Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR) recruits, trains, and supports effective teachers in a Christian context. Residents are college graduates invited to train with a mentor, receive coaching, and participate in

Master of Urban Education coursework through Union University. In addition, residents receive housing and a living stipend. During the residency year, participants earn their master’s degree and teach for a full academic year in a mentor’s classroom. While some residents do have undergraduate teacher training prior to the residency, others do not and become a certified teacher at the end of the residency year.

Graduating the program, residents agree to teach in Memphis high needs schools for three additional years. MTR has a mission to provide students in partner neighborhoods with the same, or better, quality of education as is available to any student in Memphis by recruiting, training and supporting highly effective teachers within a Christian context.