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Board approves state‑funded teacher residency with Alder to grow dual immersion and special‑ed candidates
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Trustees approved a grant‑backed residency program with Alder that will provide year‑long paid student teaching, stipends for candidates and mentor teachers, and target dual immersion and special education recruitment.
The Garden Grove Unified School District board approved a teacher residency program on Monday funded through a California Department of Education grant and developed in partnership with Alder (identified in district materials as Alder Graduate School of Education/Alder University).
Superintendent explained the program will allow recent alumni to complete concurrent coursework and student teaching over a single year while receiving a stipend. “We did apply for a grant and received that grant from the California Department of Education,” the superintendent said. “Those students will be able to earn a stipend during that year.”
District staff said the program is intended to reduce barriers to entering teaching — in particular the unpaid semester that traditionally accompanies student teaching — and to expand pipelines for bilingual (Spanish and Vietnamese) and special education teachers. Staff also said the grant covers stipends for mentor teachers and that the district will provide an in‑kind contribution for mentorship support.
Trustees asked about financial arrangements with the partner university and were told Alder coordinates financial aid and that grant funds will pay candidate stipends. The board approved the program as part of agenda item 5a.
Board materials and discussion noted the program will be offered across subject areas as needed and that the district will monitor implementation; specific enrollment caps and annual stipend amounts were not specified in the meeting record.
