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The Classroom Academy residency model places M.S.T. candidates, pursuing initial NYS certification, in a 2 year full-time, paid classroom placement with a matched expert teacher.
Some important facts about the Classroom Academy model:
  • it is a 2 year program;
  • it is for NYS initial certification for Master's level students;
  • currently partnering with SUNY Plattsburgh's M.S.T. program;
  • provides a $22,000 living stipend per year to the resident;
  • the NYS Board of Regents created a Residency Certificate specifically for Classroom Academy participants and upon completion of the program awards graduates 1 year of service credit toward the required 3 years needed to attain the NYS Professional Teaching Certificate;
  • the resident is immersed in a school placement with a carefully selected, and compensated, expert lead teacher to learn, practice, and develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of a classroom ready teacher for the 2 year placement (residents do spend 6 weeks midyear, second year in an alternative grade level and school community with another expert lead teacher involved in the program);
  • embeds the edTPA central focus, completed during Fall year 2, in the placement school curriculum;
  • embeds transparent learning and professional growth for the lead teachers through the National Board process;
  • utilizes research based best practices to create a culture of continuous learning through the monthly professional learning conversations with all participants;
  • produces a classroom ready novice, familiar with the community, the school personnel, norms and protocols within the school community, and any instructional priorities or curriculum resources used;
  • uses data to improve resident and lead teacher effectiveness and improve instructional practice; and
  • provides districts the opportunity for better hiring and retention decisions.

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Residents Kayleigh, Ryan, Stacia, Courtney, and Megan
The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES does not discriminate in its programs and activities, including employment and admission as applicable, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, economic status, marital status, veterans' status, political affiliation, domestic victim status, use of a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, disability, or other classifications protected under federal or state law, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The designated district compliance officers will coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, and the New York State Human Rights Law. The BOCES Compliance Officers are: Turina Parker and Ronald Black, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, 1153 Burgoyne Avenue, Suite 2, Fort Edward, NY 12828. phone: 518-746-3310, email: tuparker@wswheboces.org or rblack@wswheboces.org.  Complaints may also be filed with the Office for Civil Rights, New York Office, U.S. Department of Education, 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005- 2500, phone (646) 428-3800, fax (646) 428-3843, email:OCR.NewYork@ed.gov ​
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