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June 18, 2010

PTR Celebrates Completion of Inaugural Cohort

Residents, mentors, site directors, families, friends, and supporters gathered at Fleisher Art Memorial on June 17^th, to celebrate the completion of Philadelphia Teacher Residency's inaugural cohort.

Representatives from the School District of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers offered congratulatory remarks and thanked the residents for committing to Philadelphia public school students.

The nine residents, (including Fei Jia, pictured right), have spent the past school year teaching full-time while working to complete a Master's of Education degree from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. In the fall, all of the residents will be teaching in their own classrooms.

The next cohort of Residents are scheduled to begin their residency this summer.

> View additional photographs from the event

> Meet the 2009 Residents

A special thanks to Fleisher Art Memorial for hosting the evening's reception.

March 26, 2010

PTR Selected as a Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship Teacher Preparation Program

Philadelphia Teacher Residency (PTR) has been selected as a Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship (WW-RBFF) teacher preparation program! The WW-RBF Fellowship program is designed to recruit, retain, and support aspiring teachers of color in public K-12 education. Receiving this designation is a high honor and a mark of national recognition indicating the quality of PTR.

For the 2011-12 academic year, 25 WW-RBF Fellows, that are annually selected, will be expected to use their Fellowship to enroll in a master’s degree program that leads to teacher licensure at one of the 29 selected campuses. WW-RBF Fellows will receive a stipend of $30,000 to use toward the cost of their education. In return, Fellows make a commitment to teach for 3 years in a high-need urban or rural school.

PTR has aligned their work and mission with the WW-RB Fund Fellowship and leveraged more funds for improving education in high-needs schools

January 15, 2010

Philadelphia Teacher Residency Awarded Transition to Teaching Grant

The Ed Fund recently announced that it was awarded a highly competitive United States Department of Education Transition to Teaching grant to support Philadelphia Teacher Residency. This is a five-year, $2.2 million award.

The United States Department of Education’s Transition to Teaching program provides five-year grants to state and local education agencies, for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations, or institutions of higher education collaborating with state or local education agencies that support recruitment, training, and placement of talented individuals from other fields into teaching positions in K-12 classrooms.

PTR offers dynamic, high-energy science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals the knowledge, experience, and tools to teach the high need subjects of math and science in grades 6-12 in Philadelphia public schools.

> Read the complete article from the Philadelphia Business Journal

December 14, 2009

Philadelphia Teacher Residency Expands with the Selection of New Residents

The Philadelphia Teacher Residency held its first Selection Day to select 2010 cohort of math and science teacher “Residents.” Candidates were evaluated by individuals from the Ed Fund, the School District of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, parents, and students.

Those candidates selected will begin their residency in the fall 2010 and will become teachers of record in the School District of Philadelphia in September 2011. It is estimated that the 2010 cohort will have at least 20 Residents.

The next selection day is tentatively scheduled for March 6, 2010.

> View photographs of current residents

> Learn how to apply to become a Resident