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in a classroom with an experienced mentor teacher and, over the course of the year, is given increasing teaching responsibilities in that classroom.92 Working with the Southern Regional Education Board and the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Teacher Quality Initiative, both East Tennessee State University and Middle Tennessee State University are working to implement a residency model in the fourth year of their undergraduate programs.93 Although only in the pilot phases, the ETSU and MTSU models are very promising models if they can be effectively implemented. Teach for America Memphis City Schools and Metro Nashville Public Schools The New Teacher Project Memphis City Schools and Metro Nashville Public Schools The New Teachers Project (TNTP), a nationally renowned non- Courtesy of Chris Walker Teach for America (TFA) recruits some