Abstract
Over a ten-year period, an informal middle school-university project has evolved to become a Professional Development School (PDS) partnership. The middle school now provides classroom space for undergraduate classes and cooperating teachers for practicum placements. Pre-service teachers provide hands-on help in the classroom, serve as mentors for middle school students, and gain new insights into adolescent development. University partners have an ongoing presence in the school and provide a lead facilitator who understands school policies and procedures, handles scheduling and logistics, and maintains positive working relationships with school administrators. Lessons learned include the importance of building and sustaining relationships, regular communication, shared decision making, and flexibility.
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McMurtrie, Deborah
(2019)
"Partners in the Middle: Building and Sustaining a PDS Partnership with a Middle School,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 12:
No.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol12/iss2/7