This paper describes the ongoing process of a partnership project between the staff of an elementary school and senior education students enrolled in a language arts minor. The project detailed in the paper is measuring the effectiveness of a school-based language program and examining the impact of the program on the staff of the school in terms of feasibility and professional growth. The paper explains that the project involves the teaching of a 9-credit curriculum and instruction course in an elementary school by a team of three instructors (two from the university and the school administrator) in partnership with the school staff of 22 teachers and 25 university students. Following an introduction which outlines the project, the paper's four sections discuss: (1) Relationship to Existing Research and Literature; (2) Research Plan and Methods; (3) Research Procedures and Schedule; and (4) Preliminary Observations. (SR)