Missing Voices: Parents in a Professional Development School

• In Event: Perceptions of Partnership: Insights of Teacher Candidates, Schoolchildren, and Families on Professional Development School Partnerships

Abstract

This study marks a beginning step towards understanding parent perspectives on professional development schools (PDS) by attempting to answer the questions: In what ways do families in a PDS interact with the school’s university partner? What impact on student learning, if any, do families attribute to the partnership? How do families perceive the partnership as impacting the status of their child’s school? Survey responses and focus group interviews explore the insights of families whose children attend a preschool and K-8 school which are recognized as professional development schools.

Author

• Amy Hanreddy, California State University - Northridge