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Professional Development System

 



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News & Events

PDS Professional Learning Days
Spring 2012

PDS Professional Learning Days for partnership teachers hosting interns, site coordinators with interns in school, and university supervisors will be held:

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 (Elementary/EYC) Registration

Thursday, March 8, 2012 (Middle Grades/Secondary) Registration

The Fall PDS Professional Learning Day was held Tuesday, October 25th.  With over 100 attendees, partnership teachers learned how to apply their knowledge about innovative practices in education using  animoto.com.  Teachers worked in groups to create a 30 second commercial about 21st century learning and innovation.  After the judging panel voted for the top 5, all participants voted for their favorite video.  The following were the top 3 winners.

1st Place:  Melissa Willis and Jen Young

2nd Place:  Elaine McIntyre and Amy Hardison

3rd Place: Jennifer Booher, Barb Lucas, Tracy Failla,           Lesley Warren, Ann Carroll, Kelly Crowley, Tim Mills, Kim Jessup

Innovation Inspires Collaboration:  Exploring the Educational Landscape of Southeastern NC in Challenging Economic Times

The WSE Professional Development System Office hosted a Southeastern North Carolina Regional Education Forum

Congressman Mike McIntyre speaks to educators gathered in the Watson School of Education for the Fall Educational Summit on Sept. 19. The event brought together superintendents, principals and other representatives from its P-12 regional school partners to share innovative ideas and practices with one another and build collaborative partnerships to address continued challenges.

Congressman McIntyre's Speech

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National Teachers Hall of Fame

The National Teachers Hall of Fame annually honors five teachers who have demonstrated commitment and dedication to teaching our nation's children.  Anyone may nominate a teacher by completing a nomination packet.  Candidates must be certified public or non-public classroom teachers with at least 20 years experience teaching in grades pre K-12.

For nomination packet, click here.

PDS Site Coordinator Meeting

September 30, 2011

Presentation          Site Coordinator Training

Teaching Scenarios

PDS Online Partner Orientation Training

Administrators may e-mail childsj@uncw.edu throughout the year the name and e-mail address of teachers/administrators at their school who are interested in entering the PDS partnership to host a future WSE teacher intern. A user name and password to access the training program will be created and e-mailed directly to the person.

The Hill Center Regional Educational Model Grant PDS Partner Opportunities

For additional information, click here.

K-12 International Outreach

K-12 International Outreach is a new initiative to enhance global awareness and promote intercultural understanding within the K-12 curriculum. UNCW international students and faculty are linked with local K-12 schools to share first hand information and experiences about their home countries (cultural, education, language etc.). Teachers decide the country of focus and the theme they would want their students to learn from international students or faculty.

Currently, we have students from various countries including India, Australia, Japan, Korea, UK, Spain, Italy and Germany. We also have cultural correspondents, UNCW students who have returned from study abroad and are willing to share their experiences. When presenters cannot physically make it to the classroom, we use Skype to connect with teachers and students in a K-12 classroom to share information. Contact Dr. Mary Ombonga at ombongam@uncw.edu (910-962-7814) for additional information.