• ELIGIBILITY
• APPLICATION
• FINANCIAL
• PROGRAM OVERVIEW
• PLACE/PRAXIS II
• UNIVERSITY PARTNER
• DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Five years, one year as a Resident and four years as a teacher within a high-needs Denver Public School.

• During the residency year, Residents will be partnered with a Lead Teacher matching the area of certification each Resident pursues. Residents pursuing an elementary certification will be partnered with a Lead Teacher in grades Kindergarten through five. Residents pursuing a secondary mathematics or science certification will be partnered with a mathematics or science teacher in grades six through twelve.

• Four days a week are spent in a DPS school, learning and teaching alongside a Lead Teacher. One full day a week is spent with fellow Residents participating in the University of Denver Master's seminar. Additionally, one Saturday per month and one weekday evening are spent in the DU Master's seminar.

• Host school sites are high-needs schools within DPS. For the 2010-2011 Residency, host school sites are Archuleta Elementary, Greenwood Elementary, Gust Elementary, Knapp Elementary, McMeen Elementary, Montclair Elementary, and Munroe Elementary. Host school sites for the 2011-2012 Residency have not yet been determined.

• Residents who successfully complete the Residency year will be offered a contract to teach within DPS.

• DTR is responsible for matching Residents with Lead Teachers, and is committed to successful partnerships. Before pairing decisions are made, Residents and Lead Teachers have the opportunity to meet and interact in order to help us make the best possible matches.

• All Residents will receive an alternative teaching license. Once they obtain full-time teaching positions, Residents will work to earn a professional license by meeting DPS' expectations for new-teacher effectiveness and development.