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Alder’s 2017–2018 completion rate of 72% is below its 2016–2017 rate of 85% and its historic one-year completion rate of 83%. The primary reason for this drop was the mid-year exit of 12 students due to not adequately demonstrating subject matter competency before lead teaching. Of the 12 students who exited, 11 completed their residency in 2018–2019, bringing the total completion percentage to 89%.
Totals include students enrolled in the Residency Program.
Historically underrepresented groups in the teaching profession include people who have identified as the following: African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races.
During the year of COVID-19 (2020-2021), EdTPA was suspended as a credential or degree requirement
The chart above compares the percentage of Alder residency graduates who are still teaching as of October 1, 2020, to the percentage of their peer non-Alder teachers who were hired the same year by each K–12 partner and are also still teaching as of October 1, 2020.
Alder also asks hiring principals to assess effectiveness after one full year of teaching. 90% of those principals agree that Alder-trained teachers are effective or highly effective as a classroom teacher