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A Professional Development School (PDS) is a collaboratively planned and implemented partnership for the academic and clinical preparation of interns and the continuous professional development of both school system and institution of higher education (IHE) faculty.
The focus of the PDS partnership is improved student performance through research-based teaching and learning. A PDS may involve a single or multiple schools, school systems and IHEs and may take many forms to reflect specific partnership activities and approaches to improving both teacher education and PreK-12 schools.
For more information about our PDS partners, click on any of the images below
A Professional Development School (PDS) is a collaboratively planned and implemented partnership for the academic and clinical preparation of interns and the continuous professional development of both school system and institution of higher education (IHE) faculty.
The focus of the PDS partnership is improved student performance through research-based teaching and learning. A PDS may involve a single or multiple schools, school systems and IHEs and may take many forms to reflect specific partnership activities and approaches to improving both teacher education and PreK-12 schools.
For more information about our PDS partners, click on any of the images below
Opportunities for Earning MSDE Credit by Supporting PDS Partners
Opportunities for Earning MSDE Credit by Supporting PDS Partners
Serve as a Mentor Teacher
Serve as a Mentor Teacher
Supervising the Field Placement - 1 Credit
Supervise a field placement who observes your classroom for a minimum of 15 hours
Hosting FCC Student Observers - 1 Credit
Use the Hosting FCC Student Observers Tracking Form (CLICK ON LINK) to document 15 hours of observation
Supervising an Intern - 3 Credits
Supervise a full-time intern / student teacher for their 100-day internship
Serve as a Site Coordinator
Serve as a Site Coordinator
PDS Site Coordinator - 3 Credits
Serve as the point of contact between building-level field and intern placements and PDS partner school(s); work with administration to coordinate placements
FCC Site Coordinator - 1 Credit
Serve as the point of contact between building level field placements and FCC; work with administration to coordinate placements
Credit for each experience may only be earned one time within a certification or licensure cycle.
Requesting Credit
Requesting Credit
Have you served as a mentor teacher or site coordinator? Please request credit in Unified Talent at the end of your experience. Requests can be submitted for the same experience only once per certification cycle. More than one request made for the same experience within the same certification cycle will not be processed. Requests are not processed after June 15th. Any requests submitted after June 15th will be processed in September.
View this Screencast explaining how to request credits through Unified Talent
Deadlines for Submission
Fall Intern- January 15
Spring Intern - June 15
Site Coordinators- June 15
Contacts:
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