Southeast Missouri State University has collaborative partnerships with local school districts and Professional Development Schools. This article reviews the partnership processes and describes challenges experienced by both the university and the schools related to communication among partners, availability of physical space, university faculty…

Describes the development of a partnership between a diverse urban elementary school and a suburban college in Chicago. The program's goal was to help preservice teachers learn the realities of city teaching while maintaining idealism. Specific criteria and processes followed in establishing such a partnership are noted, and guidelines are…

Describes a professional development experience in which elementary teachers and college faculty participated in an Inquiry Seminar housed in the elementary school over 3 years. Teachers discussed classroom action research, and college faculty reflected on problems of practice in today's elementary classrooms. The boundary-crossing activities…

Describes the development of a successful Professional Development School (PDS) initiative involving Augusta State University and four very diverse county school districts, presenting information on the context and background of the PDS, principles guiding the PDS initiative, operative dimensions of the PDS initiative, program and performance…

Describes the National Education Association Teacher Education Initiative, a national collaborative of schools, professional teacher associations, and universities designed to accelerate the pace of change and renewal in teacher preparation and public education. The collaboration is organized around principles that apply to the continuum of…

Through a collaborative process, mentor teachers at one elementary Professional Development School developed a cohort model for supervision of preservice teachers. Teams of mentor teachers guide the planning of teaching and other experiences, provide formulative feedback, and guide self-reflection for preservice teachers. The university liaison…

Describes the Teacher Education Initiative (TEI) longitudinal study of seven restructuring partnerships, discussing three themes that emerged from the cross-site analysis: the TEI's nine principles are guiding the practices of the professional partnerships; restructuring has affected schools more significantly than universities; and professional…

George Mason University, Virginia, prepares teachers through a professional development school model, which empowers teachers to assume leadership roles as clinical faculty and site coordinators. Classroom teachers and the former Director of Teacher Education describe the effects of teachers' experiences as teacher educators on their roles within…

Examined the impact of rewards and reward structures for mentor teachers and university faculty engaged in preparing teachers and the ongoing professional development of veteran teachers within Professional Development Schools. School faculty cited extrinsic reward structures as inadequate, emphasizing their importance as incentives for…

Describes the first year of a Professional Development School initiative involving an urban university and local elementary school. The partnership began through the principal's efforts to provide professional development for her teachers and extra hands in the classroom. As interested people became involved, they conveyed the message of the power…

Addresses various Professional Development School (PDS) functions (teacher preparation, staff development, research, and student learning), describing the development of one urban PDS. Highlights issues raised by an exploratory study of a cohort of interns at the PDS and by a collaborative effort of the school and a field-based teacher-education…

Discusses the role of standards, assessment, and program evaluation in the University of Southern Maine's Professional Development School (PDS) model. University and PDS faculty support standards-based assessment that is integral to the one-year graduate teaching internship and preparation program. Evidence indicates that shared responsibility for…