Admissions

Through the UTEP Induction Program we develop a reflective, critical, and supportive network of early career teachers, offering individualized coaching and utilize a cohort model for professional development and continued education.  Following the principles and model of the Urban Teacher Education Program, UTEP Induction Program teachers develop an instructional vision and set goals using the CPS framework for teaching.  Foundationally, the UTEP Induction Program is built on a framework of equity and justice centered learning.  We begin with the premise that place matters.  In order to be an effective urban educator, we will develop ways of seeing and learning with/from our school and neighborhood context.  Through the individual coaching sessions, cohort seminars, classroom experiences, and critical reflections, we develop the frames to understand the rich, complicated and multi-faceted intersections among schools, their local context, and our positionalities as educators. 

UTEP Induction Program teachers are challenged to reflect on the seminar content in relation to the physical and emotional navigation of their classrooms.  We reflect on our past and present experiences while challenging ourselves to be honest with who we are in our current state and who we’d like to become in our developing practice of being equity based, justice centered teachers.

Where to Begin

Anyone interested should contact Tinishia Legaux Washington, Director.  Candidates will be asked to fill out an application and upon acceptance will be asked to sign a commitment letter.