Staying the Course with Professional Development Schools

Contents: Lee Teitel: Foreword - James S. Cantor/Sue A. Schaar: Addressing an Emergency in Teacher Education: The Evolution of a Professional Development School for Emerging Professionals - Sally Yahnke/Gail Shroyer/Lisa Bietau/Melisa Hancock/Andrew Bennett: Collaborating to Renew and Reform K-16 Education - Jennifer E. Aldrich: PDS First Steps: Baby Steps and Giant Steps - Martha M. Bobley/Nancy Norris-Bauer: Cross-Currents of Change: PDS Maintenance - Clare Kruft: PDS Collaboration: Providing Opportunities for Systemic Change - Carol Frierson-Campbell: Sound Ways of Learning: Anchoring Music Education to the PDS P-16 Reform Movement - Teena R. Gorrow/John R. Bing: Using Literature Circles to Research Instructional Strategies - Frank Sweeney/Roberta Strosnider/Jo Ellen Smallwood: Empowering Interns as Partners in Mentoring - Marsha Levine/Roberta Trachtman: Co-Constructing an Accountability System for Professional Development Schools - Mary Gendernalik Cooper: Systematic Evaluation in PDS-Centered Educator Preparation: Turning State and National Accreditation Standards to Program Advantage - Dennis R. King/Cherie L. Roy: Teacher Candidates Document Professional Growth by Connecting Theory to Practice in a Rural Clinical Setting - Diane Davis/RaeAnn T. Wuestman/Betty Kansler/Linda Williams: Service Learning: Where the Action Is! - Marybeth P. Miller/Patricia Rawson/Carl Holmes: Measuring the perceived Competency of Physical Education Interns: A Two-Year Analysis of the Physical Education Professional Development School - Jane E. Neapolitan/Terry R. Berkeley: Inquiry in Professional Development Schools: The "Misunderstood" Component.

The Editors: Jane E. Neapolitan is Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Towson University, Maryland. She earned an Ed.D. in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Terry R. Berkeley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education at Towson University, Maryland.

"The future of public education rests on the shoulders of the massive new generation of teachers now entering the profession. The future of these teachers depends on the schools in which they learn their professional craft. More and more of these schools are now Professional Development Schools, which are no longer in their infancy but in the midst of adolescence - striving for a mature identity. This exceptional collection of essays brings together researchers, practitioners, and practitioner-researchers to set out inspiring visions, provide real examples, and document the honest struggles of education to help Professional Development Schools develop and make them the very best they can be - for education and educated alike. This is a vital addition to every teacher's and teacher educator's professional library." (Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education, Boston College)
"This second volume of Towson University's three-part series on professional development schools conceptualizes the growth of school and university partnerships across state and national levels. Staying the Course with Professional Development Schools illustrates the growth of the professional development school movement from each partnership addressing individual needs to providing information for partnerships across the country as the movement continues to grow and mature." (Sally Yahnke, Associate Professor, Secondary Education, Kansas State University)