Strategic staffing partnership model funds resident stipends while meeting LEA paraeducator and substitute staffing needs¶

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Description¶

Starting in 2022–23, Claremont moved toward a strategic staffing partnership model that provided residents with high-quality mentors and LEA-funded stipends while offering partner LEAs solutions for immediate staffing needs related to paraeducators and substitute teachers. Models were tailored to each LEA, with residents apprenticing with mentor teachers half the time and working as paraeducators or substitutes the other half, while still spending 5 full days each week at their sites.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Partner LEA agreement to fund stipends and tailor resident schedules to staffing needs

Constraints¶

• How residents' time is allocated depends on the partner LEA; the model launched with 10 residents in 2023–24 after the loss of the original Alliance partnership

Target Learners¶

• teacher residency residents in LEA partnerships

Target Learning Goals¶

• full-year coteaching clinical experience while earning income

Related Strategies¶

• Fund residents with stipends and halve tuition to make a yearlong coteaching residency financially accessible

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Yun, C., & Fitz, J. (2025). Humanizing teacher preparation: Claremont Graduate University's teacher residency. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/338.812