The Residency Lab
Power Up - PUC Schools - Centering Resident Experiences - February 12, 2024
This video of the Power Up 2 session on February 12, 2024 features Jenna Kamp discussing her work leading the Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools) Teacher Residency Program and her focus on supporting and retaining teachers of color beyond the residency year. She explains how feedback from residents and program graduates surfaced persistent challenges related to testing, financial pressures, mental health, and the transition into the first year as a teacher of record. In response, the program expanded post-residency supports, including credentialing assistance, induction redesign, and more intentional connection points. The presentation emphasizes the importance of centering graduate voices, maintaining cohort-based community, and providing flexible, human-centered systems of support to strengthen retention and belonging in the teaching profession.