Professional Development Schools

Petersen Professional Development School

Our mission at the Petersen Professional Development School is to work together as a community of learners to increase academic growth and enhance positive social development.

Petersen PDS Contents

  1. Research
  2. Forms
  3. Teacher Preparation
  4. Cohort Information
  5. Professional Development
  6. Coordinating Council
  7. Directions
  8. Contact Information

Research

The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)/Clark County School District (CCSD)Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership is a collaboration between the College of Education at UNLV and the CCSD. The primary aim of the PDS Partnership is to work toward continuous teacher education improvement and reform in order to promote increased P-12 student learning. Three principal goals of the PDS Partnership are:

Forms

  1. Activity Request Form
  2. Research Request Form
  3. CCSD Research Application Instructions
  4. CCSD Research Application
  5. Code of Federal Regulations Title 34 Department of Education PART 97 - Protection of Human Subjects

Teacher Preparation

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Cohort Information

During the 2008-2009 CCSD academic school year, thirteen teacher candidates have been selected to become part of the Elementary Cohort Program at Paradise and Petersen PDS schools. They were selected based on grade point, interest, status in the elementary education program, and an interview with College of Education and PDS faculty. Nine are traditional students and four are nontraditional students in terms of age and life experiences.

These students are placed for practica and student teaching experiences in the classrooms of many veteran mentor teachers at Petersen, grades Kindergarten through fifth grades. Approximately 400 elementary students will benefit from the extra support provided by these interns.

Fall 2009 Applications: The following requirements need to be completed before the start of the Professional Development School cohort program in Fall 2009:

  1. College of Education Core Requirements
    • EDU 210 Nevada School Law
    • EPY 303 Educational Psychology
    • EPY 451 Foundations of Ed. Assessment
    • EPY 452 Counseling Education
    • EDU 280 Valuing Cultural Diversity
    • EDSP 411 Students with Disabilities in General Education Settings
  2. Elementary Methods and Materials Requirements
    • EDU 201 Intro to Elementary Education
    • EDU 214E Preparing Teachers to Use Technology
    • PED 337 Movement Experiences for Children
    • EDEL 331 Teaching Elementary School Art OR MUS 453 Music Skills for Classroom Teachers
    • EDRL 471 Language Acquisition, Development & Learning
    • HED 424 Teaching Elementary School Health
    • EDRL 401 Children's Lit. Elementary School Curriculum
  3. Complete and pass the Praxis I (PPST).
  4. Required pre-cohort classes may be taken over any of three 2009 summer sessions.
  5. Apply online at the College of Education Field Experience website for Practicum 1 for Fall 2009 and get fingerprinted during Spring 2009, by posted deadlines (go to http://education.unlv.edu/ofe/ for full details).
  6. Fill out a PDS application (available in the Gayle Zeiter Literacy Development Center or the Advising Center).
  7. Make an appointment (call 702-895-1537) and take the application to the College of Education Advising Center for review and approval.
  8. Applications will begin to be processed in February 2009 and interviews scheduled during the month of March/April 2009.
  9. Block 1 (P-1), Block 2 (P-2), and Block 3 (Student-teaching) courses will taken as part of the cohort program.

Download the Paradise or Petersen Professional Development Schools Cohort Program Application in PDF format. Application deadline for the program beginning Fall 2009 is March 31, 2009

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Professional Development

The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)/Clark County School District (CCSD)Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership is a collaboration between the College of Education at UNLV and the CCSD. The primary aim of the PDS Partnership is to work toward continuous teacher education improvement and reform in order to promote increased P-12 student learning. Three principal goals of the PDS Partnership are:

Coordinating Council

The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)/Clark County School District (CCSD)Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership is a collaboration between the College of Education at UNLV and the CCSD. The primary aim of the PDS Partnership is to work toward continuous teacher education improvement and reform in order to promote increased P-12 student learning. Three principal goals of the PDS Partnership are:

Directions

The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)/Clark County School District (CCSD)Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership is a collaboration between the College of Education at UNLV and the CCSD. The primary aim of the PDS Partnership is to work toward continuous teacher education improvement and reform in order to promote increased P-12 student learning. Three principal goals of the PDS Partnership are:

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Contact Information

The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)/Clark County School District (CCSD)Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership is a collaboration between the College of Education at UNLV and the CCSD. The primary aim of the PDS Partnership is to work toward continuous teacher education improvement and reform in order to promote increased P-12 student learning. Three principal goals of the PDS Partnership are:

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