The Teach Next Year (TNY) Teaching Residency Program prepares career changers, and recent graduates, to foster academic achievement and social-emotional development for students in the Boston Public Schools and other local and national urban school districts. Since 2000, TNY has prepared over 580 teachers, half of them STEM teachers, to teach in high-need schools. TNY has been supported with over 10 million dollars in grants from both local and federal sources to prepare highly qualified teachers for our nations urban school districts. Over 75% of TNY alumni are still working in urban schools as teachers, coaches, and principals. Participants who complete Teach Next Year and pass the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure will earn initial teacher certification, be eligible for inter-state reciprocity, and meet the requirements for a Master's degree in Education.<br><br>The TNY Elementary graduate teacher education program leading to initial licensure (Grades 1-6) is a year-long, teaching residency, 36 credit program that consists of 11 required courses and a 6-credit full-time, year-long teaching practicum. The program is designed to be completed in 12 months from June until June.