Staffing, Financing, and Governing Professional Development Schools

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil D. Theobald
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Professional Development Schools ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Organizational Reform ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Simultaneous Reconstruction ◽  
School Concept ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University

The professional development school concept represents an attempt to reshape the relationship between public schools and colleges of education to provide for more effective preservice and inservice education, improved educational programs for K-12 students, and an expanded knowledge base for dealing with the instructional, curricular, and organizational reform agenda facing schools. The purpose of this paper is to (a) confront the financial and organizational problems that school and university personnel are likely to face in developing professional development schools and (b) identify structures and processes that will allow these schools to contribute to the simultaneous reconstruction of the public schools in which teachers work and the university programs in which they prepare.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Professional Development on Media and Intercultural Education. Results from some participatory research in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
Maria Ranieri ◽  
Andrea Nardi ◽  
Francesco Fabbro
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Intercultural Education ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
The Media ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

Abstract Media and intercultural education are being increasingly recognised as a fundamental competence for teachers of the 21st century. Digital literacy and civic competence are facing several new challenges in response to the intensification of migratory phenomena and the unprecedented spread of fake news, especially among adolescents at risk of social exclusion, but teachers’ professional development is still far from coping with this emerging need. Intercultural understanding and a critical use of media among adolescents have now become primary goals for the promotion of active citizenship. This article intends to provide some recommendations on how to support teachers’ professional development in the field of media and intercultural education. To this purpose, it presents and discusses the results of an action-research project aimed at teachers’ improvement of teaching skills about the media in multicultural public schools. The results are part of a larger European project “Media Education for Equity and Tolerance” (MEET) (Erasmus Plus, KA3), an initiative promoted in 2016–2018 by the University of Florence (Italy).

Community of Inquiry as Teacher Professional Development in China

2017 ◽  
pp. 100-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiller A. Spires ◽  
Shea N. Kerkhoff ◽  
Meixun Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
New Literacies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pedagogical Change ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
K 12

Over the past decades, improving teacher instructional quality has been a top priority in the Chinese government's K-12 educational reform agenda. Within this reform context, the purposes of this chapter are to share: (a) a community of inquiry model of professional development on new literacies that is being used with teachers in China; and (b) qualitative data from three teachers' perceptions of the professional development, their classroom practices, and challenges they are confronting as they implement changes in their educational system. Emerging themes indicated that teachers embraced pedagogical change along a continuum, from resistant to completely open, within the context of their school culture. Challenges to pedagogical change included teacher cultural identity and lack of time and commitment needed for implementation. Future research will include more in-depth analysis of the change process that Chinese teachers embrace as they conceptualize and apply new literacies and innovative pedagogies in their classrooms.

A New Understanding of our Confusion

2017 ◽  
pp. 582-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Seals ◽  
Akesha Horton ◽  
Inese Berzina-Pitcher ◽  
Punya Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Chicago Public Schools ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Stem Instruction ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses the philosophies and practices that drive the MSUrbanSTEM Leadership & Teaching Fellowship Program. This multi-year project offers a professional development program to a selected cohort of K-12 STEM educators from Chicago Public Schools, one of the largest urban districts in the U.S. This chapter provides a holistic view of the program, shares the fellow selection process, and focuses on the strategically developed curriculum and the theoretical bases for the chosen pedagogy. This allows the authors to explore the psychological and philosophical principles, based on the idea of accepting confusion, and embracing failure in beliefs about pedagogy and STEM instruction, which are used to expand the skills and abilities of these selected urban school teachers. Finally, we provide some initial findings about the teachers' growth and development both in their efficacy and leadership abilities.

Professional Development Schools: A Study of Change From the University Perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Rainer Dangel ◽  
Caitlin McMunn Dooley ◽  
Susan Lee Swars ◽  
Diane Truscott ◽  
Stephanie Z. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Development Schools ◽  
The University

Response to Section IV: What's Needed Now: Issues of Professional Development School Accountability and Sustainability in Today's Complex Educational Environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (14) ◽  
pp. 567-576
Author(s):  
Donna L. Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Development School ◽  
Professional Development Schools ◽  
School Accountability ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Holmes Group ◽  
The University ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

The concept of Professional Development Schools assumes that improving teaching ultimately depends on providing teachers with opportunities to contribute to the development of knowledge in their profession, to form collegial relationships beyond their immediate working environment, and to grow intellectually as they mature professionally. The idea of such collaborative sites also recognizes that the university-based research and instruction in education must have strong roots in the practice of teaching if they are to maintain their intellectual vitality and credibility with the profession. Professional Development Schools, then, would provide a structured partnership for developing the teaching profession and ultimately improving students’ learning. (Holmes Group, 1986)

Aiming for Understanding: Lessons Learned about Writing in Mathematics: Reflect and Discuss

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 192-199
Author(s):  
Susan R. O'Connell ◽  
Celia Beamon ◽  
Jennifer M. Beyea ◽  
Susan S. Denvir ◽  
Leila A. Dowdall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Professional Development Schools ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Writing In Mathematics ◽  
The University

