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District seeks approval to host two teacher residents from Connecticut Teacher Residency program
Summary
Staff requested committee approval for a contract with the Connecticut Teacher Residency program to bring two residents — one elementary and one math — for the 2025–26 school year; administration cited an 86% retention rate over three years for residents staying in their mentored districts.
The Finance and Operations Committee heard a request from Miss Booker to approve a contract with the Connecticut Teacher Residency program to place two teacher residents in the district for the 2025–26 school year.
Miss Booker explained the residents would serve an internship with mentor teachers for a full year, with the mentor modeling instruction and providing a gradual release as the resident takes over the classroom. "This is a way to get more diverse individuals into our district," Booker said, and she cited retention data: "Over the past 3 years, they have 86 percent of their residents that have gone through the program have stayed with the district that they've mentored."
Booker said the district requested one elementary-position resident and one math-position resident. Committee members had no substantive objections during the discussion and the item was included in the package of agreements the committee voted to forward to the full board for approval.
No additional implementation details (salary, funding source, exact start dates) were specified in the committee discussion; staff indicated standard contracting and onboarding steps will follow full-board approval.
