Miner Teacher Residency
The Miner Teacher Residency involves a full year of hands-on clinical preparation in an elementary or middle school classroom, alongside a carefully selected and trained Mentor Teacher. In addition, residents receive ongoing coaching and support from a UTEP Site Coordinator, a UTEP faculty member who is based on-site at partner campuses.
The goal of the Miner Teacher Residency is to prepare the highest-quality teachers who are Day 1-ready to meet the needs of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse learners and to provide rigorous, high-quality learning experiences for all students.
Benefits of participating in the residency include:
- The opportunity for hands-on practice and co-teaching with a trained mentor teacher over the course of a full year
- Tailored coaching, feedback, and guidance from a UTEP faculty member working on-site and alongside residents throughout the entire year
- The opportunity to engage in all aspects of teaching throughout the year, including professional development workshops, PLCs, and faculty meetings
- Part-time work opportunities in partner districts, in addition to a stipend
- Support in resume development and interview preparation
- Early consideration for full-time employment by partner districts
Elementary, middle grades, and special education candidates pursuing the B.S. in Education will complete the year-long residency as part of their plans of study.
Prior to and during the Residency I semester, residents will:
- Attend all staff development and the entire first week of school
- Work in an assigned classroom alongside a designated mentor teacher four full days/week, with one day devoted to campus responsibilities defined in the district-UTEP partnership
- Engage in professional development workshops, planning activities, and faculty meetings alongside a mentor teacher
- Participate in planning with a mentor teacher and grade-level team
- Take literacy and math methods courses
- Take a 3-credit internship/residency course that includes a weekly seminar taught on-site by the UTEP Site Coordinator
- Successfully complete all content certification exams, if not already completed prior to start of Residency I
During the Residency II, residents will:
- Work in an assigned classroom alongside a designated mentor teacher four days/week, with one day devoted to campus responsibilities defined in the district-UTEP partnership
- Engage in all professional development workshops, planning activities, and faculty meetings alongside a mentor teacher
- Participate in planning with a mentor teacher and grade-level team
- Attend parent-teacher conferences and other school-community activities
- Enroll in the 6-credit residency course and participate in weekly seminars taught on-site by the UTEP Site Coordinator
- Participate in monthly Professional Development Seminars at UTEP
- Apply for early consideration for a full-time teaching position with a partner district
Students on the following certification pathways are eligible to participate :
- Elementary with ESL Certification
- Elementary with Bilingual Certification
- Special Education
- Middle Grades 4-8 (all areas)
The Miner Teacher Residency was launched with technical assistance from and with the generous support of UTEP’s community partners, including , the , and .