Developmental Guidelines for Maryland Professional Development Schools

Standard II: Collaboration

Teacher Preparation Developmental Guidelines

PDS partners work together to carry out the collaboratively

defined mission of the PDS.

Beginning	Developing	At Standard
A. IHE faculty communicates course content to pre-service mentors.	A. IHE faculty and pre-service mentors collaborate to provide authentic learning experiences for interns.	A. IHE and school faculty collaboratively plan and implement curricula for interns to provide authentic learning experiences.
B1. IHE faculty share standards-based intern assessment instruments with pre-service mentors.	B1. IHE faculty and pre-service mentors share a common understanding regarding the use of standards-based intern assessments.	B1. IHE and school faculty use collaboratively refined standards-based intern assessment instruments.
B2. Pre-service mentors evaluate interns weekly.	B2. Pre-service mentors evaluate intern performance several times each week.	B2. Pre-service mentors provide verbal and/or written feedback to interns on a daily basis.
B3. IHE supervisor conducts scheduled observations of interns.	B3. Scheduled observations provide the pre-service mentor, supervisor, and intern a reference for discussion of the intern’s progress.	B3. Scheduled observations and three-way conferences provide the pre-service mentor, supervisor, and intern a reference for discussion of the intern’s progress.
C1. IHE communicates minimum criteria for selecting teachers as pre-service mentors.	C1. IHE and school representatives have developed criteria for selecting teachers as pre-service mentors.	C1. IHE and school representatives implement criteria for selecting accomplished teachers as pre-service mentors and a procedure for making intern/pre-service mentor pairings.
C2. IHE and school faculty develop strategies to determine pre-service mentor effectiveness.	C2. IHE and school faculty collaborate to develop and implement strategies to determine pre-service mentor effectiveness.	C2. IHE and school faculty collaborate to develop, implement, and assess strategies to determine pre-service mentor effectiveness and refine training to meet the needs of pre-service mentor teachers.
D. IHE arts and science faculty participate in PDS planning.	D. IHE arts and science and school faculty collaborate in planning content-based learning experiences for teacher education programs.	D. IHE teacher education, arts and science, and school faculty collaborate in planning and implementing content-based learning experiences for PDS partners.

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