Residency at TCSJ
Residency at TCSJ is a one-year traditional option to acquire a preliminary teaching credential. The teacher residency model requires a year-long intensive placement with a master teacher, which is significantly longer than other traditional programs that require a short-term student teaching experience. The program is constructed around the schedule of P-12 schools, thus enabling an authentic, yearlong clinical experience with a master teacher, who serves as the residency candidate on-site, classroom mentor.
Program Highlights:
- • One-Year Program
- • Intense clinical practice for entire year with a master teacher
- • Mentoring and coaching
- • Coherent vision of teaching
- • Integration of coursework & clinical experiences
- • Coursework is held in Stockton
- • Master’s degree available for 10-12 additional units
- • Residents will receive priority consideration for employment upon successful completion of "Residency at TCSJ."
To learn more about Residency @ TCSJ, visit www.teacherscollegesj.edu.