Change Your Career. Change Your Life. Become a Teacher!

Today?s youth are tomorrow?s future business leaders of Denver. In order to get there, DPS students need teachers in the classroom who can effectively meet their academic needs and close the achievement gap. Not enough of our teachers reflect the students and families we serve, and it?s important that Denver?s youth see themselves in the adults they interact with. As a current business leader in Denver, make an important difference in our community by becoming teacher through the Denver Teacher Residency (DTR).

DTR trains people to become teachers in the following areas:
? K-5 General Education in English and/or Spanish
? K-5 Special Education in English and/or Spanish
? 6-12 Math

Program benefits and support include:
? Train for one year in a high-needs DPS classroom alongside a master teacher
? Earn $10,000 as a graduate student while training
? Earn a Master?s degree from the University of Denver while training as a Resident
? Receive full tuition reimbursement
? Become a DPS teacher following a successful year of residency

Learn more, hear from current Residents, and ask questions at our next Information Session: Thursday, January 6th, 2010 by visiting: http://www.denverteacherresidency.org/register

Application deadline is February 14th, 2011.

pply today by visiting: www.denverteacherresidency.org/lobby/create

Eligibility Requirements:
? Hold a Bachelors' degree by no later than June 2011
? Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
? Undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.75