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Professional Development System



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News & Events

Training Dates:
November 2009
Orientation Preparation
Pender County Middle Teachers		 November 10, 2009
8:30am – 11:30AM		 Topsail Middle
December 2009
Extended Preparation
Brunswick County		 December 1, 2009
3:45pm – 5:00pm		 Town Creek Elementary
Extended Preparation
Pender County Middle Teachers		 December 3, 2009
3:45pm – 5:00pm		 Topsail Middle
Extended Preparation
Onslow County		 December 7, 2009
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Central Office
Orientation Preparation
New Hanover County 		December 9, 2009
9:00am - 3:30pm 		Mosley Performance Learning Center
Extended Preparation
Camp Lejeune 		December 10, 2009
3:45pm – 5:30pm		 Central Office
January 2010
Extended Preparation
New Hanover County		 January 5, 2010
3:30pm - 5:30pm 		Mosley Performance Learning Center
Extended Preparation
Pender County		 January 13, 2010
3:15pm – 5:15pm		 Cape Fear Elementary

A PDS Professional Learning Day ~ Friday, October 16, 2009:

A PDS Professional Learning Day for Partnership Teachers Hosting Fall 2009 Interns - 21st Century Learning: Information, Media, and Technology Skills

Materials:

Linking Technology - Ms. Beth Metcalf
Virtual Worlds - Dr. Jeff Ertzberger

Earn CEU for 10 Hours:

Guidelines for Completion of Hours for CEU Credit

The Spring 2009 Roy E. Harkin Teacher Recognition Award Announced

Congratulations to PDS Partnership Teacher Recipient Sheri Dodson from Burgaw Middle School, Pender County, 7th Grade Mathematics Teacher!

UNCW and Area School Systems Sign New Three-Year Partnership Agreements

On June 4th, UNCW Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo, Watson School of Education administrators and superintendents representing 117 schools in Southeastern North Carolina signed the new Professional Development System (PDS) agreements for 2009-2012.

PDS is a comprehensive university-public school partnership involving 11 school districts, one Department of Defense school and one charter school. Developed 15 years ago, PDS is designed to create university-publicschool collaboration in the placement of UNCW student interns, professional development for school educators and research opportunities for district teaching professionals and UNCW faculty. These efforts are particularly critical during this time of teacher shortage and school reform.


Spring 2009 Partner Preparation

The PDS University-School Partnership held 14 different events engaging over 746 school partners and WSE interns in preparation for their Spring 2009 collaboration.

Article accepted for publication in "PDS Partners," the newsletter of the National Association for Professional Development Schools. Click here for further information.



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