Explore a collection of residency resources organized by topic and designed to support every stage of program development and implementation. These editable tools can be customized to fit your program’s unique context and needs.
Developed by residency experts and informed by practices from successful programs across the field, the resources support partnership development, program organization, resident recruitment and support, mentor selection and development, sustainability planning, and more.
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Building Strong Partnerships
Access practical tools to support every stage of residency partnership development, including readiness assessments, MOUs, handbooks, stakeholder agreements, and equity-focused guidance. Designed for LEAs, IHEs, and consortium partners, these resources help ensure clear expectations, strong collaboration, and successful residency implementation.
Recruiting & Selecting Residents
Explore a collection of customizable recruitment and selection resources designed to help residency programs attract strong candidates and communicate clear expectations from the start. These tools can be easily tailored to reflect your program’s goals and context, supporting transparent, equitable, and effective recruitment practices.
Onboarding Mentors & Residents
These onboarding resources support a smooth, structured transition into residency for both residents and mentors. Featuring a month-by-month gradual release framework aligned to Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs), along with informational meeting materials and program handbook templates, this collection helps establish clear roles, shared understanding, and consistent expectations from the very start.
Mentor Recruitment & Engagement
These resources are designed to help residency programs attract and engage effective mentors through clear, consistent communication. From recruitment flyers and presentations to mentor job descriptions and agreement templates, this collection supports shared understanding of mentor roles, responsibilities, and benefits—laying the foundation for meaningful, sustainable mentorship.
Sustaining Your Residency Program
Learn how successful residency programs sustain momentum over the long term. Explore resources such as sustainability frameworks, guidance on leveraging local funding streams, innovative staffing models, and lessons from programs implementing paraeducator residency positions. Together, these tools highlight creative strategies used by LEAs and their IHE partners to reallocate resources and build sustainable funding for residency programs.
Collecting timely, actionable feedback is key to building strong, responsive residency programs. These resources include surveys, longitudinal tracking frameworks, videos on best practices for data collection, and guidance for annual reporting. Use these tools to identify successes, uncover growth opportunities, and strengthen your program’s impact.
SRTAC Event Resources
This folder contains a collection of materials shared with participants at all past SRTAC events. From presentations and workshop guides to handouts and toolkits, this folder provides easy access to valuable resources designed to support your work in advancing teacher and counselor residency programs.
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