As the school year approaches, residents are matched with an experienced teacher who specializes in mentoring residents based on their content area and grade level. Residents start the school year in the classroom with their mentoring teacher before students arrive, then co-teach four days per week throughout the year taking on increasing levels of responsibility. Performance-based assessments are conducted throughout the year, and residents receive formal and informal feedback from their mentor teachers, residency program staff, principals, and other support staff.

Residents continue to complete coursework and participate in seminar, typically one evening and one full day per week. In the spring, residents begin interviewing for full-time positions in a high-need school in the district. Residents graduate from the program after the end of the school year and go on to become the teacher of record at a hiring school. Throughout the first year of teaching, residents receive ongoing induction support from content and instructional coaches.