Arizona Teacher Residency

10/01/2026

Smaller groups. Bigger impact. 👥👥

In AZTR, you'll learn alongside incredible supervising teachers like Mrs. Callisen from day one. 🙌

One resident favorite? Parallel Teaching — the class splits into two groups, and you and your supervising teacher each lead the same lesson, side by side.

Hear it straight from Mrs. Callisen. Real instruction. Real feedback. A mentor right there with you every step of the way. 📝👇

It's one of 6 co-teaching models that prepare you to walk into any classroom ready and confident. 💪

📢 Applications are open now!
🔗 Apply today. Link in bio!

09/28/2026

Two teachers. One classroom. Zero guessing. 🍎✨

In the first year of your master's degree teacher preparation program with AZTR, you won't be thrown into the deep end. You'll be paired with a supervising teacher, like Ms. Lyons, and learn by working side by side with her from day one.

One of the co-teaching models we use to get you ready is the "One Teach, One Assist".

It works because when a tough concept lands, someone is right there to catch the confused look before it turns into a lost student. As a teacher resident, you'll see how an experienced teacher runs a lesson while you support students in real time. Then you'll switch roles and take the lead yourself.

It's just one of 6 co-teaching models we use to build confident, classroom-ready teachers. 💪

Ready to learn from the best while making a difference?

📢 Applications are now open!
🔗 Apply today at aztr.org

09/24/2026

Our first joint Supervising Teacher and AZTR Resident Forum of the year is in the books! 🙌 They came together to dig into communication styles, shared goals, co-teaching models, and more. This focused time together helps build the kind of partnership that makes the apprenticeship year work.

This is what teacher prep should look like: real mentorship, real classroom experience, every step of the way.

In your first year as a teacher resident, you'll spend a full year side-by-side with an experienced supervising mentor teacher — learning and getting paid on the job while earning your master's degree, covered by ATA. No massive student debt. No sink-or-swim first year.

📋 Applications are open now. Link in bio to apply, or visit aztr.org.

Pictured: Supervising Teachers and Residents, AZTR Cohort 5

09/22/2026

🎥 Lights, camera, and DOK! 🎬

Our teacher residents are bringing serious game tape energy to the classroom. During read alouds, residents practice creating better questions using Depth of Knowledge— while a classmate films the whole thing.

Why? Because just like athletes reviewing game footage, our future teachers go back, watch the replay, and break down their own moves: Did that question spark deep thinking? Could it go higher up Bloom's? How did I engage students?

Thinking about becoming a teacher and wanting your master's degree tuition covered by ATA? 💸

🍎 Visit aztr.org. Now accepting applications for Cohort 6!

09/05/2026

🧐 AZTR Residents flexed their engineering minds in class this Friday, tackling a hands-on Design Challenge that pushed them to think, build, and problem-solve like real engineers.

👀 Curious what this looks like in action? Come see it for yourself! We invite prospective Teacher Residents to visit a live classroom and experience the energy, creativity, and hands-on learning that defines our program.

Reach out to us to schedule your visit today [email protected]!

08/25/2026

🙌 Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Meet this year's winners of the AZTR Annual Marshmallow Challenge!

There's a reason that saying sticks around. Teaching looks like a one-person job from the outside. It's not. That's why it's so important to have a community around you while you are learning how to become one.

Interested in getting your master's with a paid teaching apprentice? Visit aztr.org

08/20/2026

This is what "giving back" looks like. 🍎

Nikki started as an AZTR Resident, learning the ropes with a mentor teacher by her side. Now she is THAT mentor! She is guiding a new resident through her first apprenticeship year, the same way someone once helped her grow as a teacher.

That's what makes our program different: residents get real classroom support from day one, and many come back to pay it forward once they've found their footing. It's not just a program, it's a community that keeps investing in itself.

Want a mentor in your corner from day one in your own master's degree and journey? Link in bio. 🔗

08/17/2026

Welcome Fall Semester! 🍎📚

This year will go by fast, don't blink! This semester, each teacher resident steps into a paid apprenticeship, guided by a Supervising Mentor Teacher, all while earning their master's degree, classroom by day, coursework by night.

Plus, they won't be doing it alone. A full cohort of classmates will be right there with them from day one to diploma.

You got this, Cohort 5!

Ready to earn while you learn? Join the next cohort of AZTR residents. Apply @ aztr.org🎓✨

08/13/2026

AZTR is in the news — strengthening teachers from entry to career! 👀

Center for Service & Volunteerism at NAU

FLAGSTAFF — When it became clear last spring Ruben Rosthenhausler would lose his job as manager of the Berger Performing Arts Center, he told himself to remain open to all possibilities. There was lots to be grateful for even after he learned the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind wo...