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Apply to either the multiple or single subject credential program via

Email luriecollege-teacherresidency@sjsu.edu

Residency Program Coordinators:
Multiple Subject/Single Subject: Luis Poza, luis.poza@sjsu.edu
PK-3: Maria Fusaro, maria.fusaro@sjsu.edu
SPED: Lisa Simpson: lisa.simpson@sjsu.edu 

Finish in 13 months with Summer Start Registration for students not already in the program. Apply on or before April 1st.

Teacher candidates enrolled in the Multiple Subject Credential Program (MS), with or without participating in the Critical (Spanish) Bilingual Authorization Program (CBAP), are eligible to become teacher residents if they are scheduled to student teach during consecutive fall and spring semesters. Therefore, full-time candidates who are admitted to the MS/CBAP in the spring or summer may apply to become MS/CBAP teacher residents. Accelerated pathway option (Summer-Fall-Spring).

MS/CBAP teacher residents will be placed in one of our partner school districts: Alum Rock, Campbell Union, or Milpitas Unified. Together with their mentor teachers, residents participate in monthly professional development (PD) that centers an emancipatory approach to district instructional priorities, such as assets-based approaches to math and literacy instruction that integrate content learning and language development.

As is the case with all 91ÁÔÆæ teacher residents, MS/CBAP teacher residents are placed with a mentor teacher for the entire school year and follow the calendar of their host district–from district and school PD before the school year begins, to setting up the classroom with their mentor, and experiencing the first and last days of the school year. MS/CBAP teacher residents receive funding to cover their tuition costs, books, fees, and provide a stipend. In return, MS/CBAP teacher residents will commit to teaching within one of the partner districts for four years after graduation.

Download the flyer here [pdf].

Participating Districts: Milpitas Unified, Campbell Union, Alum Rock Union, and Redwood City Unified.

For more information, contact Luis Poza, luis.poza@sjsu.edu 

Education Specialist (Special Education Credential) – Oak Grove School District, Campbell Union, Milpitas Unified and Sunnyvale Elementary School District.

Education Specialist Residents complete our Education Specialist Credential program on an accelerated pathway (Summer – Fall – Spring)
Receive priority registration in courses with other residents
Education Specialist Residents complete a year-long field placement (student teaching) in a residency school with a mentor teacher.
Education Specialist Residents participate in activities at the school site following the residency school calendar with other 91ÁÔÆæ Residents.
Residency grants covers all tuition costs and includes a stipend of $5,000. You might also qualify to be paid as a para-professional.
Receive priority job interviews for teaching positions in the residency district upon completion of the program.
Contact: Lisa Simpson: lisa.simpson@sjsu.edu

Download the Ed Specialist Supplemental Residency Application

Participating Districts: Oak Grove School District, Campbell Union, Milpitas Unified and Sunnyvale Elementary School District.

Are you interested in having TK/K as your student teaching focus? 

Teaching Transitional Kindergarten (TK) provides an opportunity to use developmentally, linguistically, and culturally supportive practices with our community’s youngest public school students. If early primary grade teaching is your passion, read on! 

91ÁÔÆæ TK/K Residents will be paired with experienced TK - 3rd grade mentor teachers in one of five partner school districts: Mount Pleasant Elementary, Alum Rock Union, Evergreen, Berryessa Union School District, and Campbell Union School District. 

As a TK/K Resident, you will become immersed in the school community from the very first day of their school year. You will student-teach alongside your mentor teacher and engage in professional development with your mentor and other TK/K residents, all working to support the learning and holistic development of San Jose’s culturally and linguistically diverse students. 

Participants selected for the TK/K Residency program will receive grant funding (approximately $30,000) during the school year. Participating districts with hiring needs may extend a job offer to residents who successfully complete the program.

The 91ÁÔÆæ TK/K Residency Program  is currently open for applications for the 2025-2026 school year. Credential candidates who are early-childhood focused, accepted into the PK-3 Credential Program or Multiple Subject Credential program, and eligible for AY25-26 student teaching are encouraged to apply!

For more information, email maria.fusaro@sjsu.edu

Participating Districts: Mount Pleasant Elementary School District (MPESD), Alum Rock School District (ARSD), Berryessa Union School District (BUSD), Evergreen Elementary School District (EESD), Campbell Union School District (CUSD).
 

Ethnic Studies helps students connect with their power by highlighting the strengths in their personal, community, and cultural backgrounds. Our 91ÁÔÆæ Ethnic Studies Residency Pathway (ESRP) pairs teacher candidates with dynamic mentor teachers in East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD), Franklin-McKinley School District (FMSD), and Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District (MPESD) at Overfelt High School with a commitment to being transformative educators. Additionally, through ongoing, practice-based professional development rooted in residents’ curriculum and experiences in their student teaching placements, the ESRP supports residents and their mentors in cultivating the mindsets, knowledge, and skills to turn their classrooms into spaces of solidarity and liberation.

The ESRP is open to 91ÁÔÆæ Multiple Subject Credential candidates (for placement in FMSD or MPESD) and History/Social Science Single Subject Credential candidates (for placement in ESUHSD teaching either Ethnic Studies classes or US/World History classes through an Ethnic Studies lens). To be eligible to participate in the ESRP, candidates must complete student teaching in consecutive Fall and Spring semesters. The ESRP can be completed in conjunction with the Bilingüismo y Justicia Bilingual Authorization program. 

For more information, email Prof. Luis Poza at luis.poza@sjsu.edu

Participating Districts: Eastside Union High School District, Franklin McKinley District, and Mount Pleasant Elementary District.