Professional Growth and Development
Year 1
In the first year, Resident Educators are introduced to the life of teaching. The Resident Educator Program provides instructional one-to-one mentoring, as well as the emotional support needed to accelerate the professional growth of Resident Educators.
Year 2
As Resident Educators move into the second year of teaching they begin to identify with the life of teaching. Differentiated support is provided in the form of flexible mentor models including one-to-one mentoring, co-teaching, and collaborative cohorts. These models create an environment of inquiry which provides avenues for Resident Educators to shift their thinking from routine processes of examination to in-depth concepts of analysis.
Year 3
Resident Educators are now inducted into the full life of teaching. They continue to deepen their understanding of teaching and learning through support from facilitative mentoring during preparation for the performance-based summative assessment or through support from existing differentiated mentoring models.
Year 4
Resident Educators now have a deepened understanding of teaching and learning as a reciprocal, collaborative, and ongoing journey. Upon successful completion of the summative assessment, REs become more autonomous as they begin to explore teacher leadership opportunities within and beyond the Resident Educator Program.