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Principals

District & School Partnerships

PDS School Principals are an integral part of the school-university partnership. Principals see the work of the partnership as a key component of the school and see his/her school as an integral part of WCE teacher education programs.

PDS School Principal Duties

PDS School Principals designate a school Site Coordinator who works as an extension of WCE faculty. Principals work with Site Coordinators to recommend new partnership teachers, as well as potential field placements for WCE students.

PDS School principals empower faculty, promote the PDS Model, and are open to working alongside WCE faculty to meet the unique needs of his/her school by joining in ongoing PDS initiatives throughout the year. In addition, PDS principals share annual goals and school-based needs via the PDS School Needs Assessment, PDS Principal Meetings, and via additional PDS collaborative opportunities.

Principals

Schools that are interested in collaborating with UNCW and the Watson College of Education via our PDS School-University Partnership should contact the Office of P12 School-Universtiy Partnerships for an application. Along with your completed Site Application, please submit an introductory letter of interest and a 1-2 page overview of the school's mission, vision, and values along with relevant demographics, assessment data, and/or current school initiatives that will help the committee better understand the school setting and context for learning and practice.

Applications are reviewed once per semester by the SUP School Site Application Committee using the SUP School Site Application Rubric provided with the application form. Schools whose application meets requirements will be contacted regarding next steps in the application process.

SUP Partnership Teachers are referred by the SUP Site Coordinator and Principal of their school using the form linked on the home page of InPlace. To recommend a Partnership Teacher, please access InPlace Database.

The edTPA is a performance-based assessment teacher candidates complete during their student teaching, which was designed by the Stanford Center for Learning and Assessment Equity (SCALE) and is currently being used in 35 states, as well as the District of Columbia as a summative assessment of teacher preparation.

It consists of three tasks which align with one cycle of instruction in which teacher candidates plan 3-5 lessons (Task 1: Planning), video record themselves teaching those 3-5 lessons (Task 2: Instruction), and analyze student work (Task 3: Assessment). For each of the three tasks, candidates write commentaries to support and justify their planning decisions (Task 1), analyze their teaching (Task 2) and use data to inform instruction (Task 3).

For additional information regarding edTPA, please use the link below.

Partnership Teaching and Supervisor Support

The Watson College of Education Office of Student Advising and Integrated Leadership provides school and community partners with the opportunity to post volunteer and employment opportunities that we be accessible to our Watson students and alumni.

To post information about your school's volunteer or employment opportunity visit the SAIL website and use the links on the right side of the homepage.

The WCE InPlace Database serves as the “go-to site” to retrieve all information, materials, and tools teachers will need to perform tasks efficiently and effectively as PDS Principals. Principals can access the InPlace Database using the link below.

If you do not know your username and password, please use the “Forgot” link on the sign in page to retrieve this information using your professional school email.

InPlace Database