Nashville Teacher Residency

Name

Nashville Teacher Residency

Legal name

Nashville Teacher Residency

Website

https://nashvilleteacherresidency.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Preparation & Alternative Certification Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative Teacher Certification & Licensure Programs (EDAHAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Secondary & Subject-Area Teacher Preparation Programs (STEM, Humanities, etc.) (EDAHAFAH), Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs (EDAHAFAF), Curriculum & Instruction / Instructional Design Programs (EDAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Teacher residency programs
• Educator preparation
• Alternative certification
• Teacher licensure training
• Teacher recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition payments from graduates: Tuition is deferred during the residency year. NTR collects tuition payments after graduates become fully licensed teachers and are employed full-time. Payment begins approximately January after May graduation.
2. Grants and donations: NTR operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and receives funding through grants from foundations (Joe C. Davis Foundation, Scarlett Family Foundation, MacKenzie Scott) and individual donations. BEI received $40 million in philanthropic commitment for Phase 2.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Nashville Teacher Residency operates a one-year, paid Teacher Residency Program that recruits diverse teacher candidates and places them as full-time paid paraprofessionals in classrooms of highly-effective mentor teachers within partner schools across Middle Tennessee. Residents complete evening coursework in pedagogy, content, and community culture, then earn a state-approved Tennessee teaching license in grades 6-12 Math, Science, English Language Arts, or Special Education. The organization also offers a Job-Embedded Pathway for currently employed teachers seeking alternative licensure and participates in the national Black Educators Initiative (BEI).

Product overview

Nashville Teacher Residency operates as an independent, state-approved Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) offering a unified teacher preparation ecosystem. The core offering is the one-year Teacher Residency Program, which combines full-time classroom apprenticeships with evening coursework to prepare diverse candidates for Tennessee teaching licensure in grades 6-12 Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Special Education. Supporting modules include the Job-Embedded Pathway for working teachers, the Black Educators Initiative (BEI) for national educator diversity efforts, an Emergency Fund for resident financial support, the #CleartheList school supply initiative, and Graduate School Partnerships providing discounted pathways to Master's degrees. The organization partners with Metro Nashville Public Schools and over 20 charter and district schools across Middle Tennessee.

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Products and services

• Teacher Residency Program One-year, paid educator preparation program that recruits diverse teacher candidates and places them as full-time paid paraprofessionals in classrooms of highly-effective mentor teachers in partner schools across Middle Tennessee. Residents complete evening coursework in pedagogy, content, and community culture, and earn a state-approved Tennessee teaching license in grades 6-12 Math, Science, English Language Arts, or Special Education. Tuition is deferred until after graduation and full-time licensed employment.
• Job-Embedded Pathway Alternative licensure pathway for currently employed teachers to obtain Tennessee teaching licensure while remaining in their teaching role, with a specialization in Special Education in partnership with the Diverse Learners Cooperative.
• Black Educators Initiative (BEI) National initiative supporting recruitment, preparation, and retention of educators from underrepresented communities through a network of teacher residency programs. NTR hosts programming as part of BEI's national effort.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,300 teacher residents supported toward becoming educators through BEI
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019NCTR awarded NTR a $500,000 SEED grant in early years. NTR is a member of NCTR's national network of teacher residency programs. NTR participates in BEI (Black Educators Initiative) coordinated through NCTR.
• Metro Nashville Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Formal partnership began in 2019, broadening NTR's reach into traditional public schools. MNPS is a primary district partner for resident placements.
• Clarksville-Montgomery County School SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership began in 2018; later evolved into Clarksville Teaching Fellows, the nation's first federally registered teacher apprenticeship.
• Relay Graduate School of EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four graduate school partnerships providing discounted Master's degree pathways for NTR alumni. Residency coursework accepted for credit toward graduate programs.
• Lipscomb UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate school partnership offering discounted Master's degrees. NTR graduates can pursue ESL endorsement through Lipscomb at significant tuition discount.
• Austin Peay State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four graduate school partnerships providing discounted Master's degree pathways for NTR alumni.
• Carson-Newman UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four graduate school partnerships providing discounted Master's degree pathways for NTR alumni.
• Diverse Learners CooperativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Special Education licensure pathway, expanding NTR's program offerings to include job-embedded pathway in Special Education.
• Instruction PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJustin Testerman, Executive Director of Autonomous School Partnerships at Instruction Partners, serves on NTR's Board of Directors.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Relay Graduate School of Education: National alternative teacher certification and graduate degree provider. Relay is both an NTR graduate school partner and a competitor for alternative certification candidates — comparable as a scaled player in the same alternative certification space.
• TNTP (The New Teacher Project): National nonprofit running multiple teacher preparation and certification programs (including Chicago Teaching Fellows) plus district talent partnerships. Comparable as a scaled alternative-certification operator engaging the same districts and candidate pool NTR targets.
• National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR): National network of which NTR is a member site. NCTR coordinates the BEI initiative that NTR participates in, sets program quality standards, and convenes residency programs across the U.S. — directly comparable as the umbrella peer organization.
• Teach for America: National alternative pathway placing non-traditional candidates into high-need schools. Several NTR leaders (Matt Cheek, Hannah Feutz, Danielle Dorris) are TFA alumni, and TFA Nashville-Chattanooga is chaired by NTR's ED — closely comparable mission and candidate profile.

Direct peers

• Chicago Teaching Fellows (TNTP Chicago): Alternative certification program operated by TNTP that prepares career changers for urban district teaching roles. Closely comparable mission of recruiting diverse non-traditional candidates into high-need subject teaching in urban schools.
• Urban Teachers: Four-year teacher residency program affiliated with Johns Hopkins, focused on preparing career changers for urban schools. Directly comparable residency model and candidate demographic focus on diverse educators for high-need districts.
• Memphis Teacher Residency: Sister NCTR-affiliated teacher residency program in Tennessee, operating the same cohort-based, year-long paid residency model to prepare diverse candidates for licensure in high-need subjects — the most direct regional peer to NTR.
• Boston Teacher Residency: One of the original NCTR-affiliated urban teacher residencies, operating the same year-long paid apprenticeship model partnered with a large urban district (Boston Public Schools) — a directly comparable residency operator with deeper operating history.
• Match Teacher Residency (Match Education): Boston-based year-long teacher residency that couples apprenticeship with a Master's year — directly comparable residency model with a longer, more academically intensive structure than NTR.

Regional players

• Blueprint for Maryland's Future (teacher pipeline initiatives): Maryland's state-funded teacher residency and apprenticeship pipeline that has scaled alternative certification with state policy backing — relevant comparable showing how public funding can substitute for philanthropy in residency models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nashteacherres
• Facebookfacebook.com/nashvilleteacherresidency
• Instagraminstagram.com/nashteacherres
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nashville-teacher-residency

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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