An Urban Collaboration: Improving Student Learning through a Professional Development Network.

Lawrence, Alexandria T.; Dubetz, Nancy

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ERIC Number: EJ642115

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Publication Date: 2001

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An Urban Collaboration: Improving Student Learning through a Professional Development Network.

Lawrence, Alexandria T.; Dubetz, Nancy

Action in Teacher Education, v22 n4 p1-14 Win 2001

Three features of the College/School Professional Network, an urban public college's Professional Development School (PDS) initiative, are: the Network uses resource, partnership, and professional development sites; full-time college faculty workloads are reconfigured to incorporate PDS work as part of the faculty's official job description leading to tenure and promotion; and PDSs need not already be exemplary educational settings. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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