentee monthly checklist (Duncan Public Schools)
- Introduction and monthly checklist (Enid Public Schools)
- Monthly logs (Mustang Public Schools)
- New Teacher Scope and Sequence (Oklahoma City Public Schools)
Articles of Note
- Better Mentoring, Better Teachers: Three Factors That Help Ensure Successful Programs - Education Week
- The Good Mentor - ASCD
- Beginning Teacher Induction: What the Data Tell Us - Education Week
- Teacher Induction - NASBE
- Tool: Selecting and assigning mentors - Assist: Beginning Teachers
OSDE Resources
