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Imagine:
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Earning your Master’s Degree and Teaching Credential in one year.
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Apprenticing four days a week with an expert teacher in your residency school.
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Learning within a cohort of peers with whom you will work (and laugh) all year, paving the way to becoming lifelong friends and colleagues.
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Building a relationship with an expert instructional leader in TK-12 education, who will advise and support you through one-on-one observation and dialogue.
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Engaging in critical conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion with your mentor, instructors, and peers.
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Receiving priority consideration for a full-time position upon completing the program.
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Doing all of this at a cost that is affordable and includes financial support.
Our program is based on a residency model that combines immersive hands-on practice in the classroom with educational theory and research in both seminars and online. It takes place in partnership with TK-12 schools in historically underserved communities, and 96% of our graduates obtain full-time teaching positions after completing the program.
Program Overview
- Residents spend four days a week in the classroom participating in hands-on teaching for the duration of a school year.
- One day a week is spent with a regional cohort in seminars that bridge educational theory and research with the direct experience taking place in the classroom.
- Additional discussion and reflection on theory and research take place via in-person course intensives and online coursework. More information is available in the Alder Scope and Sequence.
- Residents apprentice at one of our partner schools in California in the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley, Central Coast, or Los Angeles.
- Residents receive a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Teaching or Special Education and Teaching Credential
Available Credentials
Please note that available credentials vary by partner.
- Multiple Subject (K–8)
- Single Subject (6–12): English, Math, Science, Social Studies, or World Languages
- Education Specialist — Mild to Moderate Support Needs
- Bilingual Authorization
Partner TK-12 Campuses
Alder GSE partners with mission-aligned school communities to provide apprenticeships for residents and a customized, right-sized pipeline of exceptional teachers for schools. Please see our school partners page for more information on current partners.