Promote your PDS!€¦ · A Presentation for the Professional Development Schools National...

A Presentation for the

Professional Development Schools

National Conference 2016

Promote your PDS!

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BSU Professional Development

School Network

The Charge: Clinical Practice

Advisory Council 2006

To develop a plan for the creation of a network of Professional Development Schools for the Educator Preparation Programs at Bridgewater State College. This should include a definition of a BSC Professional Development School, a model for the program, a plan for development (over a time period to be chosen by the committee) and a report to be shared with the faculty and faculty/staff of the Schools and BSC Administrators.

2007: The PDS "network"

Edgar B. Davis K-8 Community School

Brockton MA

The BSU PDS Network Today

2 preschools/early childhood centers

9 elementary schools

3 middle schools

2 high schools

BSU PDS Network Today

Encompassing 3 surrounding cities, a regional school district, a

vocational technical school, a

museum based preschool and a rural school.

PDS Network governed by

The BSU PDS Advisory Council

PDSAC

(currently has 47 Pk-12 and university members)

PDSAC

• Meets 4-6 times on campus annually

• In the interim, reviews documents and provides counsel

electronically

e.g. Reviews for approval and official

acceptance individual PDS mission statements and goals

Communication

Challenges

Internal and External Websites

Bridgewater State University has two websites

Internal (Intranet) which is available only to faculty, staff, students and administrator. Departments could freely post information

External (extranet) is available to everyone. It is considered the “face of the university”. Restrictions were in place to control content

Communication Challenges

Professional Development School partners could not access information from internal website due to strict security.

There was a need for one location that all internal and external constituents could access

We wanted to bridge the gap in our communication and to showcase the good work the PDS partners are doing in conjunction with BSU

bsupds.com

It all started with a

Created www.bsupds.com

Tried a few free website tools until I decided on Weebly.com

Weebly is very intuitive – drag and drop• Many templates to chose from• You may purchase an upgraded account which allows access to more

features

The purchased upgrade gave BSU its own domain name

It also give access to search bar feature, larger file size uploads, ability to control who is approved to create an account

Mindmap (Lucidchart)Used a mindmap to layout my ideas and how best to group them

Additional Resources

Website Creators

Weebly.com

Wix.com

Google Sites

Yola

(all of these sites are free.

You can pay to upgrade so

you will have access to

additional features)

Dabuttonfactory.com (can

create custom buttons for

website)

Wufoo.com – online

survey/registration form

creator

Websitegoodies.com (variety

of free tools)

Goo.gl – shortens really long

links to six characters

Lucidchart (app) create a

mind map to lay out the

various aspects of the

website you would like to

create

Additional Features Available

Tracy Charbonnier Mary Ann McKinnon

Project & Program Coordinator Associate Dean

tcharbonnier@bridgew.edu mmckinnon@bridgew.edu

508-531-1494 508-531-1755

www.bridgew.edu

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