Toward a Common Understanding: Identifying the Essentials of a Professional Development School

• Published in: Childhood education Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 71 - 74
• Main Authors: Brindley, Roger, Lessen, Elliott, Field, Bruce E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Olney Taylor & Francis Group 22.12.2008; Association for Childhood Education International; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Beginning Teacher Induction; Beginning Teachers; Boards of directors; College School Cooperation; Colleges & universities; Company business management; Conferences; Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Information dissemination; Management; Mentors; Organizations (Groups); Partnerships in Education; Practice; Professional Development; Professional Development Schools; Schools; South Carolina; Student Teachers; Student teaching; Teachers; Training; South Carolina; United States

Within these last 20 years, professional development schools (PDSs) have emerged and become, for many, the sine qua non of teacher preparation and professional development. Over the past decade, as PDSs increasingly became a focus of reform efforts and a subject of conversation, regional PDS confere...