Partner meeting to define the range of Professional Development
School (PDS) partnerships
Tuesday, February 23 from 10-12pm, in Forest Lake

This meeting first reiterated the larger goals of providing high quality
clinical experiences to Teaching Candidates. The assumptions of PDSs as
discussed during a TERI retreat in January were reviewed, and new assumptions
were put forth for discussion. While TERI Partnerships represent one model of
for clinical experiences that is wrapped around the school context, some
Teaching Candidates will be placed in PDS schools, while others will be placed
in existing partnership schools.

At this meeting, participants discussed the five standards that characterize
PDSs and varying degrees of commitments from partnership schools. These degrees
are classified as beginning, developing, at standard, and leading levels