Webinar: What Does it take to Build a School-University Partnership?

National School Board Association

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Dr. Ginger L. Zierdt, Center for School-University Partnerships - Director

Dr. Michael Miller, College of Education - Dean

Dr. Jerry Robicheau - Dept. of Education Leadership - Chair

and Faribault Public Schools Board of Education Member

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NSBA Webinar Description Are your new teachers ready for the classroom? Young teachers come to the

classroom with great energy and high expectations about changing the world. Are you able to keep that energy level high and provide the resources necessary to ensure that after two years they still believe that they can make a difference in the lives of children? Recent trends in educational reform have focused on Professional Development Schools (PDS), where pre-service teachers spend much of their time in P-12 classrooms while working with collaborative teams of faculty from school districts and colleges of education. Minnesota State University, Mankato, in conjunction with departments in the College of Education, the Center for School-University Partnerships has helped establish pilot sites in rural and urban settings, in traditional and non-traditional schools, with the goal of developing these into full-fledged teacher preparation partnership programs. Join Ginger Zierdt, Director of the Center for School-University Partnerships, Michael Miller, Dean of the College of Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato and Jerry Robicheau, school board member of the Faribault Public Schools as they discuss the value of a school district/university partnership and some of the wonderful unanticipated outcomes of that effort.

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What is a Professional Development School (PDS)?

A PDS is P-12 school, which supports a multidimensional program collaboratively designed and managed by a school-university partnership. The major purposes of the PDS are: (a) to identify, develop, test, and refine practices that promote student achievement; (b) to support initial preparation and continuing professional development for teachers and other school-based educators; and (c) to support applied inquiry designed to improve pupil and educator development.

Reference: http://www.aacte.org/

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PDS Fast Facts

Schools that share the mission and goals of professional development schools (PDSs) are known by various names, including:

Professional Development Schools (Holmes Group)

Professional Practice Schools (American Federation of Teachers)

Clinical Schools (Carnegie Report)

Partner Schools (National Network for Educational Renewal)

Reference: http://www.aacte.org/

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PDS Fast Facts

Common Goals of Model Programs Maximizing student performance and achievement

Preparation of new teachers and other school-based educators

Professional development of beginning and experienced teachers and other school-based educators

Applied inquiry designed to improve practice

Reference: http://www.aacte.org/

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PDS Fast Facts

Common Commitments & Characteristics Equity in policy and practice

Parity among collaborating partners, which may include one or more schools and school districts, one or more colleges or universities, and one or more teachers unions

Simultaneous renewal of schools and teacher education

Incorporation of the best available knowledge into programs and practices

Reference: http://www.aacte.org/

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PDS Fast FactsNumber of Programs in the U.S. (information based on survey

data collected by the Clinical Schools Clearinghouse, 1994-1996)

344 individual preK-12 schools

84 partnerships, which include 96 colleges and universities

Approximately 75% of PDSs are elementary schools

Approximately 71% of PDSs started between 1991 and 1996

Individual partnerships manage 1 to 37 PDS sites

Documented PDS partnerships in 38 states

Estimated total number of PDSs = 637 - 650 (based on survey and informal data)

Comparable institutions either established or planned in the following foreign countries: Canada, Greece, Israel, Japan, United Arab Emirates

Reference: http://www.aacte.org/

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Our PDS story...by the numbers and mission

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Our PDS by the Numbers

National Center for Education Statistics ( NCES )< Faribault Public Schools (NCES District ID:2711760)< Owatonna Public Schools (NCES District ID:2728050)< Waseca Public Schools (NCES District ID:2741880)< Mankato Public Schools (NCES District ID:2718780)< St. Peter Public Schools (NCES District ID:2733870)< LeSueur-Henderson Public Schools (NCES District ID:2718070)< Sibley East Public Schools (NCES District ID:2700102)< Minnesota State University, Mankato (IPEDS ID:173920)

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

Faribault Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 4000 students ･ 8 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

Owatonna Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 4934 students ･ 11 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

Waseca Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 2015 students ･ 5 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

Mankato Area Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 7087 students ･ 17 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

St. Peter Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 1915 students ･ 6 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

LeSueur-Henderson Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 1277 students ･ 4 schools

PDS Partner District Student Demographic Information

Sibley East Public SchoolsGrades PK-12 ･ 1265 students ･ 4 schools

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PDS Higher Education Partner:Minnesota State University, Mankato

Description: Public, 4-year or above

Degrees offered: Doctor's, Master's, Bachelor's, Associate's

Certificates offered: Post-Master's, Post-baccalaureate, less-than-1-year

EnrollmentTotal enrollment: 14,515Undergraduate enrollment: 12,816

Percent of Undergraduate enrollment

by gender: Men: 48.3% Women: 51.7%

by race/ethnicity: White non-Hispanic: 83.4% Black non-Hispanic: 3.4% Hispanic: 1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander: 2.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.5% Race-ethnicity unknown: 6.4% Non-resident alien: 2.7%

(Enrollment data Fall 2007)

