UofSC Professional Development Schools Network

It’s a big day for the College of Education! U.S. News and World Report ranked us in the top 15 percent of graduate education programs nationally, improving 47 spots on last years ranking. 🎉 Last night Capstone was glowing garnet to celebrate great rankings across campus! Learn more here: https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2023/04/usnews-graduate-rankings-imba.php #.ZEkK6aTMLDt

The annual conference for the National Association for Professional Development Schools was held in Jacksonville, Florida last week.

The USC PDS Network was affiliated with 17 presentations at the conference. The presentations, many of which were collaborations between USC faculty and staff and the P12 teachers and administrators, captured the work being done throughout the USC PDS Network. The presentations included topics such as teacher retention, professional learning, and teacher education and showcased innovation at elementary, middle, secondary, and district levels.

The USC PDS Network was also represented at NAPDS through leadership positions such as serving as an elected member of the executive board, volunteering for various committees, and working as journal editors.

Thank you to the USC PDS Network presenters and attendees for your participation and work!

Thank you to NAPDS for a wonderful conference!

Congratulations to Dr. Aisja Jones!

Dr. Jones received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Association of Professional Development Schools at the annual conference in Jacksonville, FL.

A USC PDS Fellow, Dr. Jones’ dissertation was titled “Evaluating the Impact of Reciprocal Teaching Embedded Within a Web 2.0 Tool upon Fifth-Grade Students’ Reading During Integrated Readers’ Workshop at a Professional Development School.”

Congratulations to our colleagues at Irmo Middle on their published story about PDS work. Check out the story entitled Creating Opportunity for All Mathematics Learners Through Implementation of Small-Group Instruction at https://napds.org/category/stories-from-the-field/.

All of our schools have important stories to tell. Consider submitting yours to NAPDS!

Stories from the Field Archives - National Association for Professional Development Schools Stories from the Field features brief descriptions (up to 500 words) of successes, challenges, and unique activities/experiences currently taking place in PDS partnerships. Submissions should be co-written by at least one K-12 person and one college/university person and include two .jpg photos that...