do NOT do this program. there are much better teaching programs out there. i had people in my cohort who passed both praxis exams, who were there early every single day, who turned in their lesson plans on time and were never late,who were always polite,professional, and dressed appropiately who were cut on the VERY LAST DAY. they were cut over people who are sitting in classrooms right now who haven't passed EITHER praxis exam, who were regularly late, who were unprofessional, some people taught lessons completely wrong, turned in lesson plans late, etc. and were kept as they were considered "favorites". the observations are completely subjective and your fate is left to whoever is observing you that day. the coaches are completely unprofessional: they would openly mock certain residents within earshot of other residents, they weren't prepared themselves, they didn't know how to answer questions, if residents asked questions they didn't like-the resident was berated for it in front of the entire cohort. i almost wish i hadn't passed because now i face down a year of random observations, three hour weekly seminars, and a huge tuition fee to a program i no longer believe in. they preach they have baltimore students in mind during every single step of the process but they do not. they would not have cut such creative, thoughtful, amazing people who were completely blindsided on the very last day and kept medicore people who they just favored. certain people who fell into the "passing with considerations" bucket were told repeatedly they had nothing to worry about from their coaches and then were cut. there is a major communication problem. this program sucks. do not move across the country for this program. do not waste your time. you could potentially be a model resident and be cut for no apparent reason (and given no real explanation as to why you were cut either)
