; (B) individuals to teach or lead in rural communities in school leader or teacher shortage areas, including mathematics, science, special education, and the instruction of students who are English learners; and (C) mid-career professionals from other occupations, former military personnel, and recent college graduates with a record of academic distinction. (6) Comprehensive literacy training Strengthening the literacy teaching skills of prospective and, as applicable, new elementary school and secondary school teachers to provide the elements of comprehensive literacy instruction. (e) Partnership grants for the establishment of teaching residency programs (1) In general An eligible partnership receiving a grant to carry out an effective teaching residency program shall carry out a program as follows: (A) The effective teaching residency program shall include all of the following activities: (i) Supporting a teaching residency program described in paragraph (2) for high-need subjects and areas, as determined by the needs of the high-need local educational agency in the partnership in which the teacher resident teaches alongside a highly skilled and effective teacher of record for at least 1 academic year while engaging in initial preparation coursework. (ii) Placing graduates of the teaching residency program in cohorts that facilitate professional collaboration, both among graduates of the teaching residency program and between such graduates and mentor teachers in the receiving school. (iii) Ensuring that teaching residents who participate in the teaching residency program receive— (I) effective preservice preparation as described in paragraph (2), with an emphasis on— (aa) developing instructional strategies in the teaching of the content area in which the teacher will become certified to teach; (bb) planning, curriculum development, and assessment; (cc) child and adolescent learning and development; (dd) creating an inclusive and supportive classroom environment; (ee) supports for language development