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Summary

The Professional Development School (PDS) movement has been a major vehicle for the simultaneous renewal of Pre-K-12 education and the teaching profession for nearly twenty years. This second volume in a series created by Towson University goes beyond «start up» stories and presents data-based discussions on a variety of topics about PDS implementation and assessment, including PDSs in specialty areas, such as music and physical education, mentoring, teacher development, standards, accountability, and sustainability. Chapters are written by researchers who presented their work at the Second National Professional Development School Conference sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education's Professional Development School Network, and who represent public and private colleges and universities and school districts in Maine, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Kansas, and Missouri, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Lee Teitel

PART ONE BUILDING AND NURTURING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL

1 Addressing an Emergency in Teacher Education: The Evolution of a Professional Development School for Emerging Professionals

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James S. Cantor & Sue A. Schaar

2 Collaborating to Renew and Reform K-i6 Education

(16)

Sally Yahnke, Gail Shroyer, Lisa Bietau, Melisa Hancock, & Andrew Bennett

3 PDS First Steps: Baby Steps and Giant Steps

(10)

Jennifer E. Aldrich

PART TWO MAINTAINING, SUSTAINING, AND SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL

4 Cross-Currents of Change: PDS Maintenance

(8)

Martha M. Mobley & Nancy Norris-Bauer

5 PDS Collaboration: Providing Opportunities for Systemic Change

(12)

Clare Kruft

6 Sound Ways of Learning: Anchoring Music Education to the PDS P-16 Reform Movement

(12)

Carol Frierson-Campbell

7 Using Literature Circles to Research Instructional Strategies

(4)

Teena R. Gorrow & John R. Bing

8 Empowering Interns as Partners in Mentoring

(14)

Frank Sweeney, Roberta Strosnider, & Jo Ellen Smallwood

PART THREE: SHAPING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL THROUGH STANDARDS

9 Co-Constructing an Accountability System for Professional Development Schools

(30)

Marsha Levine & Roberta Trachtman

10 Systematic Evaluation in PDS-Centered Educator Preparation: Turning State and National Accreditation Standards to Program Advantage

127

(16)

Mary Gendernalik Cooper

11 Teacher Candidates Document Professional Growth by Connecting Theory to Practice in a Rural Clinical Setting

143

(10)

Dennis R. King & Cherie L. Roy

PART FOUR: DETERMINING THE IMPACTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS THROUGH RESEARCH

12 Service Learning: Where the Action Is!

153

(12)

Diane Davis, RaeAnn T. Wuestman, Betty Kansler, & Linda Williams

13 Measuring the Perceived Competency of Physical Education Interns: A Two-Year Analysis of the Physical Education Professional Development School

165

(14)

Marybeth P. Miller, Patricia Rawson, & Carl Holmes

14 Inquiry in Professional Development Schools: The "Misunderstood" Component

179

(12)

Jane E. Neapolitan & Terry R. Berkeley

List of Contributors

191

(6)

Index

197

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