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. 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
PDS for Early Childhood Education
City: La Crosse
School Website: Emerson Elementary
UWL Liaison: Rosie DeFino
City: La Crosse
School Website: Summit Environmental School
UWL Liaison: Rosie DeFino
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Hintgen Elementary
UWL Liaison: TBD
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Southern Bluffs Elementary
UWL Liaison: TBD
School District: Holmen
School Website: Prairie View Elementary
UWL Liaison: Ann Epstein
School District: Holmen
School Website: Viking Elementary
UWL Liaison: Ann Epstein
PDS for Elementary Middle Education
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Eagle Bluff Elementary
UWL Liaison: Rita Chen
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Northern Hills Elementary
UWL Liaison: Yuko Iwai
School District: La Crosse
School Websites: Northside Elementary, Coulee Montessori
UWL Liaison: Deanna Maynard
School District: La Crosse
School Websites: Hamilton Elementary, School of Technology and the Arts (SOTA) I
UWL Liaison: Matt McParker
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Longfellow Middle School
UWL Liaison: Lisa Pitot
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Logan Middle School
UWL Liaison: Rosie DeFino
School District: Sparta
School Website: Meadowview Middle School
UWL Liaison: Janet Koll
PDS for STEP
School District: Onalaska
School Website: Onalaska Middle School
UWL Contact: Cindy Duley
School District: West Salem
School Website: West Salem Middle School
UWL Contact: Cindy Duley
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Central High School
UWL Liaisons: Matt Chedister
School District: La Crosse
School Website: Logan High School
UWL Liaisons: Matt Chedister
PDS for PASHE
School District: West Salem
School Website: West Salem Middle School
UWL Liaison: Rachyl Stephenson
