Texas Education Code - EDUC § 21.04422. Teacher Residency Preparation

(1) use research-based best practices for recruiting and admitting candidates into the program;

(2) integrate course work, classroom practice, formal observation, and feedback;

(3) require a candidate to receive preservice practice in a prekindergarten through grade 12 classroom for at least one full school year;

(4) use multiple assessments to measure a candidate's progress;  and

(5) provide training synchronously, unless the educator preparation program applies to and receives approval from the board for an exception allowing the program to provide training asynchronously.