Professional development schools
Professional Development Schools (PDS) are schools that have joined with a university to accomplish educational goals that are mutually beneficial to each. A PDS is a collaboratively planned and implemented partnership for the academic and clinical preparation of teacher candidates and the continuous professional development of teachers. The design of a PDS partnership is based on outcomes for the K-12 students in the school with collaborative staff development and pre-service teacher preparation centered on those outcomes. At a PDS, University courses are held within the school context. These schools are clinical sites where cohorts of teacher candidates participate in structured learning experiences as part of their professional education programs.
There is a formal agreement between the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the participating school district. These agreements include the following purposes:
- Exemplary instruction and other educational experiences for K-12 students
- Preparation of teachers and other school based educators
- Professional development of teachers and other school based educators
- Applied inquiry designed to improve practice
Field I
Emerson Elementary School
City: La Crosse
School Website: Emerson Elementary
UWL Liaison: Rosie DeFino
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 415 (concurrent with ECE 421, ECE 422)
Summit Environmental School
City: La Crosse
School Website: Summit Environmental School
UWL Liaison: Rosie DeFino
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 415 (concurrent with ECE 421, ECE 422)
Hingten Elementary School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Hintgen Elementary
UWL Liaison: Heidi Masters
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 415 (concurrent with ECE 421, ECE 422)
Southern Bluffs Elementary School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Southern Bluffs Elementary
UWL Liaison: Heidi Masters
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 415 (concurrent with ECE 421, ECE 422)
Eagle Bluff Elementary School
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Eagle Bluff Elementary
UWL Liaison: Rita Chen
Programs: EME, EME/FRE, EME/SPA, EME/TSL
Course: EDS 402 (concurrent with EDS 413, EDS 418)
Northern Hills Elementary School
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Northern Hills Elementary
UWL Liaison: Yuko Iwai
Program: EME, EME/SPE, EME/TSL, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 402 (concurrent with EDS 413, EDS 418)
Northside Elementary School/Coulee Montessori
School District: La Crosse
School Websites: Northside Elementary, Coulee Montessori
UWL Liaison: Deanna Maynard
Program: EME, EME/SPE, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 402 (concurrent with EDS 413, EDS 418)
Hamilton Elementary School/SOTA I
School District: La Crosse
School Websites: Hamilton Elementary, School of Technology and the Arts (SOTA) I
UWL Liaison: Matt McParker
Program: EME, EME/TSL, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 402 (concurrent with EDS 413, EDS 418)
Onalaska Middle School
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Onalaska Middle School
UWL Contact: Cindy Duley
Programs: STEP (Middle & High School Education) - English, Math, Sciences, Social Studies
Courses: ENG 355, MTH 454, BIO/CHM/PHY 454, HIS 304
West Salem Middle School
School District: West Salem
School Website: West Salem Middle School
UWL Contact: Cindy Duley
Programs: STEP (Middle & High School Education) - English, Math, Sciences, Social Studies
Courses: ENG 355, MTH 454, BIO/CHM/PHY 454, HIS 304
Field II
Prairie View Elementary School
School District: Holmen
School Website: Prairie View Elementary
UWL Liaison: Ann Epstein
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 455 (PK/K)
Viking Elementary School
School District: Holmen
School Website: Viking Elementary
UWL Liaison: Ann Epstein
Program: ECE
Course: ECE 455 (PK/K)
Longfellow Middle School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Longfellow Middle School
UWL Liaison: Tammy Chandler
Program: EME, EME/SPE, EME/TSL, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 446 (concurrent with EDS 421, EDS 422, EDS 452)
Lincoln Middle School/SOTA II/Coulee Montessori Adolescent Program (closing Summer 2023)
School District: La Crosse
School Websites: Lincoln Middle School, School of Technology and the Arts (SOTA) II, Coulee Montessori Adolescent Program
UWL Liaison: Lisa Pitot
Programs: EME, EME/SPE, EME/TSL, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 446 (concurrent with EDS 421, EDS 422, EDS 452)
Logan Middle School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Logan Middle School
UWL Liaison: Leslie Rogers
Program: EME, EME/SPE, EME/TSL, EME/FRE, EME/SPA
Course: EDS 446 (concurrent with EDS 421, EDS 422, EDS 452)
Central High School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Central High School
UWL Liaisons: Matt Chedister
Programs: STEP (Middle & High School Education) - English, Math, Sciences, Social Studies
Courses: ENG 455, MTH 455, BIO/CHM/PHY 455, HIS 419
Logan High School
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Logan High School
UWL Liaisons: Matt Chedister
Programs: STEP (Middle & High School Education) - English, Math, Sciences, Social Studies
Courses: ENG 455, MTH 455, BIO/CHM/PHY 455, HIS 419
West Salem Middle School
School District: West Salem
School Website: West Salem Middle School
UWL Liaison: Rachyl Stephenson
Programs: PASHE: Physical, Adapted and School Health Education
Courses: ESS 420