The purpose of this manuscript is to detail pre and post changes that occurred after a principal, Dr. Doyle, was moved from one middle school to another. Dr. Doyle brought an established partnership with him to his new school including a teacher residency program, UTeach replication program, and an on-site course. The results of ANOVAs are…

Effective leadership preparation includes meaningful, experiential opportunities. This article details an effort to provide these opportunities through a school-university partnership. Through involvement in a semester-long action research project, a cohort of teacher leaders increased academic growth for selected students at their middle school…

The SUNY Buffalo State Professional Development Schools Consortium is honored to have been selected as one of the recipients of the 2018 Award for Exemplary Professional Development Schools Achievement for its international PDS partnerships. Beginning with one school partner in 1991 in Western New York, the SUNY Buffalo State PDS Consortium has…

Many music researchers have studied School-University Partnerships with most investigations demonstrating how universities and colleges involve schools to support music teaching candidates. However, there is not clear evidence about how preservice music teachers, those that are aspiring music teachers, view their own pedagogical development as a…

Purpose: This manuscript examines how university coaches can use the Classroom Check-Up (CCU; Reinke et al., 2008) to support continuous school improvement efforts around teacher practice within a PDS model and how collaboration between university faculty can increase their coaching self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is…

This study examined the implementation of seven co-teaching strategies as self-reported by experienced middle and secondary mentor teachers in a large suburban school district. Seven case studies, three middle school and four high school mentor teachers, were analyzed. Findings reveal that mentor teachers supported the use of co-teaching in…

This case study examines how two Professional Development School partners, J.D. Lever Elementary School and the University of South Carolina Aiken, identify and ultimately select mentor teachers to work with teacher candidates. This article traces the evolution of this process, starting with selections premised mainly on established personal…

In this article the authors describe a professional learning initiative focused on joyful teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and the techniques that were used to foster a culture of belonging. The authors utilize an integrative framework for understanding, cultivating, and assessing belongingness to suggest implications for…

This paper discusses the opportunity for universities and Professional Development Schools (PDSs) to engage with Future Teachers of America (FTA) clubs and similar groups in secondary schools to ensure the future of the profession. Student leaders and their mentor from an active high school FTA club share their perspectives on the benefits of…

To enhance partnerships in two rural schools, our college of education initiated a faculty-in-residence program. A group of faculty members visited two other colleges of education with established faculty-in-residence programs to learn from others and to discern a direction for our own work. Two teacher educators, each at a different partner…

The Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) initiative bridges resources of a regional university, its College of Education, and a K-8 partnership school in ways that enhance children's learning and well-being. A core commitment undergirding the FIR role is the recognition that blurred boundaries, collaborative relationships, and the reimagination of how…

This article describes one specific course within a large urban university that uses school university partnerships and clinical practice experiences to prompt elementary education teacher candidates to enact equitable mathematics teaching practices in the classroom. It begins by providing a brief overview of equitable mathematics practices,…

Compared to other minorities in America, the Hispanic, specifically Chicano, population has experienced an educational crisis, manifested in high drop-out rates, low postsecondary enrollment, subpar testing results, and low literacy rates. To address this issue a project was created to lead faculty through a learning experience to broaden their…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of mentor teachers in an urban teacher residency program within a school-university partnership. The authors used a qualitative interview study design to add to the literature about the benefits and challenges of mentoring teacher residents placed in urban elementary and Special…

In primary science education, we face an ongoing concern of helping classroom teachers overcome negative associations with science content, teaching and learning. These associations can often impact how they view the value of science in their classroom teaching and impede the development of innovative teaching practice. This research effort…