Denver Teacher Residency

Lift a city from inside the classroom. The Denver Teacher Residency offers teacher candidates an alternative route to a career in education, providing them the training and instruction necessary to help them become exceptional teachers. Through a strategic combination of clinical classroom experience in urban, high-needs DPS elementary schools, apprenticeships with skilled DPS Lead Teachers, and master's level coursework at the University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education, teacher candidates: * Make a difference in the lives of students attending Denver's highest-needs public schools * Obtain a teaching job within DPS, an urban school district committed to becoming one of the country's leaders in education excellence * Earn a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education * Receive a teaching license in elementary education and be prepared to earn an additional endorsement in Linguistically Diverse Education or Special Education.