Below we list each feature and then describe the ways our PDP has realized this aspect of collaboration. Collaboration implies interdependence, an ongoing give and take. The PDP is a site for the preparation of student teachers. The PDP school is also a site for the development of veteran teachers. On-site presence of the coordinator has encouraged teachers to get advanced degrees.
Solutions emerge by dealing constructively with differences.
Partners must work beyond stereotypes to rethink views about each other. Classically the university has a service delivery model of interacting with schools. Due to the connections from the PDP we initiated a district-based cohort, a new model of teacher preparation where student teachers take all university classes from university and district people in the district office. This new practice met some resistance from faculty. Collaboration means joint ownership of decisions.