Strategies for Overcoming Challenges when Establishing and Sustaining Special Education Professional Development School Partnerships
Overview & Synopsis
In this article, we share how a professional development school (PDS) partnership between several elementary school sites within a district and an institution of higher education prepares special education teacher candidates. The following challenges are identified for PDS stakeholders: recruiting qualified special education mentor teachers, designing a variety of rigorous field experiences for interns across disabilities and settings, maintaining a sense of community among PDS school sites, and attracting nontenured university faculty to become involved in PDS work. In addition to identifying and discussing these challenges, we present several practical strategies that we have found to be successful for overcoming them.
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Document Information
| Document Title | Strategies for Overcoming Challenges when Establishing and Sustaining Special Education Professional Development School Partnerships |
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| Author / Organization | Sargent, Amy, Gartland, Debi, Borinsky, Mark, Durkan, Kim |
| Subject & Discipline | Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Field Experience Programs |
| Categories | Education & Pedagogy |
| Publication Year | 2009 |
| License / Rights | Public Domain / Open Access Educational Resource |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
| Original Host Website |
ERIC (Education Resources)
(eric.ed.gov)
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-258164 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on eric.ed.gov » |