Teacher Residency Summer Institute

Dr. Etta Hollins is an AERA fellow and former Kauffman Endowed Chair for Urban Education at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Her work has focused on teaching and learning in urban contexts, with a particular focus on preparing teachers to work effectively with historically marginalized student populations. Her most recent publications include Teaching to Transform Urban Schools and Communities: The Power of Classroom Teachers, Learning to Teach in Urban Schools: The Transition from Preparation to Practice, and Rethinking Field Experiences in Preservice Teacher Preparation.

The Richmond Teacher Residency Program at Virginia Commonwealth University is a highly selective graduate teacher residency program that launched in 2010. Designed to address challenges of recruitment, preparation, support, and retention of teachers in Richmond, Virginia, the program has since expanded to three additional high-need districts with hard-to-staff schools (Petersburg City Public Schools, Chesterfield County Public Schools, and Henrico County Public Schools). Engage with a panel of representatives from the Richmond Teacher Residency program including district administration, mentor teachers, university faculty, and a graduate of the residency program who is now a teacher-of-record. The panel and subsequent sessions will allow for role-based and other discussions around implementation of the residency model and the potential for residencies to transform urban schools, teachers, and communities.