School-University Partnerships: Volume 17 Issue 2 , Open Access

Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue on cross-institutional professional development

Jess Smith, Ryann N. Shelton

Centering community and collaboration in a multi-year literacy professional development initiative between a university and school district

Rebecca Rogers, Martille Elias, LaTisha Smith, Melinda Scheetz

This paper shares findings from a multi-year literacy professional development partnership between a school district and university (2014–2019). We share this case of a Literacy…

Middle school educators’ experiences in a cross-institutional professional development model for enhancing writing instruction

Leslie Rogers, Megan Burke, Leslie Laud, Rebecca Herricks

This paper explores a five-year case example of two educators engaged in practice-based professional development (PBPD) for the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model in…

Including self-care curricula to respond to PSTs' exposure to secondary trauma

Heather Bailie Schock, Yvonne Franco, Madelon McCall

Most teacher preparation programs (TPP) provide little instruction on mitigating the stress-related consequences of teaching (Miller and Flint-Stipp, 2019). This study aims to…

Engaging teacher’s mental health self-care early through a trauma-informed microcredential

Jenna Epstein, Jodi Eirich, Jane Wildesen

The purpose of this study was to examine how beginning teachers’ participation in a microcredential based on trauma-informed classroom management and restorative discipline…

Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools

Alexandra Frank, Dalena Dillman Taylor

Post-COVID-19, public K–12 schools are still facing the consequences of the years of interrupted learning. Schools serving minoritized students are particularly at risk for facing…

Building technology integration at an urban school through a PDS partnership

Patrice Silver, Juliann Dupuis, Rachel E. Durham, Ryan Schaaf, Lisa Pallett, Lauren Watson

In 2022, the Baltimore professional development school (PDS) partner schools, John Ruhruh Elementary/Middle School (JREMS) and Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) received…

Supporting PK-12 continuous school improvement efforts in a school–university partnership network

Stephanie L. Savick, Lauren Watson

This paper will discuss one university’s efforts to initiate a process to better support PK-12 continuous school improvement goals for all 13 schools in their PDS network as a way…