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Marilyn Friend, leader in co-teaching, describes common challenges.​
WebsEdge Science (2019). Common co-teaching challenges. YouTube. [4:46] 

Faculty Recommended Resources

Burstein, N., Sears, S., & Wilcoxen, A. (2023). Examining the effectiveness of a special education residency program in increasing the recruitment and retention of teachers in urban schools. Teacher Education Quarterly, 50(1), 28-52. ​

Chu, Y. (2021). Preservice teachers learning to teach and developing teacher identity in a teacher residency, Teaching Education, 32(3), 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2020.1724934​

Day, J., Nagro, S.A., & Mason-Williams, L. (2024). The nationwide trends and preparation requirements of alternative route programs in special education. Teacher Education and Special Education, 47(2) 93-109.​

Dennis, H., DeMoss, K. (2021). The residency revolution: Funding high quality teacher preparation. Prepared to Teach. Bank Street College of Education

Franco, M., Kemper Patrick, S.K. (2023). State teacher shortages: Teaching positions left vacant or filled by teachers without certification. Learning Policy Institute.

Hays, A., Marks, S., Evans-Santiago, B. (2023). Transformative educator preparation through teacher residency programs. Issues in Teacher Education, 32(1), 128-137.​

Herman, K. (2023). What we know now: Urban teacher residency models, teacher shortages and Equity. Issues in Teacher Education, 32(1), 56-73.​

León, K., Rogers, P.M., Quezada , R.L. & Velázquez, S. (2024). A justice oriented examination of teacher education through the lens of deans’ innovations and leadership in schools of education. Journal of Education for Teaching, 50(2), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2023.2296446

Matsko, K.K., Ronfeldt, M. & Nolan, H.G. (2022).How different are they? Comparing teacher preparation offered by traditional, alternative, and residency pathways. Journal of Teacher Education, 73(3), 225-239.​

NEA (October, 2017). Education support professionals: Supporting our own through mentoring. National Education Association.

Pathways Alliance, Prepared to Teach, & National Center for Teacher Residencies (2022). Towards a National definition of teacher residencies. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/pt/38​

Patrick, S. K., Darling-Hammond, L., & Kini, T. (2023). Educating teachers in California: What matters for teacher preparation?. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/956.678

Picower, B. (2021). Reading writing and racism: Disrupting whiteness in teacher education and in the classroom. Beacon Press: Boston, MA.​

Ray, T. (2023). Teacher preparation matters: Long-term outcomes outpacing teacher retention and career trends through a year-long teacher residency design . Texas Educator Preparation, 7(1), 11–26. https://doi.org/10.59719/txep.v7i1.2​

Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2019). Understanding teacher shortages: An analysis of teacher supply and demand in the United States. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27, 35. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.3696​

Turk, D.B., Berman, S.B., Gentry, C., Traxler, R.E., Caldwell, S. (2023). When equity and justice are front and center. Building a teacher residency that walks the walk on antiracism, equity and justice. Issues in Teacher Education, 32(1), 102-127.

Wagner, M. L., Cosand, K., Zagona, A. L., & Malone, B. J. (2024). Students’ perceptions of instruction in co-teaching classrooms: A systematic literature review and thematic analysis. Exceptional Children, 90(3), 313-330.

Teacher Residency Organizations

National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR)​ - Committed to build and develop teacher residencies as a lever to address the enduring and systemic inequalities in school systems.​

NCTR Research & Publications

Prepared to Teach ​ - Founded in 2015 to find sustainable pathways for high-quality teacher residency pathways​

Pathways Alliance​ - Coalition of leading organizations dedicated to supporting and implementing diverse and inclusive educator pipelines, including teacher residencies.

Co-Teaching Organizations

Academy for Co-Teaching – hosted by St Cloud University​

National Association for Co-Teaching  - Committed to transforming education to ensure all students have access to high quality and equitable learning experiences by building the collective capacity of educators through co-teaching.