PDS PERSPECTIVES

LEARNING FROM ALLPARTNERS

IN THE BUFFALO STATE COLLEGEPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SCHOOL CONSORTIUM

OUR PDS PARTNERS

The P-6 student The Teacher Candidate The Cooperating Teacher Other members of the elementary school The Elementary School Principal The Buffalo State Elementary Education and

Reading Faculty

Principals, Cooperating Teachers, and Buffalo State College Faculty working

together!

To Benefit Pre-K – 16 Learners!

Elementary School StudentPerspectives

“Thank you for coming into our class to teach us. I liked the games we played the best.”

Love, Kelly

“Thank you for coming in and teaching us about Hanukkah. It was very, very, very, fun. The thing I liked the best was the songs, candy and dreidel. You are very, very, very, very, nice and I learned a lot.”

Love, Jennifer

Teacher CandidatePerspectives

“The best part of a PDS is the experience of developing and teaching a lesson plan for real students and receiving constructive criticism from consummate educational professionals.”

Pam Shannon

“Being a JP in a PDS confirms your innermost dreams that teaching is right for me!”

EDU 311 student

“The major advantage of a PDS site is having an environment that gives me experience in teaching and having my instructor and classmates there for support and to help me when I need it.”

Rachel Wolgast

Cooperating TeacherPerspectives

“Networking with all of the professionals working with pre-service teachers is critical to preparing them for success in the classroom, especially in urban classrooms.”

Judith Fallowski “The BSC Faculty member gets a sense of the needs

of the children in the school community and they benefit from another caring adult with is there taking an interest in their well-being.”

Susan Kersten “JPs are able to practice in a mentored setting. I

like to assist in the development of future teachers.”

Kathleen Egri

PrincipalPerspectives

“We chose to be part of the BSC PDS because we believe the Consortium works together to better prepare the JPs to work in our schools and classrooms. Also, any opportunity to meet with other schools and districts to hear differing viewpoints and practices is greatly appreciated.”

Kim Mueller, Principal Hillview Elem.

“I like productive adults in the school. JP’s and Student Teachers make the school breathe a new breath each semester. Having these students in our classrooms makes us think and talk about what we do.”

Karen MacGamwell, Principal William St.

Buffalo State FacultyPerspectives

“The major advantage of the BSC PDS is the breadth of experiences the Junior Participants have. The JPs are in a wide variety of school settings and grade levels. They are in the classrooms with both teacher and university instructors as guides to best practice, with time for reflection and feedback on their teaching.”

Kathleen Falconer, EDU 312 Instructor “Having taught in both PDS and non-PDS

environments, I find that both my students and I are more productive in PDS schools. Given a choice, I would choose PDS every time.”

Carol Stevens, EDU 312 Professor

BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE AND…

OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS

WORKING AS PARTNERSTO ACHIEVE OUR….

BSC/PDS MISSION

The Professional Development School Partnership between the Department of Elementary Education and Reading at Buffalo State College and participating schools is a collaborative effort. The partnership is dedicated to college faculty, school administrators, and practicing teachers exploring effective practices to….

Cooperatively supervise teacher candidates and provide closer connections to classroom practice

Promote professional development for in-service teachers

Improve P-6 student learning Research issues of educational practice

ORGANIZING OUR 45-50 PDS SCHOOLS

ADDITIONAL PDS AFFILIATIONS

The Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education (CEURE)

All Departments and Administrative Levels at Buffalo State College

Project Flight/Books for Kids Taskstream (electronic portfolios & assessment

procedures) Western New York Task Force for Quality Inclusive

Education

USING NCATE PDS STANDARDS

BEGINNING STAGE

DEVELOPING STAGE

AT STANDARD

LEADING

BSC/PDSORGANIZATIONAL PLAN

BSCFaculty

ElementarySchools

TeacherCandidates

PDS CONSORTIUM

THE PDS CONSORTIUM

Consists of 45-50 participating partnership schools who work with our 300 and 400 level students

(200 level and MIITC students are in the process of being included as well)

Over 800 teacher candidates participate in PDS each semester

Collaboratively teaches our Teacher Candidates in all of our Junior Participant methods courses and Student Teacher Cohorts

IN ADDITION…. THE PDS CONSORTIUM

Holds 4 annual meetings/professional development sessions throughout the school year

Plans and participates in 1 annual all day retreat for professional development and presentation of action research

Has signed agreements between schools and the college indicating stage of commitment

Has written by-laws Strives for an equal partnership among all members

PDS CONSORTIUM MEETING

Teacher candidates, principals, cooperating teachers, and BSC faculty participate in shared-decision making

Teacher CandidatesStudent Chapter of ACEI

Nancy

Wilcox

Student

Rep.

To

Advisory

Council

PDS CONSORTIUM LENDING LIBRARY

4 PDS

MEETINGS

EACH YEAR

HOSTED BY OUR

PDS SCHOOLS

SHARING RESOURCES AMONG ALL PARTNERS

FULL PARTICIPATION BY OUR CHAIR & ALL DEPT. MEMBERS

PERSPECTIVES FROM THECHAIR OF EER AT BSC

“PDS provides a true partnership between our programs and “real life” schools. Our school partners help us keep our programs relevant, up-to-date, and our graduates employable. We serve the real time needs of our community schools. We actually have direct impact on the quality of the educational experiences of our children Pre-K-6.”

