This conceptual article advances understanding of teacher residency partnerships between educator preparation programs and local education agencies. Drawing on established educational partnership frameworks and emerging research on residency partnerships, we propose a structural–relational model highlighting purposeful planning, shared values and goals, leadership, trust, communication, and commitment. Using two residency partnerships as illustrative cases, we demonstrate how structures and relational dynamics interact over time, revealing tensions, adaptations, and conditions that may contribute to long-term sustainability.
Reagan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.