Professional Development School Network

General Information

The School of Education has embarked on a model of teacher training known as Professional Development Schools (PDS). Based on the work of John Goodlad at the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington, the notion of a PDS involves the simultaneous renewal of public schools and teacher training programs. This concept involves a commitment to a university-school partnership centered on the belief that if change within teacher preparation and public schools is to occur it must involve a collaborative relationship between the two partners. Each must commit to the idea that, together, they are responsible to the preparation and cultivation of teachers and that it is through this collaborative, evolutionary process that teacher training programs and public schools will be revitalized together for the 21st century.

PDS offer our students a unique opportunity to participate in school classrooms, to reflect upon their work via discussions and tie-in's to classroom work back at the university and engage in active inquiry about education. SCSU faculty are directly involved in the schools and offer consultation and direct support to classroom teachers in areas of educational research and emerging best practices in reading, mathematics, classroom management, inclusion of students with disabilities, among a host of other contemporary educational issues and challenges. Conversely, public school teachers offer our students and faculty a realistic view of what public (urban) education really is, and ways to effectively create learning communities within classrooms. Together, faculty in the public school and at SCSU are engaged in a dialogue of simultaneous renewal which will ultimately create better teachers for today's world.

Professional Development School Network

ACES - Hamden

Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School K-8

Amity School District

Amity Middle School - Bethany
Amity Middle School - Orange
Amity Regional Senior High School

Branford Public School District

Mary Tisko Elementary School
Mary Murphy Elementary School
John Sliney Elementary School
Walsh Intermediate School
Branford High School

Derby Public School District

Irving Elementary School
Bradley Elementary School
Derby Middle School
Derby High School

East Haven Public School District

Deer Run Elementary School
Ferrara Elementary School
Carbone Elementary School
Momauguin Elementary School
Tuttle Elementary School

Hamden Public School District

Bear Path Elementary School
Dunbar Hill Elementary School
Ridge Hill Elementary School
Spring Glen Elementary School
Church Street Elementary School
Helen Street Elementary School
Shepherd Glen Elementary School
West Woods Elementary School
Hamden Middle School
Hamden High School
Alice Peck Learning Center

Milford Public School District

Simon Lake Elementary School
Live Oaks Elementary School
Mathewson Elementary School
Orange Avenue Elementary School
Meadowside Elementary School
Pumpkin Delight Elementary School
Calf Pen Meadow Elementary School
East Shore Middle School
West Shore Middle School
Jonathan Law High School
Foran High School
Alternative Education High School

New Haven Public School District

Bishop Woods Elementary
Edgewood Magnet School
Conte-West Hills K-8 Magnet School
East Rock Global Studies Magnet Elementary School
Benjamin Jepson Non-Graded PreK-8 Magnet School
Nathan Hale Elementary School
Worthington Hooker K-8
Celentano Museum Academy
James Hillhouse High School
Wilbur Cross High School
Sound School

New Haven Independent School

Leila Day Nursery School

North Branford Public School District

Jerome Harrison Elementary

Wallingford School District

Moses Y. Beach Elementary School
Pond Hill Elementary School
Rock Hill Elementary School
Cook Hill Elementary School
Evarts C. Stevens Elementary School
James H. Moran Middle School
Yalesville Elementary School

West Haven Public School District

Forest Elementary School
Haley Elementary School
Mackrille Elementary School
Thompson Elementary School
Savin Rock Elementary School
Pagels Elementary School
Ana Molloy Elementary School
Bailey Middle School
Carrigan Middle School
West Haven High School