Residents pictured left to right (not all residents are pictured): Kelsey Soto-Garza, Sarah Nocero, Jannatun Uddin, Xavier Morgan, Katherine Schibler, Joshua Brice, Kinja Bagalwa, Abigail Mansfield, Cagla Zirek, Autumn Ragonese and Sumaya Ahmed.
Meet the Residents
All of GSE’s teacher preparation programs feature a year-long residency experience. Resident teachers serve in a co-teaching capacity alongside an expert mentor teacher for a full school year, while simultaneously engaging in rigorous university coursework. Theory and practice merge, and residents hone their skills with the support of mentor teachers and university faculty. Upon completion, residents are well-equipped to lead their classrooms and positively impact their students’ educational experiences.
Removing barriers to entering the profession and meeting local, state and national needs for excellent teachers are aims of GSE’s Office of Educator Preparation. Through partnerships and collaborations with local districts, we offer several funded teacher residency pathways, each with varied funding support, as well as different programmatic foci, selection criteria, commitment requirements and partner districts.
Noyce Residency Cohort
Funded by a National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant, Noyce scholars are undergraduate STEM majors or career-changers who have made the decision to pursue teaching. Noyce Residency Scholars participate in a range of programs and experiences designed to engage them in STEM-oriented community outreach and community-driven science initiatives. In exchange for scholarship and stipend support, Noyce Scholars commit to teaching in high-need school districts for two years per year of funding, after completing the program and earning their initial science or math teacher certification.
- Margaret Adams
- Abigail Mansfield
- Sarah Nocero
- Autumn Ragonese
- Cagla Zirek
Teacher resident Autumn Ragonese engages students in interactive learning.
My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC) Cohort
Funded by a grant from the New York State Education Department, MBK TOC Scholars are committed to cultivating inclusive, affirming and equitable classroom climates where K12 students’ social-emotional and academic needs are met. Rooted in the New York State Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Framework, the MBK TOC community of practice engages scholars in experiences designed to extend their capacity for enacting responsive-sustaining practices in their classrooms, schools and local communities. Cohort members receive scholarships and certification-related support during their residency year.
- Sumaya Ahmed
- Kinja Bagalwa
- Joshua Brice
- Xavier Morgan
- Lily Nasso
- Kelsey Soto-Garza
- James Sutherlin
- Jannatun Uddin
BOCES-District Partnership Cohort
Funded by a New York State Department of Labor Teacher Residency Program grant, in collaboration with Erie 1 BOCES and local school districts, graduate-level PK12 teacher candidates receive stipends that provide them with monetary support as they focus on their studies and participate in their residency placements. Residency scholars are selected based on the needs of our WNY School District partners.
- Samuel Anglim
- Kinja Bagalwa
- Abigail Mansfield
- Sarah Nocero
- Katherine Schibler
- Bridget Sharp
BPS Residency Cohort
Funded by a New York State Department of Labor Teacher Residency Program grant, in collaboration with Buffalo Public Schools, graduate-level teacher candidates in teaching World Languages or English for Speakers of Other Languages receive stipends that provide them monetary assistance, affording an opportunity to focus on their studies and continue to participate in our registered residency program.
- Michael Jakubaszek
- Daniel Ray
- Lucy SanGeorge
- Kelsey Soto-Garza
- Johanna Woellert