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Somer Lewis; Jennifer Hatch Knight; Candace Thompson; Danielle Talbert; Christa Tompkins; Robert Smith; Denise Ousley-Exum; Courtney Townsend; Frances Carter – PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 2025
Purpose: This article highlights the recipient of the Exemplary PDS Award given by the National Association of School-University Partnerships. In 2024, the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Watson College of Education (WCE) PDS School-University Partnership with Isaac Bear Early College (IBEC) and Southeast Area Technical (SEA-Tech) High…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Professional Development Schools, High Schools
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Horner, Martinette; Jordan, Derrick D. – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2020
The extant literature highlights the impact principals have on daily operations, visioning, school climate, academic programming, instructional monitoring, and numerous other areas. The need for well-trained principals at the helm of schools, particularly those with large concentrations of at-risk students, has been identified as a critically…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities
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Roseboro, Donyell; Lewis, Somer; Buchanan, Lisa; Higgins, Heidi; Schlichting, Katie; Brinkley, Brian – School-University Partnerships, 2014
In 1989, the Watson College of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington started the Model Clinical Teaching Project and the Consortium for the Advancement of Public Education's School Reform Initiative (CAPE). Since that time, the partnership system has grown to include 146 schools across twelve traditional school districts and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Professional Development Schools, Communities of Practice, College School Cooperation
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Polly, Drew, Ed.; Heafner, Tina, Ed.; Chapman, Marvin, Ed.; Spooner, Melba, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
School-university partnerships have the potential to greatly benefit teaching and learning in PK-12 environments, as well as educator preparation programs. This collaboration is advantageous to teachers, counselors, and administrators. "Professional Development Schools and Transformative Partnerships" provides a comprehensive look at the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Polly, Drew; Frazier, Joyce; Hopper, Cindy; Chapman, Marvin; Wells, Richard – School-University Partnerships, 2012
This study examined the influence of a semester-long seminar on student teachers' perceptions of their preparedness for student teaching. Eighteen pre-service teachers in elementary (grades K-6) and middle grades (grades 6-8) participated in the seminar. Seventeen pre-service teachers from the same programs were used as a matched comparison group.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Seminars, Observation, Classroom Techniques
Horn, Suzanne E.; Wooten-Thornburg, Amy; Bonner, Paul; Boyd, Irma; Gerald, Jamie; Perkins, Shavonn; Mercer, Elizabeth; Hunter, Laura – School-University Partnerships, 2010
Great work can be accomplished with little budgets and big dreams and desires for increased student achievement. The focus of the Queens University of Charlotte and Myers Park Traditional School (MPTS) partnership was excellent teacher development that centered on learning as a community of teachers (both pre-service and in-service). What they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation
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Wong, Pia Lindquist; Glass, Ronald David – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2011
A central commitment for professional development schools (PDSs) is to link preservice teacher preparation and in-service teacher professional development with improved learning outcomes for pupils. PDSs are expected to improve student achievement in two primary ways: (1) by enriching and intensifying the learning environment through professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Academic Achievement
He, Ye; Rohr, Jean; Miller, Samuel D.; Levin, Barbara B.; Mercier, Susan – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop a model for evaluating a professional development school program to enact an evidence-based model for a continuous cycle of program improvement. Guided by the logic model for program evaluation, we developed three survey instruments based on the professional development school standards of the National…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Professional Development Schools, Models, Program Improvement
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Wait, Dan B.; Warren, Louis L. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2002
Multiyear study examines the teaching performance of teachers trained in the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Duplin County, North Carolina, professional development school (PDS) compared with teachers trained in a traditional teacher preparation program at the same university. Finds teachers trained in the PDS had higher overall…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Development Schools, Professional Education, Teacher Education
Academy for Educational Development, 2009
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) on October 23-24, 2008, to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program. These interviews, along with additional documentation provided by UNCG and identified by…
Descriptors: Credentials, Teacher Role, Teacher Educators, Inservice Teacher Education
Chant, Richard H.; Heafner, Tina L.; Bennett, Kristin R. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2004
Many educators have suggested that teachers hold the authority, and thus the responsibility, for initiating the curricular and instructional changes made within their own classrooms. One implication of this suggestion is that teachers be reflective about their practice. Yet, reflection is a difficult process that requires critical thought,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Antonek, Janis L.; Matthews, Catherine E.; Levin, Barbara B. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
One of the goals of Professional Development School (PDS) programs is to provide preservice teachers with opportunities for developing in-depth knowledge and experience as they learn to teach (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2001). A theme-based PDS adds value to the PDS program model because it allows faculty members to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators
Berry, Barnett; Buxton, J. B. – 2000
This publication focuses on the teaching quality goals and priorities of nine Southeastern U.S. states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), reviewing each state's Title II proposals. The report highlights seven priority areas of focus for regional alliances: constructing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Teacher Certification
Dobbins, Thomas R.; Camp, W. G. – 2000
A study was conducted to build a task list for the clinical experience program for agricultural teacher education programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. A modified Delphi technique was used to survey a panel of experts to identify the tasks that should be included in the early field experiences (EFEs) and student teaching…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers)