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What is a PDS?

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:39:48 CST

PDS stands for Professional Development School. Professional Development Schools couple the best of schooling practices with the best of professional development and prepartation programs to best enhance learning opportunities for children. West Virginia became one of the first states in the county to establish this school-university partnership through the Benedum Project in the 1980s. Professional Development Schools offer a location where public schools and universities integrate professional practice in schools with professional preparation programs in universities to enhance the quality of both establishments. The Professional Development School concept is based on three core ideas about how public schools and universities work together to benefit the profession:

Professional Development Schools collaborate as sites of experimentation and innovation to create "best practices".

Professional Development Schools work collaboratively to be "centers of inquiry" where research and development on best practice and best professional development and preparation occur.

Professional Development Schools are "empowered communities" where all stakeholders share in decision-making and participate in determining the learning needs and opportunities for students.

West Virginia University and the Benedum Collaborative utilize a total of 28 Professional Development Schools within 5 counties.

Suncrest Primary

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:31:53 CST

Suncrest Primary is a Professional Development School located in Monongalia County, West Virginia. There are currently 199 students enrolled in Suncrest Primary School. The school consists of two classrooms for each grade from Kindergarten through Third Grade. As well as one Preschool Classroom. It has been honored an exemplary school for six years.

Suncrest Primary Motto:

"All Children Learn but Not in the Same Day or in the Same Way."

Suncrest Primary's Mission Statement:

Suncrest Primary School Strives to implement a process-oriented student-centered curriculum. Our mission is to build on students' strengths and creative abilities to facilitate the holistic development of children, enabling them to become lifelong learners. The mission of our school supports the state goals, county goals, and the belief statements of the West Virginia University Professional Development School program.

For more information on Suncrest Primary please visit their website:
http://boe.mono.k12.wv.us/SuncrestPrimary/

Preservice Teachers

SuncrestPrimary — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:57:13 CDT

Teaching Photos

SuncrestPrimary — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:37:48 CDT

Andrea Teaching

Rebecca
Teaching Joel Teaching

Amie Teaching

Photo Gallery

SuncrestPrimary — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:50:23 CDT

West Virginia University

SuncrestPrimary — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:00:39 CDT

The Education Program at West Virginia University

http://www.wvu.edu/

http://www.hre.wvu.edu

The Benedum Collaborative Model of Teacher Education addresses the changing profession of teaching with an emphasis on greater teacher empowerment. Traditional four-year education programs throughout the country typically are not up to par with adequately addressing the issues raised by current research on the knowledge base and professional preparation needed for effective teaching. Through the Benedum Collaborative and the use of Professional Development Schools, students in the five-year teaching program have the opportunity to interact directly with children, learn about professional decisions made on issues such as curriculum design, textbook selection, instructional materials, school policies and procedures, and have an exceptional amount of practice with development functional lesson plans. The education program:

is an integrated five-year, dual-degree program in which students simultaneously pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Science and a Master of Arts in Education.

The Bachelor of Arts or Science is awarded with the Multi-Disciplinary Studies Undergraduate Program in Elementary Education, and students select specializations to expand the grade levels for which they are certified to teach, including:

Early Childhood (pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten)
Foreign Language
- French (grades 5-9)
- Spanish (grades 5-9)
English/Language Arts (grades 5-9)
General Science (grades 5-9)
Math (grades 5-9)
Social Studies (grades 5-9)
Multicategorical Mild Disabilities (grades K-6 and 5-Adult)

Has a clear set of research-based program goals and sequenced learning experiences

Is designed to integrate what one teaches with how it is taught

Provides students with more than 1,000 hours of experience in public school classrooms before graduation

Features close collaboration with exemplary public schools within 5 counties

Has selective and rigorous standards for admission and retention of students

Inludes rigorous performance requirements that are relevant to effective teaching practice

Welcome Letter

SuncrestPrimary — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:53:36 CDT

Hello! We would like to welcome you to our Wiki. We are four participants/seniors at West Virginia University in the Five-Year Education Program. We all student teach at Suncrest Primary School. Our Wiki will bring you up to date on things such as the Five-Year Education Program at West Virginia University, Suncrest Primary School, and Professional Development Schools, or PDSs, and how they enhance the learning of both the students and the preservice teachers student teaching there.

Enjoy our site,

Andrea Pepe, Rebecca Harris, Amie Benson, and Joel Schlenke

Benedum Collaborative

SuncrestPrimary — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:53:58 CDT

What is the Benedum Collabortive Program?

The Benedum Collaborative program was established in 1990. It is one of the oldest collaborative programs in the United States. The Collaborative makes it possible for the university to work together with public schools for hands on and experimental learning for university students preparing to be in the field of teaching. The Benedum currently works with 28 public schools within five school disricts.

Benedum Collaborative Goals

The Benedum Collaborative Program has designed three goals to ready preservice teachers for their future careers.

1.) To redesign the Teacher Education Program at West Virginia University

2.) To establish professional development schools

3.) To establish collaborative strategies and relationships to make these changes last