Article: Developing university and public school partnerships to promote excellence in teacher education.

The establishment of a Professional Development School relationship between Jacksonville State University's College of Education and Professional Studies and Piedmont City Schools began in 1992 through a grant funded by Alabama Power Foundation. A major focus of the partnership was to promote quality educational practices provided at both institutions. Through frequent interaction, teacher educators and future teachers are able to apply classroom theory in practice by getting real world classroom experience.

In developing guidelines formulating structure for the partnership, goals and objectives were selected to benefit all participants. The primary goals were to ...

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