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University-Based Teacher Residencies In Texas: Advanced Clinical Training For Preservice Candidates, Val Hill-Jackson, Diana Wandix-White, Taylor Gilley

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Teacher education residencies are an innovative but underutilized clinical teaching practice. Perhaps the reason that university-based teacher preparation programs (TPPs) do not employ residencies more broadly may be due to the lack of clarity about what they are and how they add value to the clinical teaching experience. To address this issue, we begin this article with a brief history of teacher residencies. Second, a typology is offered to help demystify the teacher residency as a type of advanced field experience. We demonstrate the similarities and differences between traditional clinical teaching and a residency for TPP, and then frame the …