University of South Florida

&

King High School

as a

Professional Development School

 

 

  • Professional Development Schools
    are collaborative arrangements between universities and public schools where there is a shared commitment to school improvement, teacher education, professional and pre-professional development.
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    • (Florida Association for Colleges of Teacher Education)

    Case Statement

    Mission

    The mission of the Professional Development School program is to sustain an ongoing interactive partnership devoted to continuous improvement in the quality of life and learning in a diverse educational community.

    Vision

    The Professional Development School is a unique collaborative effort among King High School, University of South Florida and the community to enable all teachers and students to reach their potential.

     

    Program Impacts

    How can King High School and University of South Florida work toward each other's advantage?

    Current In-place Programs (1999)

    1. Dr. Jeff Golub: currently offers a methods class in language arts, allowing pre-intern teachers access to classrooms and the opportunity for personal contact teaching.
    2. Dr. Terence Cavanaugh: Dual enrollment course: Intro to Educational Technology a current requirement for entry into any state education college
    3. Dr. E. Watts/Ms. A. Lasley research grant: into Effects of Sustained Silent Reading of Young Adult Literature on the Reading Attitudes of At-Risk Adolescents.
    4. Janet Scagelonie/Beth Burgess: Methods courses in business
    5. International Baccalaureate students use USF facilities

    Future Goals & Objectives

    1. Goal: To broaden the horizons of the King/USF Faculty & Students in Journalism and the Arts
      Objective: To have the ability to allow for cross interactions of drama, art and journalism programs, workshops, and speakers.
    2. Goal: To establish link between King and USF
      Objective: providing weekly/monthly information about activities at each school
    3. Goal: Build a communication network between the two schools
      Objective: be aware of who can be worked with between the two schools as resources.
    4. Goal: Have USF Faculty and Pre-service teachers be aware of what actual current teaching situations are.
      Objective: Have student teachers be able to apply their education to an educational setting.
    5. Goal: Create greater ease of integration of interns and Pre-interns to local High School
      Objective: Adoption of similar teaching tools between USF & King HS
    6. Goal: To expand the technology resources at King High School
      Objective: Expand services to the whole high school in technology as it impacts curriculum.
    7. Goal: Increased professionalism of staff in current technology and trends
      Objective: Provide courses or workshops at King to provide up-to-date instruction.
    8. Goal: Establish informal communication links and relationship building
      Objective: Host a social between USF and King faculty and staff
    9. Goal: Awareness of current trends in the reform movement of mathematics education
      Objective: To present current and future teachers with strategies and alternatives in math education
    10. Goal: Increase student’s abilities and success rates in foreign language
    11. Goal: Encourage students as lifelong language learners and increase foreign language enrollment
    12. Goal: to improve the all King students in reading
      Objective: Need to have continuing communication/collaboration between USF/King concerning reading instruction strategies.
    13. Goal: Improve school self-management and programs through the school improvement committee.
      Objective: Have USF faculty member attends school improvement program meetings and assist.

     

  • More goals to be developed from other departments.

    Administration: develop the intern program to include school startup/shutdown aspects of teacher actions and responsibilities. Change the intern program to include: have students actually attend or add this aspect as part of the senior seminar program (or part of the new seminar program)

    USF COEDU: develop check sheets forms to create intern forms as part of their portfolios that have the supervising teacher sign off on when an intern/pre-intern goes to a class and shows a behavior.

    Program Initiatives

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    • 1998-1999-future

    Goal 2: Establish links between King & USF

    Goal 5: Create greater ease of integration of interns and pre-interns

    Goal 6: Expand the technology resources at King High School

    Goal 12: to improve the all King students in reading

    1999-2000

    Goal 2: Establish links between King & USF

    Goal 6: Expand the technology resources at King High School

    Goal 5: Create greater ease of integration of interns and pre-interns

    Goal 7: Increased professionalism of staff in current technology and trends