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Teacher residency is a unique training experience allowing Secondary Education students an opportunity to complete an immersive, school-based internship throughout the final year of the program. 

• Teacher residency is a unique training experience allowing Secondary Education students an opportunity to complete an immersive internship across the final year of the program. It begins on the first day of the school year and ends on the last day of the school year, allowing teacher residents the opportunity for training and competency development throughout the academic year. 
• Coursework is offered in flexible hybrid and/or online delivery modes tailored specifically to allow teacher residents the opportunity to maximize time at their school-based residency placements.
• Outcomes suggest that Teacher Residents are better prepared and report more satisfaction with their chosen profession upon completion of the residency experience. 
• Additional funding may be available to support teacher residency including tuition scholarships and/or monthly stipends paid by partner districts and/or grants. 

Additional information about Teacher Residency at Â鶹´«Ã½ can be found here.

Gulf Park transfer students from MGCCC and PRCC in select majors are eligible for the Coastal Pathways Scholarship providing significant tuition support.

Teacher Residency tuition support and stipends may also be available to support students during the full time residency completed in the final year of the program.

More than 70 foundation-based scholarships are available for School of Education students each year. 

The Secondary Education major at Â鶹´«Ã½ Gulf Park is designed as a two year, hybrid program. 

• Year 1 (Junior year) includes in-person and/or online/hybrid coursework which incorporates school-based experiential learning. 
  • Fall, Year 1: Requires approximately 15 hours of field placement 

  • Spring, Year 1: Requires approximately 30 hours of field placement

• Year 2 (Senior year) includes in-person and/or online/hybrid coursework and a full academic year, school-based teacher residency experience
  • Fall, Year 2: 3.5 days/ week at school-based placements
  • Spring, Year 2: 5 days/ week at school-based placements. 

Secondary Education majors select one of six subject areas as their focus for content area coursework. Secondary Education majors may pursue more than one subject area specialization under the direction of their advisor.

• Mathematics (grades 7-12; licensure code 154)
• English (grades 7-12; licensure code 119)
• Social Studies/ History (grades 7-12; licensure code 192)
• Biology Education (grades 7-12; licensure code 181)
• Chemistry (grades 7-12; licensure code 185)
• Physics (grades 7-12; licensure code 189)

MIssissippi undergraduate teacher education licensure requirements:

• A minimum ACT composite score of 21 (single test date) or equivalent SAT composite score (single test date)

OR

• Qualifying scores on the PRAXIS Core Academic Skills for Educators Test (CORE). Current CORE test codes and score requirements can be found at the ETS website (https://www.ets.org/),

OR

• Completion of a minimum of 60 hours of college credit with a minimum GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale