Annotation: Two teacher educators share their experiences incorporating post-baccalaureate teacher candidates into a professional development school model. The challenges experienced by stakeholders in the partnership resulted in the re-visioning of the collaborative model.
Abstract: The teacher shortage crisis has led to different iterations of certification programs. Whether post-baccalaureate, alternative certification or fast-track undergraduate configurations, the goal of schools and colleges of education is to get as many highly qualified teachers into the classroom as quickly as possible.
In this article two teacher educators share their positive and negative experiences encountered in the re-visioning of a secondary professional development school (PDS). Once a traditional, three semester undergraduate program, the PDS was in danger of being abandoned due to low enrollment and university budget reductions. In order to keep the model from extinction, the stakeholders adapted the program to fit the needs of the post-baccalaureate certification participants.
