The purpose of this New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Teacher Residency Program (TRP) Request for Applications (RFA) is to partially or fully fund master’s degrees for teacher residents who are enrolled in a residency program registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED). These residents must be graduate-level PK-12 teacher candidates who will complete a residency within a public New York State (NYS) school district or Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) program.

Note: Teacher residency programs do not include funding for master’s degrees for certified teachers who currently work in a public NYS school district or BOCES and hold an Initial, Professional, or Permanent certificate.

Funded programs would involve the State University of New York (SUNY), the City University of New York (CUNY), and/or NYS private colleges and universities, all with registered residency programs, partnering with public school districts/BOCES.

The residency must:

• Be at least one (1) Institution of Higher Education (IHE) academic year in length and include at least 1,000 hours of clinical experiences for candidates, enabling them to experience the full range of a teacher’s annual responsibilities, in alignment with the daily schedule and annual calendar of the educational setting. For the definition of clinical experiences, please see Section VII of the RFA;
• Be a structured, supervised learning experience that is designed and implemented through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or similar collaborative agreement between an IHE and an educational setting where the partners design the residency to provide candidates with instructional experiences connected to program learning goals and district priorities, and develop shared expectations for the candidate’s gradual assumption of responsibilities in their placement in the area of the certificate sought;
• Be designed to provide candidates with opportunities to practice teaching skills identified in the NYS Teaching Standards in an educational setting in the subject area and grade level of the certificate(s) sought, co-supervised by an IHE-based teacher educator and a district/BOCES-based teacher educator; and
• Include a certified district/BOCES-based teacher who has official responsibility for the class during the residency placement(s) for the certificate(s) sought and is certified in the subject area of the certificate sought.

Link to full solicitation: https://dol.ny.gov/funding-opportunities-0 .