News

• March 16, 2009; PSU/SCASD Central Pennsylvania Holmes Partnership Elementary Professional Development Schools (PDS) program wins 3rd national award. More...
  
  
• July 9-11, 2009; Penn State Summer Conference for Partnerships and Professional Development Schools; The Penn Stater Conference Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania. More...
  
  
• Check out the PDS alumni Blog at http://www.personal.psu.edu/n78/blogs/pdsalums

Awards and Recognition

• 2009 National Association for Professional Development Schools’ (NAPDS) Award for Exemplary Professional Development School Achievement
  
  
• Awarded the Nancy Zimpher Award for Best Partnership in 2004.
  
  
• Selected as the ATE 2002 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education by the Association of Teacher Educators, Denver, CO.

• 2001 Northeastern Educational Research Association's Outstanding Teacher Research awarded to Diane Reed and Amy Jones, Teachers, Radio Park Elementary Professional Development School.

• 2001 The Alpha Tau Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa's Innovative Educator of the Year presented to Nancy Dana and Jim Nolan for their leadership in PDS work.

• 2001 Association of Teacher Educator's Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award presented to Diane Silva for dissertation entitled Mentor Teachers Ways of Being and Knowing in a Professional Development School.

• Selected to be showcased at 2001 Holmes Partnership meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico for development of teacher inquiry as core component of veteran teacher professional growth in the PDS.

• 2000 Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educator's Teacher Educator of the Year Award presented to Jim Nolan for his work in teacher education, including PDS work.

• In 1999, the Elementary Professional Development School Collaborative was awarded one of 11 K-16 partnership Grants funded by the Lucent Technology Foundation.