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Young, Amy; Cavanagh, Michael; Moloney, Robyn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
This paper explores one implementation of an extended, structured, collaborative professional experience program. Its context is a new partnership between a university and a professional experience school. The program draws on elements of Instructional Rounds and Lesson Study, framed around a learning community model of professional experience for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Partnerships in Education, Professional Development Schools, Preservice Teacher Education
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Cuddapah, Jennifer L.; Masci, Frank J.; Smallwood, Jo Ellen; Holland, Jennifer – NASSP Bulletin, 2008
The development and implementation of a Professional Development School (PDS)--sponsored summer program for at-risk secondary students is described. Literature related to PDSs and summer programs is followed by a presentation of data findings and analysis. Attendance and grade point average data gathered on the 17 participating rising ninth…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Summer Programs, Grade Point Average, Grade 9
Duffy, Gerald G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Although professional development schools are vehicles for reform, getting them "online" can overshadow the spirit of collaborative egalitarianism essential for success. One solution is to involve teachers and professors in resolving an immediate professional problem associated with school improvement or teacher preparation. The decision…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Maryland State Department of Education, 2004
Central to reform efforts in Maryland's Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) since adoption of the 1995 Teacher Education Task Force Report has been development and maintenance of Professional Development Schools (PDS) for the training of teacher candidates and to provide continuing professional development for in-service teachers. This document…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Colleges, Professional Development, Professional Development Schools
Weisenbach, E. Lynne; Steffel, Nancy – 1995
This paper reviews ways in which the University of Indianapolis (Indiana) utilized its professional development school (PDS) program as a vehicle for promoting inclusion of democratic ideals in the teacher education program. Three issues related to implementation of the PDS partnership are discussed: balance and shift of roles, direction and pace…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Democratic Values, Educational Principles, Elementary Education
Hackmann, Donald G.; Schmitt, Donna M. – 1995
One method of training principals and teachers to lead substantive change initiatives lies in partnership activities between schools and the local university. The Collaborative School Improvement Program (C-SIP) is a successful school-university partnership that focuses upon collaborative relationships between Eastern Michigan University and area…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Neapolitan, Jane – Issues in Teacher Education, 2004
When the author was a little girl, her father told her the story of how he once saw the great Harry Houdini escape from a straight jacket. In the early 1900s, Houdini fascinated thousands of people by performing feats of life-threatening daring and agility. Houdini was a professional in the traditional sense: he acted alone, kept his trade secrets…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Field Tests, Teacher Educators, Inquiry
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes the implementation of a state-funded grant, the challenges that emerged, and the lessons learned. This yearlong grant, Technology[superscript 3], provided the resources for university faculty, teacher candidates, and cooperating teachers to integrate technology. Findings from the grant did not indicate significant changes in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Educational Technology