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UMKC Teacher Education Partnerships with P-12 Schools.
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UMKC Teacher Education Partnerships with P-12 Schools • The mission of the School of Education is to recruit, prepare, and support outstanding teachers, mental health professionals, and administrators who will create lifelong opportunities through education for America's diverse urban communities. • Academic excellence • Strategic innovation • Inquiry leading to reflective decision-making and problem-solving • Skilled and knowledgeable professionals working collaboratively • Democracy, diversity, and social justice • Creating caring and safe environments
P-12 Urban Partners • Center • Grandview • Hickman Mills • Independence • Kansas City, Kansas • Kansas City, Missouri (along with UMKC-sponsored Charter schools) • North Kansas City • Raytown • Turner
Step 1: Defining the Partnership • Meet with superintendent and administrative team • Discuss “state of the partnership” • Share priorities • Identify action items • Schedule follow-up conversations
Step 2: Benefits of the Partnership • Professional Development Schools • Program Enhancement and Development (i.e. field and clinical experiences) • Professional Development (i.e. certificate programs)
Leveraging Partnerships: Field & Clinical Experiences • Consistency, Coherency and Continuity (Hollins, 2010) • Centralizing Processes • NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel Report • Professional Development Schools • Target in Diversity