They believe quality public education is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Their immersive theory + practice residency program is designed to make that a reality through their relationships with their K–12 school partners.
Alder graduates are effective educators and a force for positive social change.

WHAT THEY DO

• - Recruit from the local community to expand and diversify the teaching population.
• - Provide students with an immersive, year-long residency program under an expert mentor educator.
• - Integrate a rigorous curriculum of theory + research-based coursework.
• - Train educators at the school in which they will work.
• - Provide priority hiring.
• - Ensure a living stipend for residents.

WHY IT MATTERS

• - Boosts the overall population of teachers and creates teaching teams that reflect the demographics of their students.
• - Apprenticing with a expert educator is the first step to becoming one.
• - New teachers are prepared to be judicious consumers of educational trends as they change over time.
• - A year-long membership in a particular school environment transforms a new educator’s ability to shine from day one.
• - New educators get a job for which they are especially trained; schools get a year-long interview and a pipeline of teachers trained by their best.
• - This offsets tuition and expands the teaching pathway for people who may not have considered it before.