PDSD – Emerging Professional Development Schools
Several Coile Middle School students take annual trips to the University of Georgia to be exposed to higher education opportunities.
Annually, around 80% of Cedar Shoals high school graduates report they will attend either a two or four-year college after graduation.
Coile Middle School
Cedar Shoals High School
Coile Middle School, led by Principal Dwight Manzy, is just becoming a PDS school with a focus on English Language Learners and striving readers. Ruth Harman, faculty in the COE’s Department of Language and Literacy Education, is teaching a graduate-level class on site that will focus on content and language integration in science, English Language Arts, and social studies. Approximately seven percent of the Coile students have a first language other than English.
Under the leadership of Principal Tony Price, PDS activities are getting underway at Cedar Shoals High School with a focus on social studies education. Sonia Janis and Mardi Schmeichel, both faculty in the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education, are teaching social studies methods courses on site and are partnering with teachers to link the pre-service teacher curriculum with the high school classes.
Districtwide Professor-in-Residence
UGA College of Education Office of School Engagement
Sally Zepeda Professor, COE Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, and a Fellow in the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Education and Human Development Sally Zepeda serves as the Districtwide Professor-inResidence for the entire school district. Her work has centered on the new teacher evaluation system, professional development for school leaders related to their work with the evaluation system, and framing key practices from the research base, most notably the observable classroom practices that frame the performance standards and their key elements.
The Office of School Engagement (OSE) serves as a bridge between the worlds of theory and practice in P-16 public education to improve the educational experiences of students and the professional lives of educators. Janna Dresden Director, Office of School Engagement, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education Erica Gilbertson Public Service Faculty Representative and Project Manager, Office of School Engagement Page 11