The School of Education’s first cohort of teacher residents in the Teaching for Inclusivity and Equity Residency (TIER) Program graduated in Spring 2022.
Funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant, the TIER residency provides living wage stipends to residents who aspire to teach in special education and bilingual classrooms in local high-need schools.
Residents obtain their credential and master's degree through this SOE program and commit to teaching in a partner district. Program residents were trained in Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching to better address the strength and needs of K-12 emergent bilinguals and students with disabilities.
Eight of the 10 residents enrolled in the 2021-22 academic year also received their bilingual authorization to teach.
To highlight a few residents who have found local employment for the 2022- 23 school year: TIER resident Annabelle Cole will be teaching fourth grade at Grover Beach Elementary in Lucia Mar USD; TIER resident Oscar Velasco will teach social studies at Santa Maria High School in Santa Maria Joint USD; and TIER resident Nicole Barbosa was hired to teach special education at Arellanes Elementary in the Santa Maria-Bonita ESD.
Grant staff and SOE faculty are grateful for our partnerships with these districts for supporting our tier residents. You can read about the program: HERE
In the pictures above two TIER candidates, Leslie Garcia and Annabelle Cole, present at the 5th Annual Central Coast Social Justice Education Conference (2022).
