EXTRA-79131 - USA (Delaware) - Year Long Teacher Residency Service - Deadline December 4,2026

Vendor needs to provide year long teacher residency service to the government authority located in Delaware. – Teacher shortages continue to affect schools nationwide, particularly in high–need schools and subject areas. – A 2024 analysis estimated that approximately one in eight teaching positions was either vacant or filled by a teacher who was not fully certified for the assignment.– Research identifies well–designed teacher residencies as a strategy for strengthening educator preparation, improving preparedness and retention, and recruiting teachers into high–need schools and subject areas.– Year long teacher residency graduates also entered high–need schools and content areas at higher rates and demonstrated stronger in–state employment and retention across the cohorts studied.– Participants further reported that their year–long residency provided sustained opportunities to practice teaching, build relationships with students, and enter the profession feeling more prepared and confident.– Residency Hubs are formal agency partnerships that place year long teacher residency with highly qualified cooperating teachers and provide coordinated support from agency leaders. – They use strategic staffing and reinvestment of local resources to sustain resident stipends while addressing agency educator workforce needs.• Expand access to practice–based preparation through year–long residencies.• Recruit and prepare a diverse educator workforce that reflects Delaware's students.• Build a pipeline of well–prepared educators who teach and remain in Delaware public schools.• Sustain resident stipends through strategic staffing and the reinvestment of local resources.• Strengthen partnerships.