Dr. Wendy PatersonChair of Elementary Education

and Reading, BSC

SHARING CURRENT RESEARCH

CONTINUING PERSPECTIVES…

“PDS is a great opportunity for Staff Development. The staff development is two-fold---first, by attending PDS meetings, the information shared at the meetings is presented to our staff. Second, the resources available to our school from the staff at Buffalo State enhance our staff development.”

Jim Mule, St. Amelia’s “I feel the PDS is an incredible opportunity for our school

to be at the cutting edge of pedagogy and I feel it is a professional responsibility for our school staff to be a part of PDS…we owe it to future teachers…and it enables our teachers to showcase their professional excellence.”

Fran Paskowitz, Hoover Elementary

RAFFLE PRIZES AND BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS

PROJECT FLIGHT & CEURE HELP SUPPORT BOOKS FOR KIDS AND RAFFLE PRIZES

AN AIR OF CELEBRATION AND FUN AT OUR LUAU THEMED PDS MEETING

PDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MEETING NYS STANDARDSCollaborating on finding root cause

PDS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Guides the PDS Consortium Made up of:

– 8 members from our PDS Schools (cooperating teachers & principals)

– 8 faculty members from elementary education and reading

– 1 current BSC student/teacher candidate– 1 faculty member from our 2 year institutions

2002-2003 PDS Advisory Council

PDS Co-Directors

Leslie Day andKathy Wood

OUR PDS PARTNERSSIGN A FORMAL AGREEMENT

ALL BSC TEACHER CANDIDATESTEACH IN AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENTPDS SCHOOLS

UrbanSuburban

RuralParochialCharter

JUNIOR PARTICIPANTS WORK IN COHORTS OF 16-20 TEACHER CANDIDATES PER SCHOOL

TEACHER CANDIDATESWORK WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS

TEACHER CANDIDATESWORKING IN THEIR PDS CLASSROOMS

JPs work with:

•Individuals

•Small groups

•Whole class

Methods

Courses:

EDU 311

EDU 312

EDU 329

EDU 511

EDU 689

CONSTRUCTIVIST STRATEGIES

More from our youngest PDS Partners…

“I like our JP’s because they come up with good books to read; they are good teachers and they have good activities.”

“Our JPs always do fun activities with us; they never make any of the subjects boring. If my teacher is busy, they are always there to help.”

MORE THOUGHTS FROM OUR TEACHER CANDIDATES….

“A major advantage of being in a PDS is that the professor is there everyday. She is able to answer any questions that I have and help me with problems that may arise. I also like that my whole class is in the same school, and that I have a partner in my room to work with me.”

Rachel Burgio “ Working in a PDS works well because we are able to

interact with our fellow classmates and constantly receive feedback and ideas from other teacher candidates as well as our cooperating teacher and BSC instructor.”

Jessi Doktor

MORE FEEDBACK FROM PDS SCHOOL PERSONNEL…

“I believe participation is beneficial to both preservice teachers and our teachers.”

Paula Adams, Reading Specialist “Having BSC faculty and students interacting with

our school faculty and students provides a true, practical evaluation tool for academics, policies, and practices.”

Jack Kingston, Principal “It gives my students the opportunity to work with

enthusiastic future teachers who bring creative ideas and different learning experiences to the classroom.”

Mary Bunich, Grade 2

BSC FACULTYCONTINUED….

“The PDS Program keeps the college faculty grounded in what is happening in the schools.”

David Henry

“The PDS is a systematic way to communicate with other faculty, principals, and teachers…which is most valuable.”

Shirley Spriegel “PDS keeps me abreast of current trends

and issues in the surrounding districts.”Carla Longo

STUDENT TEACHER COHORTS

COOPERATING TEACHERSDELIVER MODEL LESSONS

STUDENT TEACHERS AND COOPERATING TEACHERS

DEBRIEFING OF MODEL LESSON

A STUDENT TEACHER COHORT ENJOYS THEIR URBAN SCHOOL

PLACEMENT

COOPERATING TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THE COHORT MODEL

“I feel that the student teachers and the regular classroom teachers both benefited greatly from the cohort model.”

David Wisnoski, 3rd grade “The Cohort Program at Como Park School is

extremely rewarding, not only for the student teachers, but also as a faculty, we benefit greatly.”

Elaine Fantini, 3rd grade “Over the years I have participated in student

teaching experiences without the cohort model. The cohort model has by far given me the best experiences with the best prepared student teachers.”

Deborah Loccke, 2nd grade

FIELD EVALUATION RUBRIC

Common rubric for all methods and student teaching experiences

Based on ACEI/INTASC standards

Grows with each teacher candidate and course level

EDU311

EDU

312

Student

Teaching

TASKSTREAMAN ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO

ANNUAL BSC PDS RETREAT

FALL RETREAT

Our all day “kickoff” event Keynote speaker NCATE updates NYSED updates CEURE updates Raffles & Book Giveaways PDS Business & Goals Networking Action Research

Presentations

Robert Dungey from the National Coalition Building Institute

ACTION RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED PROGRAM AWARD FROM NYSATE/NYACTE

FALL 2003