Cleveland Urban Teacher Residency (CUTR) Program

Cleveland Urban Teacher Residency Program with Breakthrough Schools
  • Passionate about urban education?
  • Looking to earn a Master's degree & teaching certification in just one year?
  • Want a full year of mentorship, working hands-on in the classroom?
  • Willing to change the world one student at a time?

The Cleveland Urban Teacher Residency program (CUTR) is looking to empower talented, mission-driven, motivated individuals with the:

Knowledge to enter any classroom

  • In one year, receive a Master's Degree in Education through Ursuline's Master Apprenticeship Program (MAP) and an Ohio teaching license.
  • All accepted resident candidates qualify for reduced tuition and Teach Grants.

Experience to impact urban education

  • Work hands-on in the classroom, four days a week for one full year of mentorship, at one of Breakthrough's highest performing public charter schools in Cleveland, alongside experienced effective teachers.

Opportunity to change the world

  • Breakthrough Schools will be hiring dozens of teachers starting in 2012, and successful graduates will be given priority consideration.
  • Be part of the founding faculty within this growing network of urban schools.
Cleveland Urban Teacher Residency Program

Visit our application page here on Ursuline's MAP website to learn more and apply.

Deadline to apply is April 1, 2013.

CUTR is a highly selective and competitive program, an innovative partnership between Breakthrough Schools, an Ohio-based network of high performing, urban, public charter schools, and Ursuline College, offering a holistic education that transforms students for service, leadership and professional excellence.


About Breakthrough

Breakthrough Schools is the highest-performing network of free, public charter schools in Cleveland, Ohio. Our mission is to provide free, sustainable, high-quality public schools in Cleveland's under-served neighborhoods, ensuring all students have access to a public, free, outstanding college preparatory education. Read More

Friends of Breakthrough

Friends of Breakthrough Schools is our non-profit development & advocacy organization. Friends of Breakthrough is responsible for closing the gap in public funding we need to overcome each year, as well as working with community, business, and political leaders to build city-wide support for high-quality public school options for all children in Cleveland. Read More