ENMU Approved Teacher Residency Candidates Only. 

Portales Municipal Schools in cooperation with Eastern New Mexico University participates in the Teacher Residency Program. In order to apply for a Teacher Residency, a student teacher must first be accepted by Eastern New Mexico University School of Education.

The Teacher Residency is a one-year student teaching experience and participants are paid a salary by Eastern New Mexico University. This is a co-teaching model and resident teachers are paired with an experienced teacher within the District to provide guidance and experience to mentor the resident teacher. Although teacher residents are under the daily supervision of Portales Municipal Schools, the building administrator, and cooperating teacher, residents are not employees of Portales Municipal Schools. 

Resident Teacher candidates who have been approved by ENMU must be accepted by Portales Municipal Schools prior to begin the residency. Thus, residents must complete the application and go through a formal interview process for acceptance.

This application is only for Teacher Residency Candidates who have been refered to Portales Municipal Schools through ENMU.