Avance Resident

The Avance Residency is a one-year robust teacher preparation program for candidates in the greater Los Angeles area. Avance disrupts systems of inequity in teacher preparation to collectively innovate transform and provide access and advancement for educators especially those from our historically marginalized communities. We invest in and develop them to thrive so that our students receive the highest quality education starting on day Avance teacher residents learn what to teach how to teach it and build strong networks of support through cohort learning mentorship and university programs.

The Opportunity

An Avance Resident Teacher is a nonexempt classified staff member. Residents are a critical part of school communities within the Avance consortium*. Avance residents work under the supervision of a mentor teacher and support them in implementing all instructional components. While planning and implementing instructional content residents receive coaching and mentoring from their Avance mentor teacher.

Essential Functions

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of dues does not exclude the duties from the position if the work is similar related or logical assignments to a resident.

• Intentionally observe mentor teacher planning and implementing teaching and instructional strategies rooted in grade level expectations and standards
• Set a positive culturally responsive classroom culture that supports all students
• Collaborate with mentor teacher to plan and implement instructional practices
• Plan and lead all aspects of instruction and teaching during Take Over for Fieldwork experience using grade level standards and classroom curriculum
• Regularly assess students and provide differentiated instruction when needed
• Substitute teach within the school 1x a week in Quarter 2-3
• Attend all school site professional development and Avance Residency Seminar

What you will receive- include hourly rate weekly hrs year/months of employment

• $48200 Financial Package (includes hourly rate sub pay retirement benefits and tuition contribution)
• Hourly rate of $23.50
• $8000 - $10000 tuition contribution
• High quality rigorous teacher preparation program
• Support system: mentor teacher school site leader university advisor fieldwork supervisor Residency Coach and cohort

Recruitment Process

• October 1 2025
  • Applications Open
• December 1 2025
  • Applications Close
• December 15-16 2025
  • Interview Process
• January 2026
  • Acceptance Notifications

Have questions email Briana Murray Residency Learning & Talent Coordinator at

*Charter Networks within Avance Residency: Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Para Los Niños Equitas Academy New LA CLIC STEM Preparatory Schools Watts Learning Center

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (CNCA) prohibits discrimination harassment intimidation and bullying in educational programs activities or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry age color disability gender gender identity gender expression nationality race or ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation parental pregnancy family or marital status military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Camino Nuevo Charter Academy requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination harassment intimidation or bullying.

Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination harassment intimidation and bullying equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to Margarita Domingo Vice President of Human Resources. She can be reached at or by mail at 3435 W Temple St. Los Angeles CA 90026.

• Bachelors degree from accredited institution conferred by June 2026(Required)
• Committed to teaching within Central and South Los Angeles (Required)
• Demonstrates a passion and commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
• Demonstrates successful experience working with TK-12 students (Preferred)
• Bilingual (oral and written) English and Spanish (Desired)