{"id":18401,"date":"2018-01-12T15:56:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=18401"},"modified":"2018-01-12T15:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:56:03","slug":"clemson-introduces-teacher-residency-program-%e2%80%a8to-improve-teacher-student-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/clemson-introduces-teacher-residency-program-%e2%80%a8to-improve-teacher-student-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson introduces teacher residency program \u2028to improve teacher, student outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November, Clemson\u2019s College of Education introduced South Carolina\u2019s first university-led teacher residency program. The program is centered around the college\u2019s new combined degree option for undergraduate education students that replaces student teaching in a student\u2019s final undergraduate semester with graduate education classes. The fifth year is comprised of a year-long teacher residency.
\n\"Teacher<\/a>The residency program, housed within the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, will see its graduates emerge after five years with both a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree in education as well as an extended, year-long student teaching experience. According to George J. Petersen, founding dean of the College of Education, this degree option better prepares teachers and aligns with the most successful efforts at educational reform to prepare and retain classroom-ready teachers.
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\n[pullquote]\u201cWhen it comes to reforming education, innovation is key,\u201d Petersen said.[\/pullquote]\u201cResearch has shown that extending time in the classroom provides a more comprehensive foundation and inspires mastery and self-confidence. It also keeps budding teachers in their classrooms long after graduation.\u201d
\nPetersen said numbers related to teacher attrition aren\u2019t going to get better without an innovative approach. The negative effects of teacher shortfalls are only compounded by high teacher turnover, which causes problems for schools across the state. In addition to being expensive, it causes a loss of institutional knowledge, school capacity building and consistent teamwork among teachers across grade levels.
\nWhereas traditional student teaching provides a snapshot, teacher residencies give students the whole picture of teaching as a career. This is proven in other states with similar programs where teacher retention rose to as high as 90 percent over three years.
\n\"Cost<\/a>Petersen said the development of an Upstate pilot program is only the first step in a campaign he hopes to expand to the Lowcountry and across the state to reach areas hardest hit by teacher attrition and lacking student outcomes.
\nJeff Marshall, chair of Clemson\u2019s teaching and learning department, said college leadership and district representatives are hard at work fleshing out the master teacher selection process and the teacher resident-school district matching process. They also plan to develop an approach to research and ongoing evaluation of the program.
\n\u201cThe faculty and districts don\u2019t want to just hope this will make a difference,\u201d Marshall said. \u201cWe want to be able to measure this program\u2019s impact with hard data that shows we\u2019re making a positive impact on teachers and, more importantly, on students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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