Vision Statement

The PDS Partnerships Special Interest Group of the Association of Teacher Educators is an organization of educators supporting each other in their common goal of forming, investigating, and sustaining partnerships between colleges of education and schools to enhance teacher training and to benefit schools as they work together.

Mission Statement

The PDS Partnerships Special Interest Group:

• Will serve as a forum for sharing ideas among the many stakeholders involved in PDSs.
• Will serve as a vehicle for disseminating information and research.
• Will provide the means for dialog among those who share common goals concerning PDS issues.

Acting Co-Chairs

Barbara Purdum-Cassidy

Baylor University

Rachelle Curcio

University of South Carolina