Financial

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students

2008-09 2007-08 2006-07

Tuition & fees

In-state $6,263 $6,050 $5,840

Out-of-state

$12,508 $12,112 $11,668

Books and supplies

$856 $820 $826

On-campus

Room and board

$5,866 $5,354 $5,099

Other expenses

$2,170 $2,540 $2,522

Off-campus

Room and board

$5,466 $5,356 $4,910

Other expenses

$2,570 $2,540 $2,522

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PDS Higher Education Partner

Minnesota State University, Mankato, was founded as a Normal School in 1868. With approximately 14,000 students, 1400 of whom are in teacher education programs, the university provides strong academic programs and excellent faculty. Approximately 49 percent of incoming freshman are first generation college students. Grounded in a vision of learning communities, the College of Education prepares high quality professionals for a variety of roles in P-12 schools, offering programs from Bachelors to the Doctorate. Technology is integrated as a tool of instruction, including through on-line courses. Faculty from across the university collaborate to prepare education professionals in undergraduate and graduate programs.

Reference: http://www.mnteachered.org/node/18?school=MSUM

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Our College’s MissionOur College’s Mission

Placing partnership in the center to help children, families, and communities succeed.

Placing partnership in the center to help children, families, and communities succeed.

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Center for School-University Partnerships

Connecting

Communicating

Collaborating

Convening

Gateway to CSUP and PDS Partnership

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

The professional development school partnerships potentially can benefit the public school and the university by facilitating:1. A regular exchange of information about innovative educational practices

between teachers, administrators, and university faculty.2. Shared responsibility of both partners for developing and testing curriculum

design, teaching techniques, and student learning modalities, in part through practice-oriented research.

3. Collaborative and/or team teaching of teacher and administrator preparation courses by faculty from both systems.

4. Provision of staff development for both university and school faculty and of mentoring beginning teachers.

5. Collaborative responsibility for tutoring in both systems and for conducting after-school clinics for public school students.

6. Working together to involve parents and the community in improving student achievement.

Reference: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2641&q=320426

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

A regular exchange of information about innovative educational practices between teachers, administrators, and university faculty.

Our examples: All-PDS Initiatives

< PDS Learning Communities and Leadership Institute

Center for Engaged Leadership CEL

Center for Mentoring and Induction CMI

PDS Governance Council

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

Shared responsibility of both partners for developing and testing curriculum design, teaching techniques, and student learning modalities, in part through practice-oriented research.

Our examples:

PDS faculty liaisons

Teachers-on-Special-Assignment TOSA

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

Collaborative and/or team teaching of teacher and administrator preparation courses by faculty from both systems.

Our examples:

Field supervision by P-12 and higher education faculty

Learning communities and seminars for teacher candidates Field Experiences

Leadership seminars and guest lectureships for administrator candidates

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

Provision of staff development for both university and school faculty and of mentoring beginning teachers.

Our examples: Center for Engaged Leadership CEL

Adventure Education Program AEP

Certificates in Teaching & Learning MSTL

Center for Mentoring & Induction CMI

< Award-winning Programs "Mentoring May Stem Higher Teacher Turnover” MnSCU Office of the Chancellor Award - Mentor Program "Mentoring Program Helps Mankato Retain Teachers" "Teaching Teachers: Classroom Learning" "New Teachers Relish Support System"

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

Collaborative responsibility for tutoring in both systems and for conducting after-school clinics for public school students.

Our examples:

Service learning (preservice teacher level)

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PDS: What Benefits Does the PDS Model Have For Teaching And Learning?

Working together to involve parents and the community in improving student achievement.

Our examples:

Family-as-Faculty Initiative

Linking-to-Learning I and II Initiatives

Center for Engaged Leadership CEL

< Strategic planning / focus-group facilitation with boards of education and community groups

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Developing a PDS: The St. Peter Public Schools Story

(Est. 2006)

Developing a PDS: The St. Peter Public Schools Story

(Est. 2006) Lessons Learned

Continually connecting and communicating with stakeholders

Finding intersections of mutual need and interest

Invest in each other’s work Patience is a partnership’s greatest asset

Lessons Learned Continually connecting and communicating

with stakeholders Finding intersections of mutual need and

interest Invest in each other’s work Patience is a partnership’s greatest asset

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What Type of PDS Do You Want to Be?

Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership Levels

Partnership Level Activities

Level 1 Pre-service teacher field experiences

Level 2 Pre-service teacher field experiences

Student teaching experiences

Level 3 Pre-service teacher field experiences

Student teaching experiences

University faculty liaisons (shared resources)

District liaisons (shared resources)

P-20 professional development

Multi-site coordinating council

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Nuts & Bolts for Starting a PDS

PDS Standards as a Guiding CompassNCATE PDS Standards

Partnership Agreements and ContractsAACTE-recognized PDS Agreements

Request sample agreements and contracts from our PDS: csup@mnsu.edu - subject line: PDS Contracts

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Contact Information

Ginger Zierdt, Center for School-University Partnerships

ginger.zierdt@mnsu.edu

Michael Miller, College of Education

michael.miller@mnsu.edu

Jerry Robicheau, Dept. of Educational Leadership and Faribault Public Schools Board of Education

jerry.robicheau@mnsu.edu