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Walmsley, Angela; Bufkin, Linda; Rule, Ann – School-University Partnerships, 2009
This article describes the evolving stages of the establishment and development of a professional development school partnership. Whereas many such articles center on outcomes only, this one describes the developmental stages necessary to support a strong professional development partnership that allows for distributed learning for all parties…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Sustainability, Organizational Development, Urban Schools
Beaty-O'Ferrall, Mary Ellen; Johnson, Francine W. – School-University Partnerships, 2010
In this article, we provide a description of a unique model of teaching and learning, developed at an urban professional development school. We focus on an intensive collaboration between members of a high school mathematics department and one university faculty member, who collaborated to raise student test scores and build solidarity as a team.…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Team Training, Urban Schools, Teamwork
Witsell, Kathleen; Keenan, Donna; Nelson, Fred; Daniel, Larry; Syverud, Susan; Hall, Katrina; O'Farrell, Cathy – School-University Partnerships, 2009
The 2009 Professional Development Schools National Conference recognized the North Florida Urban Professional Development School Partnership for its outstanding work in an urban education context and so named it one of the three recipients of the first-ever National Association for Professional Development Schools Award for Exemplary Professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Urban Education, Stakeholders, Awards
Gartland, Debi – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The 2010 Professional Development Schools National Conference recognized the professional development school relationship between Towson University with its dual certification major and the Howard County Public School System for its outstanding collaborative accomplishments, naming the Towson-Waterloo-Ilchester-Bellows Spring PDS as a recipient of…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Special Needs Students, Teacher Certification
Wood, Randy M. – School-University Partnerships, 2010
This article describes the significance of academic enrichment and English as a second language in a community-based professional development middle school. As an example of a university-school partnership that is responding to the needs of its students, parents, and community, the Baylor University School of Education has partnered with the Cesar…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Enrichment, College School Cooperation, English (Second Language)
Sargent, Amy; Gartland, Debi; Borinsky, Mark; Durkan, Kim – School-University Partnerships, 2009
In this article, we share how a professional development school (PDS) partnership between several elementary school sites within a district and an institution of higher education prepares special education teacher candidates. The following challenges are identified for PDS stakeholders: recruiting qualified special education mentor teachers,…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Field Experience Programs, Special Education Teachers
Eberly, Jody L.; Joshi, Arti; Galen, Harlene – School-University Partnerships, 2009
Periodic reexamination of existing professional development school forms is good practice to ascertain whether goals are being met. Such an assessment was sparked by a request from a superintendent in a 14-year-old professional development school structure at a public college in the Northeast. This assessment revealed that although the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Public Colleges, Supervisory Methods, Educational Principles
Kapustka, Katherine M.; Damore, Sharon J. – School-University Partnerships, 2009
This research focuses on change processes. It considers how components of a change framework--namely, the concerns-based adoption model--can be used as diagnostic evaluation tools to examine how participants' attitudes and levels of participation affect the implementation of the professional development school model. This article demonstrates how…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Urban Universities, Adoption (Ideas), Networks
Hoffman, Patricia; Dahlman, Anne; Zierdt, Ginger – School-University Partnerships, 2009
This article details a strategic planning model and concurrent 3-year research study focusing on the benefits of preK-16 professional development school learning communities for the participating preK-16 educational leaders in a midwestern school-university partnership network. Results of the study, along with the strategic plan's success at…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Professional Development Schools, School Readiness, Academic Achievement