Ackerley Partner School Network: Vision
Partner Schools: A Vision of What Could Be
Why partner schools?
Teacher preparation must . . . .
- Serve P-12 pupils who face the greatest challenges
- Prepare educators who can be successful with P-12 pupils in the most challenging circumstances
- Be shaped by P-12 school realities
- Be designed, delivered, & evaluated by a collaborative team of university faculty & P-12 educators
- Be informed by data from program graduates’ experiences & effects in P-12 classrooms
How do we envision Partner Schools?
Partner schools…
- See partnering with the UW as a resource to help them get where they want to go
- Engage in regular conversations with UW faculty & staff about challenging issues in teaching and learning
- Use resources from the University -- undergrad tutors, student teachers, graduate assistants, UW faculty -- to improve pupil learning
- Collaborate with the UW on preparing teachers and new teacher support & induction
- Are sites where UW TEP & professional development courses are taught
- Provide opportunities for P-12 educators to undertake new roles -- co-teaching UW course, working with novices, developing leadership capacities, collaborating on inquiry projects, etc.
- Are in regular conversation and collaboration with other partner schools within a "learning network"
How do Partner Schools differ from traditional placement schools?
Traditional placement site
- Schools as practice sites
- P-12 educators limited input into TEP
- Focus: Individual classrooms
- University faculty connected to cooperating teachers
- Goal: Intentional learning for student-teachers
Partner School (PS)
- School is an integral, participating part of TEP
- P-12 educators as part of TEP with regular input
- Focus: Entire school
- University faculty and graduate assistants connected to groups of teachers
- Goals: Intentional learning for all -- pupils, tutors, student teachers, P-12 educators, university faculty, graduate assistants -- & school improvement