Finding ways to help students effectively communicate their mathematical thinking is a challenge for teachers across the country. Through a Professional Development Schools (PDS) partnership between the University of Maryland and several elementary schools in a neighboring district, school and university partners worked together to explore, discuss, and reflect on the challenges of helping students write about mathematics. Along with gaining insights into effective instructional strategies, partners from both institutions gained a deeper appreciation for the benefits of school-university dialogue.

scholarly journals The Discourse of Partnership and the Reality of Reform: Interrogating the Recent Reform Agenda at Initial Teacher Education and Induction Levels in Ireland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Judith Harford ◽  
Teresa O'Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
School Based ◽  
The University

Over the last decade, teacher education in Ireland has experienced radical reconceptualization and restructuring at both initial teacher education [ITE] and induction levels, with reform of continuous professional development now in the planning phase. The establishment of the Teaching Council (2006) as a statutory, regulatory body, with a role in the review and accreditation of teacher education, increased the visibility of and policy focus on teacher education. Significant reform of initial teacher education was announced in 2011 that included both an extension of the duration of programmes and, most notably, the period the student teachers were to be engaged in school-based professional development. This increased period has been accompanied by a shift in the understanding of what is involved in practicum and implies a redefinition of the respective roles of the university and the school, and the development of a new form of partnership between both agencies. The period of induction and probation has also become an area of reform with an emphasis on school-based coaching and the evaluation of newly qualified teachers, which devolves decisions on teachers’ full recognition and membership of the profession, to principals and colleagues.This shift, which changes the established approach to induction for primary level teachers, has resulted in the withdrawal of cooperation with this policy by the main teacher union and to the implementation process being stymied. Both policy developments bring the concept of partnership within Irish education into sharp focus: a partnership between schools and universities in ITE, but also partnership in policy development and implementation in the case of induction.

scholarly journals Innovative Practices That Promote Teacher Leader Identity and Development of Teacher Leadership in Professional Development Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Louis L. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Professional Development Schools ◽  
Teacher Leader ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Leader Identity ◽  
Culture Of Inquiry ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Over Time

Professional development schools (PDS) are innovative institutions formed through partnerships between teacher education programs and K–12 schools. This partnership contains many innovative practices of how teachers develop leadership skills over time. Development by its very nature is a process of change that unfolds over time and driven by a culture of inquiry. This chapter will provide some insights of how PDS innovative practices help teachers to become leaders within the profession.

scholarly journals Evaluating Pedagogy and Practice of Universal Design for Learning in Public Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora Lee Smith Canter ◽  
Laura H King ◽  
Jennifer B. Williams ◽  
Debbie Metcalf ◽  
Katheryne Rhys Myrick Potts
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
K 12

How can education change to meet the demands of effectively educating an increasingly diverse student population with the skills, knowledge, and abilities they need to be productive and successful citizens in the 21st century? One possible solution is to create classrooms, teachers, and schools that embrace the progressive and inclusive practices espoused by Universal Design for Learning (UDL). In addition to being rooted in UDL pedagogy, classrooms designed to meet the challenge of 21st century education need to substantially integrate and utilize advances in technology. The vanguard of literature to date in UDL could be characterized as rhetorical advocacy. That is, UDL literature is in the early stages of introducing and promoting UDL pedagogy, but to date there is not a research base strong enough to establish UDL as a scientifically validated intervention (Edyburn, 2010). UDL might sound like a good idea, but until the research base turns the corner from advocating to assessing and measuring UDL outcomes, the promise of this approach will not be realized. This article describes a study exploring effects and outcomes of a professional development program on the perceptions and practice of UDL principles in K–12 public school inclusive classrooms, and could be one step toward bridging the gap from a good idea to a solidified best practice. Specifically, this study investigated a professional development program’s effect on teachers’ perceptions, conceptualizations, and implementation of UDL principles and practice in their classrooms.

scholarly journals The Impact of Action Research on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teaching Educators

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Guerra Sanchez ◽  
Zoraida Rodriquez Vasquez ◽  
Claudia Patricia Diaz Mosquera
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

<p>In this article we report the final results of a multiple case study that brought together the experiences and reflections of student teachers, cooperating teachers and advisors about action research and its effect on their professional development.  Through observations, interviews, focus groups, and research reports analyses, the researchers recognized the personal, professional, and political dimensions that guide participants’ teaching and research actions. Findings shed some light on issues such as collaboration and engagement to keep conversations that actually connect life in schools and life at the university, and to support continuous learning for teachers. The insights we gained evidenced that the teachers, students, and administrators in the teaching program and their colleagues in the public schools need to strengthen their links through proposals of experiential learning which promote joint efforts, symmetric relationships, and expertise co-construction; thus, enabling all participants to validate their process as individuals, as members of educational institutions, and as key actors in promoting and sustaining a better society.  </p>

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