Professional development schools near universities and other teacher preparation institutions have long experienced mutually beneficial partnerships when college students gain experience in educational internships and student teaching experiences.
The participants in this qualitative research study were a 13 - year veteran social studies teacher and the student intern who worked with this teacher during a year - long
professional development school experience in a culturally and economically diverse middle grades school.
From the Illinois National Board Resource Center we include documents that help school leaders, teachers and others understand their roles, responsibilities, and commitments in creating National
Board Professional Development Schools.
The participants could be described as a convenience sample, as they were recruited because they were the only cooperating teacher and
professional development school intern who were teaching social studies at Watson Junior High.
Throughout the year -
long professional development school experience, Cheri was adept at using the available classroom technology to present content, and all of her observed lessons involved the use of the interactive whiteboard during at least some point in the lesson.
Previously Dr. Pumpian served as the Executive Director of the City Heights Educational Collaborative where he assumed superintendent - level responsibilities over the educational programs of these 5000 students, professional development for their 300 + teachers, and a
comprehensive professional development school that annually involved over 125,000 hours of SDSU faculty and student credential and advanced degree teaching, research, and practica activities.
The Partnership includes programs that focus on the recruitment of diverse groups (including educational assistants) into teacher education; mentoring pre-service teachers in a variety of programs
including Professional Development Schools; providing induction support to new teachers; and developing networks and support for advanced professional development.
Studies published by NCATE (Teitel 2004) and by the American Educational Research Association (Cochran - Smith and Zeichner 2005) indicate that structured student teaching and internships in
professional development schools increase the likelihood that novices remain in teaching, even in urban schools, and improve the performance of their students.
Although students have long been placed with
local professional development schools or with university clinical faculty members serving as cooperating teachers, connections using Web 2.0 collaborative tools can be beneficial to more remote schools.
The participants in this study were Mike, a 13 - year veteran social studies teacher and his 22 - year - old intern, Cheri, who was completing a
yearlong professional development school experience as part of her senior year in college.
As classroom teachers, they founded one of the nation's
first professional development schools to link colleges and public schools in partnerships for the preservice education of teachers as well as the ongoing professional development of veteran teachers.
Then in your final fourth year, you will immediately begin «living the life of a teacher» as you quickly become a vital member of the teaching staff at one of our metro area
urban professional development schools as a teacher candidate intern.
Under Donna's leadership, SMS garnered numerous awards and honors, including the Connecticut Association of Schools» Arthur Director Student Leadership Award, the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education's
Outstanding Professional Development School designation and the U.S. Department of Education's prestigious National Blue Ribbon School recognition.
Pumpian served as the executive director of the City Heights Educational Collaborative where he assumed superintendent - level responsibilities over the educational programs of 5,000 students, professional development for their 300 + teachers, and a
comprehensive professional development school that annually involved more than 125,000 hours of SDSU faculty and student credential and advanced degree teaching, research, and practical activities.
The strands advocate for: a) synthesizing our knowledge base and developing guidelines for a repertoire of supervision and mentoring practices; b) examining essential practitioner roles occurring in today's new partnerships and models; unpacking the teacher educator's boundary - spanning roles and practices; and teacher educators learning from others about current research and practices
in professional development schools.
They take an internship in their fifth year and work alongside senior teachers at
a professional development school.
The report, «Tomorrow's Schools: Principles for the Design of
Professional Development Schools,» outlines a comprehensive set of principles intended to guide the creation of such schools, in which prospective teachers can learn their craft, university faculty can conduct research, and practicing teachers and university instructors can collaborate in the development of strategies for teaching children from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Three hundred of NCATE's 650 accredited schools of education have a total of 750
professional development schools, each training 15 to 40 individuals each year.
In an ideal world, all new teachers would receive their capstone preparation and induction in
a professional development school or an urban residency program.
These programs are not yet brought to scale, with the exception of Maryland, which requires all of its candidates to be trained in
a professional development school.
For example, at Fresno State, we are augmenting the residency model by applying evidence - based practices from research on
the Professional Development School (PDS) model.
Additionally, building on
the professional development school model, SFTR places residents in a small number of «teaching academies.»
We have a number of
professional development schools and so we've always emphasized the clinical practice part and the partnerships with schools,» says Pat Clark, chairperson of the department of elementary education at Ball State.
Acting Dean David Cohen hired me the year that Judy Lanier was on leave to develop her ambitious plan for a statewide system of
Professional Development Schools in Michigan.