The mission of the CT Teacher Residency Program is to provide college graduates with an alternate route to elementary certification based on a residency model that focuses on recruiting, preparing, increasing and sustaining teachers of color in elementary schools across the state of Connecticut.
Residents participate in courses for 18 months at no cost.
Residents are eligible for a full-time teaching position in a partner district upon successfully completing the program and certification requirements.
CREC’s Teacher Residency Program (TRP) allowed me to fully immerse myself into the role of a teacher. Unlike any other teacher certification program, working alongside my master teacher for an entire school year has increased my ability, confidence and toolkit needed to be both culturally relevant and equitable. I couldn’t imagine being part of any other program besides this one. CREC’s TRP is committed to equipping me to be an educator who is fully invested in changing the lives of students in one classroom at a time.
Cyemone Douglas
- 18 monthsProgram Duration
- In-person, HybridProgram Format
- Pre-Test RequiredNo
The CT Teacher Residency Program is an alternate route to elementary certification focused on increasing teachers of color across the state of Connecticut.
Resident candidates will be enrolled in rigorous coursework for 18 months and serve in a paid residency position in a mentor teacher’s classroom for the school year. Residents will work in a partnering district and attend classes virtually and on-site in one of our cohort locations in the Hartford, Hamden, Old Lyme or Trumbull areas. Resident selection prioritizes potential to work with diverse students and minimizes barriers to traditional certification program admission.
Program details:
- Residents participate in courses for 18 months at little to no cost
- Coursework is designed by practicing educators and prioritizes skills necessary to be successful in a diverse classroom
- Residents work for one year in a partner district under a mentor teacher while receiving pay and benefits
- Residents are guaranteed a full-time teaching position in the partner district upon completion of the certification requirements
- Residents are eligible to earn CT certification after fourteen months and 90 days of successful teaching in their own classroom.
- 18 monthsProgram Duration
- In-person, HybridProgram Format
- Pre-Test RequiredNo
- DeadlinesProgram Start
- Feb. 11, 2022Winter
- Mar. 05, 2022Summer
- Rolling DeadlineSpring
- Rolling DeadlineSummer
- Rolling DeadlineFall
$3,700 tuition offset by district and RESC contributions.
Resident Salary of approximately $32,000.
Program Semesters/Steps Overview
- Male
- Female
- 24%
- 76%
- American Indian or Alaskan Native
- Asian
- Black
- Hispanic/Latino
- Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
- White
- Two or more races
- 1%
- 0%
- 53%
- 35%
- 0%
- 3%
- 7%