There are schools in which specific problems are addressed at selected grades. Interviews and cohort scales in career counseling, group development, behavior management, and peer mediation projects were administered as were questionnaires of all workshops and family center activities. Questionnaires focused on team taught courses were administered to preservice students and other professional preparation students. Also important is an agreed upon definition of collaboration in practice as well as resources for development and expansion. For University faculty, there can be conflicts in priorities related to PDS work and other professional roles and responsibilities.
Time management can be problematic for faculty and school district teachers.
Changes in school district personnel can also be problematic as can support for university-wide involvement in PDS efforts. Staff to deliver professional development activities is need as are funds for attendance at national educational conferences. The PDS Partnership has had numerous articles written about it in local newspapers such as the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Tribune , as well as in University publications such as The Temple Educator . Policy implications for school-university collaboration. State University of New York Press, 179-197.