A local two-way partnership for teacher development. (May 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scheurman, Geoffrey; Yell, Michael
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 104:Number 8(2023)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 41
• Publication Date: 2023-05
• Subjects: Social studies -- professional development -- university partnerships -- teacher preparation -- student teachers -- school and university collaboration -- preservice teachers; Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/00317217231174711
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

Middle school teacher Michael Yell and education professor Geoffrey Scheurman discuss a decades-long partnership of ongoing professional development opportunities that involve teachers, university faculty, and teacher candidates working together to create personalized, meaningful, and sustained initiatives that enhance the growth and skills of all those involved. The resulting professional laboratory includes classroom collaborations, preservice teachers shadowing students, school/university exchanges, and the ability to take advantage of learning opportunities that arise organically. The results are reciprocal, inexpensive, ongoing, administrator-approved, and self-directed professional development experiences any teacher-professor duo can consider as they build their own laboratory.