Jeremy Wang, Ph.D. candidate in the psychological foundations of education program in the Department of Educational Psychology, is teaching Child Development for Teaching and Learning to teacher candidates in the Minneapolis Residency Program.

The Minneapolis Residency Program is a collaboration between Minneapolis Public Schools, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Federation of Teachers. Its goal is to diversify the teaching workforce by providing a pathway for current Minneapolis Public School employees to gain elementary school teaching licensure. Teacher candidates participate in a year-long co-teaching residency in between summers of rigorous coursework.