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• A Learning Organization
  Describes the attributes of a learning organization, discusses the value of strategic conversations, identifies skills that individuals need, and suggests how the learning organization may be assessed.
• An Introduction to PDS
  A slide-show overview of an initial PDS partnership session, focusing on some of the key elements of a PDS partnership.
• Creating a Professional Development School
  Manual for Professional Development Schools from The University of Memphis College of Education. Includes their mission, focus, function, critical attributes, core commitments, and the partnership process.
• Information Literacy and Teacher Education
  This ERIC digest discusses the concept of information literacy and its relevance for teachers.
• NCATE Standard V: Structures, Resources, and Roles
  Overview of NCATE Standard V for PDS partnerships, with a focus on governing structures that suport the learning and development of all members of the partnership.
• Overview: The University of Memphis Professional Development Schools Partnership
  The purpose, selection criteria, partnership principles, and components of the University of Memphis PDS Partnership.
• PDS At-a-Glance
  A summary describing a PDS partnership, the benefits, and the role of key players.
• PDS Handbook
  A PDS handbook from Purdue University Calumet and the Northwest Indiana PDS. Discusses the mission, functions, benefits, and roles within a PDS partnership.
• Pittsburgh State University Professional Development School Model
  Background, definition, purpose, and vision from the Pittsburgh State University PDS model. Also provides a mission statement, responsibilities of partners, and short-term and long-term goals and strategies.
• Professional Development Schools: A Witness to Teacher Empowerment
  Identifies three attributes of teacher empowerment that emerged at Scales Professional Development School: teacher autonomy, collaborative opportunities, and emerging dialogue about all aspects of the educational process.
• The Principal as Chief Learning Officer: The New Work of Formative Leadership
  This article maintains that the principal is the chief learning officer of a school. In this role, it is the responsibility of the principal to ask the right questions, analyze and interpret data, lead the faulty in conversations, create strategies for promoting innovation, optimize the talents of all personnel, promote and encourage change, and create opportunities for team learning.