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In this week's Tuesday News Brief: Learn more about 's new study, led by associate professor Margaret Sallee, which will investigate how federal legislation introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic affected the college experiences of low-income student-mothers.⬇️

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Associate Professor awarded Spencer Foundation grant Research to assess how pandemic stimulus funding, expanded Child Tax Credit and other aid shaped student-mothers' decisions and participation in higher education.

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Putting the old pieces together in a new way — Bobbie Fi*****io’s first teaching experience launched her career as an advocate for change and, three years ago, led to a job as one of the leaders of ’s three-year-old Teacher Residency Program: As she began to work as a teacher educator associate and help lead this new program in Buffalo Public Schools, she was motivated by her own experience as a new teacher at 21.

Her experience has helped her appreciate the residency’s changes and adaptations. “I’m witnessing an amazing collaboration between UB faculty, staff and Buffalo Public Schools that has evolved and gotten better,” said Fi*****io.

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http://ed.buffalo.edu/magazine/issues/fall-2021/evolution/finocchio.html

Putting the old pieces together in a new way Bobbie Fi*****io’s first teaching experience launched her career as an advocate for change and, three years ago, led to a job as one of the leaders of UB’s three-year-old Teacher Residency Program: As she began to work as a teacher educator associate and help lead this new program in Buf...

A historic community school turns around and embraces the residency approach As Tanika Shedrick, MA ’06 begins her fourth year as principal of BUILD Community School, the school’s partnership with GSE and its...

Being a teacher resident during the pandemic, with its upending shift from in a classroom to virtual lessons, fortified Tara Strade, BA ’19, MS ’20—as a graduate student and as a teacher in training. She had no choice but to find ways to balance her studies and lead second grade classes alongside her mentor teacher.

It was intense. The experience proved that she’d found her vocation. “There were times when I was stressed, but I just loved what I was doing so much,” said Strade. “It allows you to really play out and experience the struggles and frustrations of a teacher—without being totally crushed by it.”

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Intensity pays off: The residency year packs in experience and learning Being a teacher resident during the pandemic, with its upending shift from teaching in a classroom to virtual lessons, fortified Tara Strade, BA ‘19, MS ’20—as a graduate student and as a teacher in training. She had no choice but to find ways to balance her studies and lead second...

“Education is changing. As a result, so is the leadership required to make the change. That’s exactly what this program is about,” said BALA liaison Teresa Lawrence.

After its launch last year as a pilot project, the Buffalo Aspiring Leadership Academy, or BALA, continues this year with nine candidates working with principal-mentors in nine Buffalo Public Schools. Design elements are similar to the Teacher Residency Program: Members of this year’s class work in schools and do GSE coursework that completes the requirements of the New York State School Building Certificate, a qualification for any school position in the state.

Leadership pilot takes off After its launch last year as a GSE pilot project, the Buffalo Aspiring Leadership Academy, or BALA, continues this year with nine candidates working with principal-mentors in nine Buffalo Public Schools. Design elements are similar to the Teacher Residency Program: Members of this year’s clas...

“A Case for Change in Teacher Preparation,” a book with 10 chapters representing the work of 14 authors who have been part of the project leadership, makes the case for a new, residency-oriented approach to .

New GSE graduate Amanda Seccia, PhD ’21, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, said that one of the most exciting findings was how seamlessly teacher mentors and residents collaborated. “By the end of the year, it’s hard to even tell who the resident is and who the mentor teacher is because they work so well together.”

Sharing a new approach: A template for other institutions After two years of work in Buffalo Public Schools, the GSE Teacher Residency Program team of faculty, PhD students and educator collaborators developed a program template to share with other graduate schools.

TEACHER EDUCATION REINVENTED — Legal advocate and Marine find new careers in the classroom

Gary Crump listened, with deep discouragement, to a judge give a sentence that put three young Black and Hispanic men in prison for life for crimes that could have been prevented with education. In that moment, he decided his time would be better spent working with young men in a classroom than as a legal advocate. He remembers thinking, “There’s got to be a way I can have an impact on young men of color.”

Like Crump, fellow resident and Marine veteran Micah Harris, who co-taught social studies at Hutchinson Central Technical High School, was motivated to enroll in GSE's program because of what he observed as a substitute high school teacher.

Students need to see Black men as teachers, he said. He was grateful for the GSE teacher residency’s training, certification and the strategies he learned from his mentor teacher Alicia Proctor-Szilagyi. “It gave me a route,” he said.

Legal advocate and Marine find new careers in the classroom Gary Crump listened, with deep discouragement, to a judge give a sentence that put three young Black and Hispanic men in prison for life for crimes that could have been prevented with education. In that moment, he decided his time would be better spent working with young men in a classroom than as a...

Hutch Tech: A teaching incubator After two years of hosting GSE’s teacher residents, the leaders of Buffalo’s Hutchinson Central Technical High School began this year...