AUSL 2009 residency graduation

Obtain your masters degree while obtaining the hands-on
skills and training necessary to be an effective teacher in urban school settings

The Academy for Urban School Leadership partners with nationally recognized universities to provide our residents with a Masters Degree and certification coursework. National-Louis University and the Erikson Institute have partnered with AUSL to enhance the success of our Urban Teacher Residency Program.

How are the Masters Degree Program and AUSL unique?

Our university partners developed a curriculum specifically tailored to AUSL’s UTR Program. Residents acquire year-long training on urban education issues, diversity, and behavior management strategies. AUSL staff, our mentor teachers, and the university professors provide residents with the pedagogy and real time classroom experiences in an actual Chicago Public school. Residents become engaged in an atmosphere of inquiry, self-improvement, self-reflection, and interactive assessment, which prepares them to become effective teachers in urban environments.

The year of residency begins each year in late June and graduation takes place in early June of the following year. Full-time coursework begins in the first summer and continues throughout the school year. Residents will be in school all day, Monday through Friday during the summer months. When school opens, residents will work in an AUSL Training Academy with their mentor teacher Monday through Thursday and then resume graduate course work all day on Fridays. Residents working with Erikson will also have evening courses throughout the school year.

University Overview

National-Louis University

(Partnered with AUSL in 2001)

• Candidates whom are not certified:
  
  
  
  • Residents earn a Master of Arts in Teaching; Elementary or Secondary Education
  
  
  • Residents complete the requirements for a Type 03 – Elementary (K-8) certification or a Type 09 (6-12) Secondary teaching certification for the State of Illinois

• Candidates with a degree in Education, and/or with a current teaching certification:
  
  
  
  • Residents earn a Master of Education in Urban Education

The Erikson Institute

(Partnered with AUSL in 2009)

• Erikson Institute works with residents who are enrolled in the Erikson Masters degree program in early childhood education.
  
  
  
  • Candidates complete the requirements for a Type 04, Early Childhood Education certification

Residents are responsible for the cost of tuition for his or her Master’s degree program. Loans and other financial aid are available. Most residents qualify for loans that can be forgiven through the post-graduate commitment to teach.

If you have more questions about the AUSL teacher training and residency program, please refer to our FAQ section of the website, attend an upcoming information session, or call us at (773) 534-0129.