We are all working on the decision to add new sites next year. There have been requests, but the decision has to be made by the present PDP Advisory. And also to train new people coming to the field. It's an exciting thing, because there's a commitment toward the future of education in Oregon. PDP provides us all a way to bring it all together.
Collaboration is an emergent process.
Through negotiations and interactions, rules for governing future interactions are actually restructured. Having some of those formal structures and formal communication gives it a legitimacy that it might not otherwise have. Letters of Commitment guide this year's performance expectations and having the written document has helped us structure future expectations. Given the above data from the focus groups, it appears that the university and the PDP sites have been involved in a collaborative process while building the Professional Development Partnerships. These impacts will keep people coming back to the table, sharing ideas and learning from each other.