NYC Teaching Residency for School Turnaround

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In New York City, almost 4 in 10 public school students do not earn a high school diploma within four years and more than 3 in 10 students do not meet New York State standards in mathematics and English Language Arts. In the lowest performing schools in New York City, these rates are even more critical with low-income and minority students performing, on average, several grade levels below their more affluent peers on standardized tests.

We know that effective teachers are the most important school-level factor in determining student success, and that highly effective teachers have the potential to close the achievement gap between low-income and minority students and their more affluent peers. To this end, the mission of the NYC Teaching Residency program is to recruit and prepare talented, committed individuals to become effective teachers who dedicate themselves to raising student achievement and driving change as part of a school turnaround strategy in New York City’s lowest performing schools.