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 US PREP and with the generous support of UTEP’s community partners, including Workforce Solutions Borderplex, the El Paso Community Foundation, and CREEED.
