As teachers work with new teachers, they gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of what they do. Value your expertise and be proud of the contributions you are making. One answer is the teaching hospital, the site where almost all young doctors truly learn their craft. Professional development schools are high-quality public schools that feature a teacher education program modeled on the notion of a teaching hospital. In a PDS situation, some of a student's collegiate education classes are held at the school itself.
Professors come over from the university to the public school to teach their classes.
Veteran teachers who work at the school, meanwhile, are on hand to give the student-teachers the benefit of their solid, practical knowledge. To see a teaching idea in action, student-teachers can often just walk down the hall. The PDS model, in short, bridges the gap between theory and practice. And because teachers in a professional development school get used to watching and talking about each other's work, a PDS also helps bridge the gap between classroom and classroom. Beyond that, a PDS doesn't cost significantly more to operate than traditional teacher ed programs.