TOWSON UNIVERSITY AND XXXXXXXXXX

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS

FY 2002

PARTNERS AND MISSION

AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF FIELD EXPERIENCES, AND STUDENT INTERNSHIPS IN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The Towson University Professional Development School (PDS) is a collaborative partnership between Towson University and _______________________________________________.

The mission of the PDS is to employ the collaborative resources of Pre-K-12 and higher education to:

· Create a collaborative culture and governance structure to guide the work at each PDS site.

· Provide enhanced preservice experiences through the integration of theory and practice in a clinically based teacher education program.

· Provide needs based continuous professional development for inservice teachers and administrators through on-site PDS related graduate coursework.

· Provide for inquiry into and refinement of effective practices in teaching and learning.

· Maximize student achievement.

· Disseminate promising practices and structures to the education community.

This agreement is made consistent with the provisions of § 6-107. (copy attached) of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Toward that end, the Towson University, and ____________________________________ Network will continue to focus on the following primary goals:

1. CULTURALLY DIVERSE SETTINGS AND EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS

Both parties to this agreement recognize the value of culturally diverse placements with exceptional learners. Each party to this agreement will endeavor to assure that field placements are made in settings that are culturally diverse and sensitive to the needs of exceptional learners.

2. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Both parties to this agreement have a right and obligation to insist on standards of professional decorum on the part of university students and all participating faculty that are consonant with prevailing standards in the school community. Neither party shall discriminate in the choice of schools, supervising personnel, or students on the basis of race, creed, color, or sex.

3. REPRESENTATION

The University will be represented in regard to placement, assignment, and change or termination of assignment of university students by the Director of the Center for Professional Practice. The school system shall be represented by administrative personnel designated by the superintendent.

4, PLACEMENTS

The school system agrees to provide field experience, and internship placements commensurate with its ability to adequately accommodate their number, and maintain consistently high professional standards of practice. It is further provided that the number and type of supervised placements needed and provided by the parties of this agreement shall be mutually renegotiated by the Center for Professional Practice and the appropriate school system liaison.

5. REPORTING AND EVALUATION

Specific procedures for reporting and evaluating the supervised performance of each university student shall be provided by Towson University in cooperation with the school system. This shall not preclude the school system from administering its own procedures for evaluating and reporting these experiences.

6. COMPENSATION

The Board of Education and Towson University shall mutually agree upon the compensation, if any, to be paid to the school/school personnel for supervising duties.

THE FOREGOING BEING ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH PARTIES, THIS AGREEMENT IS

EXECUTED THIS _____________ DAY OF ________________________________, 20________

_______________________________________ TOWSON UNIVERSITY

By:____________________________________ By:__________________________________

Superintendent Dean, College of Education

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