Description of University Collaborator
(revision: 4/04)
The University Collaborators will serve as bridges between the University and the Professional Partner Schools in which they have volunteered to work.
The goal is for each Professional Partner School (PPS) to have one University Collaborator.
The University Collaborators would:
*Be very familiar with the agreement between the University and that school,
*Serve on the steering committee of the Professional Partner School,
*Serve as a contact for the Professional Partner School,
*Support the Professional Partner School on a defined school initiative. Such support could include bringing in speakers from SOE, Community, or other Colleges on Campus; providing research; sharing ideas, techniques, etc.
*Make one joint presentation per year with faculty at the Professional Partner School at a local or regional conference. These venues may include but are not limited to GATE< RESA, SOE presentations, PTA meetings, and PDK meetings.
* have their fingers on the "pulse" of the school in such a way as would be beneficial to both the University and that school, in an effort to strengthen the relationship and growth of each.
The Professional Partner School and the John H. Lounsbury School of Education have agreed to collaborate formally in these stated goal areas:
*Increasing P-12 learning and achievement,
*Mentoring beginning teachers,
*Providing field-placements for teacher candidates to demonstrate outcomes of guarantee,
*Collaborating in the preparation and development of teachers, and
*Increasing the amount of school-based research on improvement of schools and on teacher preparation and development programs.
