Promising Practices in University/School District Collaboration

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Promising Practices in University/School District
Collaboration

• Positive Synergy

Amy Burks-Berry Daniel Watkins Jianjun Yin
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Objectives

• Share information related to the birth and
  development of the Jackson State University
  collaboration with five schools within the
  Jackson Public School District.
• Highlight our work in progress

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Partners

• Jackson State University
• Jackson Public School District
• Barksdale Reading Institute
• MS Department of Education

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Demographics

• Jackson State University- Urban University in
  Jackson, MS
• MS Learning Institute
• College of Education Human Development
• Jackson Public School District
• Jim Hill High School
• Blackburn Middle School
• George, Isable, and Poindexter Elementary
• Barksdale Reading Institute
• MS Department of Education

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Culture

• Collaborative to ensure involvement that provides
  enriched opportunities for teacher candidates,
  in-service teachers, principals, professors,
  parents all stakeholders
• Internal and external learning communities

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Best Practices

• Professional Learning Communities
• Collaborative Teams
• Executive Committee
• Growth Team
• Coaches
• Ongoing, Focused Professional Development
  Sessions
• Pre-K through 20 Continuum

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Professional Learning Communities Professors,
Principals, Coaches, Teachers, Parents,
Assistants, and Consultants
Positive Synergy Improved Student Performance,
Teacher Effectiveness, and Productive Teacher
Placement
P-20 Continuum Lecture Series, Forums, and
Research Symposiums
Professional Development Sessions Instructional
Strategies, Data Analysis, and Integrated
Technology
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Specific Activities

• Collaborative Teams
• Monthly meetings, retreats, collaborative
  courses, and collective decision-making
• Learning Communities
• Lecture Series (monthly), Parent Academies
  (quarterly), Saturday Professional Development
  Sessions (monthly), Common Planning Periods
  (weekly), Book Study Groups (annually), Field
  Based Experiences (per semester), Professional
  Dialogues (monthly)

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Protocol

• Annual Summer Retreat
• Focused initial session
• Lectures
• Monthly lectures on research
• School Site Visits
• Monitor implementation and progress
• Saturday Training Session
• Capacity building and modeling

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Evidence Driven Practices

• Build Capacity and Improve Performance
• Alignments
• Teacher Education Program
• State Curriculum
• National Standards
• Continuous Professional Development
• Content Knowledge
• Instructional Strategies
• Accountability Measures

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Parent Academy at Middle School
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Saturday Professional Development
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Impacting Pupil Learning
Involvement by all stakeholders !
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Increased Achievement Levels
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Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS

• Dr. Daniel Watkins, Dean
• College of Education
• Dr. Jianjun Yin,
• Associate Professor
• Mrs. Amy Burks-Berry, Liaison
• College of Education and MS Learning Institute
• www.jsums.edu
• www.mlims.org