Schools that share
the mission and goals of professional development schools (PDSs) are known by various
names, including:
- Professional
Development Schools (Holmes Group)
- Professional
Practice Schools (American Federation of Teachers)
- Clinical Schools
(Carnegie Report)
- Partner Schools
(National Network for Educational Renewal)
Common Goals of
Model Programs
- Maximizing
student performance and achievement
- Preparation of
new teachers and other school-based educators
- Professional
development of beginning and experienced teachers and other school-based educators
- Applied inquiry
designed to improve practice
Common Commitments
& Characteristics
- Equity in policy
and practice
- Parity among
collaborating partners, which may include one or more schools and school districts,
one or more colleges or universities, and one or more teachers unions
- Simultaneous
renewal of schools and teacher education
- Incorporation of
the best available knowledge into programs and practices
Number of Programs
in the U.S. (information based on survey data collected by the Clinical Schools
Clearinghouse, 1994-1996)
- 344 individual
preK-12 schools
- 84 partnerships,
which include 96 colleges and universities
- Approximately 75%
of PDSs are elementary schools
- Approximately 71%
of PDSs started between 1991 and 1996
- Individual
partnerships manage 1 to 37 PDS sites
- Documented PDS
partnerships in 38 states
- Estimated total
number of PDSs = 637 - 650 (based on survey and informal data)
- Comparable
institutions either established or planned in the following foreign countries:
Canada, Greece, Israel, Japan, United Arab Emirates
Suggested
Resources
- Creating
Professional Development School Partnerships. A Resource Guide (1995). Lee Teitel & Tom DelPrete. $10. Available from
Massachusetts Field Center for Teaching and Learning, UMASS-Boston, 100 Morrissey
Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, (617) 287-7660.
- Locating
Resources on Professional Development Schools. ERIC Digest 95-6. (1996). Ismat Abdal-Haqq.
- Making
Professional Development Schools Work: Politics, Practices, and Policy. (1997). Marsha Levine & Roberta Trachtman, Editors.
Available from Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
- Professional
Development Schools: Policy and Financing. A Guide for Policymakers. (1997). Richard W. Clark.
- Professional
Development Schools: Schools for Developing a Profession. (1994). Linda Darling-Hammond, Editor. Available from:
Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
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