What is the background of AUSL Training Academy residents?
AUSL has graduated eight classes of residents since 2003, totaling 368. These teachers are diverse in many ways: Race/ethnicity: 54 percent of our residents are white, 31 percent are African-American, 9 percent Hispanic, 3 percent multi-racial and 3 percent Asian. Education: All of our residents have undergraduate degrees, but join the residency with a variety of backgrounds. In our current class, 47 percent have an education or teaching background; 27 percent have a business background; 16 percent come from the not-for-profit or government sector and 10 percent are recent college graduates with majors other than education. Age: 42 percent are younger than 25; 38 percent are 25 to 29; 11 percent are 30 to 39; and 9 percent nearly one in 10 are 40 and older. Gender: 73 percent are female, 27 percent are male.
