A Historic Partnership: Hyde Partners with the NYU Steinhardt Teacher Residency Program

Hyde is proud to announce our new partnership with the NYU Steinhardt Teacher Residency Program, which allows NYU resident teachers to teach alongside Hyde mentor teachers while completing their degree in education. Hyde teachers also have the opportunity to mentor the NYU residents. In turn, NYU is offering Hyde professional development opportunities and cutting edge educational technology tools. “The partnership enforces this idea at Hyde that teaching requires learning,” said Sarah Schoonmaker, the NYU-Hyde cite coordinator for the high school and the Director of Teaching and Learning for the high school. “As educators, our professional development never stops. NYU is teaching us new things and our teachers are mentoring their fellows.” 

 

Hyde was selected by NYU for our intense on character education, our commitment to a strong character culture, and of course the rigor of our academics. NYU was also particularly impressed by our co-teaching model. Program coordinators from NYU were especially impressed by Hyde faculty’s ability to meet the needs of all our students and our core belief that every child has a unique potential. Indeed, it was these components that initially drew resident teacher Dr. Allan Powe to Hyde. He was especially drawn to Hyde because of our focus on character education, he said, “I believe that a focus on social-emotional learning can be transformational personally and academically and so does Hyde.”

 

The Hyde-NYU partnership is just another way that Hyde continues to maintain its promise of academic  excellence. This historic partnership continues to promise highly qualified and highly motivated instructors, who are open to learn and grow along with their students. The director of the high school Celia Sosa is very excited for the future. Speaking on the program she said: “Our partnership with NYU continues to create a pipeline of great teachers. The alignment between NYU’s philosophy of education and Hyde’s mission and vision is clear. The training residents receive in the program, coupled with an ability to learn about our students, approach, and curriculum, prepares them to be effective. The partnership also creates additional leadership opportunities for Hyde teachers, many of whom are eager and ready to take on the mentor role.”