Texas Strategic Staffing

TSS Makes Paid Residencies a Reality

Texas Strategic Staffing is a 2-year process in which a district and EPP commit to designing and implementing a paid teacher residency program that is sustainably funded by reallocating district resources to compensate teacher residents who take on additional instructional responsibilities in the district while completing a year-long teacher residency program.

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Strategic Staffing Regional State Lead
Dennis Taylor
972-348-1436
Email Dennis Taylor

Consultant
Edgar Jaramillo
972-348-1414
Email Edgar Jaramillo

Texas Strategic Staffing (TSS) Convening
TCLAS Conference Decision 5

Texas Strategic Staffing
Overview

TEA Updates

Strategic Staffing Objectives

  1. Address Texas students’ learning acceleration needs and other instructional priorities through implementation of high-quality teacher residencies

  2. Enable equitable educational access for all Texas students through high-quality teacher residency programs as a key teacher pipeline strategy.

  3. Enable equitable access to quality preparation to retain a diverse Texas teacher population.

  4. Prioritize long-term Texas teacher effectiveness through rigorous pre-service practice in year-long teacher residency programs.

  5. Recruit, select, train, and continuously develop high-quality mentor teachers to support residents placed in high-need areas.

  6. Support Texas districts to sustainably fund teacher residencies through funding reallocation in service of an enduring talent pipeline.

Short-term Benefits

  • Residents fulfill immediate instructional needs in schools as part of their year-long student teaching experience, to include:

  • Residents as substitutes

  • Residents as para-professionals

  • Residents as tutors and enrichment teachers

  • Residents and mentor teacher teams:

  • Reduce student to teacher ratio

  • Increase access to differentiated instruction

  • All residents impact student learning acceleration needs while co-teaching

  • Reduction of inservice teacher workload through co-teaching and resident support with those additional instructional roles.

Long-term Benefits

  • Residents are prepared for the long term to be teachers in their districts:

  • A financially possible residency pathway in your district

  • Quality preparation of teacher candidates for year 1 readiness 

  • Increased retention of new teachers due to quality preparation and connectedness to students and the school community

  • Increased retention of your most effective teachers through leadership opportunities in paid mentor teacher roles

  • Overall teacher retention contributes to a healthy school community and student learning outcomes.

Teacher Recruitment Support

  • Providing supports for paraprofessionals to become certified teachers

  • Elevating the perception of the teaching profession through the expansion of high-quality Education and Training (E&T) courses at the high school level

  • Reducing/eliminating LEA teacher shortages by hiring, supporting and retaining highly-qualified teachers

  • Increasing long term student achievement by filling teacher vacancies and retaining HQ teachers

Teacher Residency Support

  • Support with paid teacher residencies and effective cooperating/mentor teachers

  • Addressing the diversity needs of the LEAs with solutions that mirror the student demographics

  • Increasing the access points to HQ teacher candidates through strong EPP partnerships

  • Reducing LEA hiring and onboarding costs using innovative reallocation/reinvestment strategies

  • Increasing long term student achievement by filling teacher vacancies and retaining HQ teachers

Other New Hires Support

  • Reducing/eliminating LEA teacher shortages by supporting and retaining highly-qualified teachers long term

  • Provide new hire/mentor teacher training & support

Region 10 District Partners

University Partners

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Dallas College - Richardson

Pathways Offered

  • Undergraduate: Yes

  • Alternative Cert: No

  • Graduate Level: No

Contact

  • Sara DeLano

Details

  • Year Began: 2022

  • Stipend: Yes

  • Tuition: $1,896/year (12 hours/term)

Partner LEAs

  • Richardson ISD, Uplift ISD

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East Texas A&M University

Pathways Offered

  • Undergraduate: Yes

  • Alternative Cert: Yes

  • Graduate Level: No

Contact

  • Kristan Pearce

Details

  • Year Began: 2015

  • Stipend: Varies by district

  • Tuition: Undergraduate $8,424/year (12 hours/term)

  • Alternative: $5,756/year

Partner LEAs

  • Mesquite ISD, Commerce ISD, Paris ISD, North Lamar ISD, Sulphur Springs ISD, Greenville ISD, Caddo Mills ISD, McKinney ISD, Prosper ISD, Allen ISD, Anna ISD, Lovejoy ISD, Dallas ISD, Richardson ISD, Rockwall ISD, Royse City ISD, Corsicana ISD, Waxahachie ISD, Ferris ISD, Ennis ISD, Wylie ISD

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Texas Tech University

Pathways Offered

  • Undergraduate: Yes

  • Alternative Cert: No

  • Graduate Level: No

Contact

  • Fernando Valle

Details

  • Year Began: 2012

  • Stipend: Yes

  • Tuition: $11,852/year (15 hours/term)

Partner LEAs

  • Amarillo ISD, Big Spring ISD, Brownfield ISD, Coahoma ISD, Crosbyton CISD, Fayetteville ISD, Floydada Collegiate ISD, Lamesa ISD, Muleshoe ISD, Petersburg ISD, Roosevelt ISD, Roscoe Collegiate ISD, Slaton ISD, Synder ISD, Springlake-Earth ISD, Stanton ISD

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University of Texas - Dallas

Pathways Offered

  • Undergraduate: Yes

  • Alternative Cert: No

  • Graduate Level: Yes

Contact

  • Barbara Ashmore

Details

  • Year Began: 2015

  • Stipend: Yes

  • Tuition: Undergraduate $14,564/year (15 hours/term)
    Graduate: $20,836/year (12 hours/term)

Partner LEAs

  • Forney ISD, Frisco ISD, Garland ISD, Lewisville ISD, Lovejoy ISD, McKinney ISD, Plano ISD, Richardson ISD, Rockwall ISD, Wylie ISD