Professional Development Schools and the Transformation of Teacher Leadership.

■ Professional development schools (PDSs) are Lee Teitel is an associate exciting, innovative types of restructuring schools professor and the program that are designed to be partnerships that bring about director of educational the "simultaneous renewal" of schools and teacher administration at the education programs (Goodlad 1988). Although defi University of nitions of PDSs vary, most can be characterized as Massachusetts, Boston. collaborations between schools and colleges or uni This article is an versities (and sometimes community agencies) that adaptation of a paper focus on: ( 1 ) the preparation of pre-service teachers; commissioned by the (2) the continued professional development of expe National Center for the rienced educators at school and college; (3) high Restructuring of quality education for diverse students; and (4) con Education, Schools, and tinuous inquiry into improving practice. Teaching at Teachers PDSs can only be effective in pursuing these College, Columbia goals when they successfully challenge the "institu (Jniversity, entitled "The tional regularities" (Sarason 1982) of schools. As Transformation of School they strive to achieve these objectives, PDSs inevita Leadership in bly transform the roles, the relationships, and the Professional Development responsibilities of teachers and administrators at the Schools. " school and at the university. As PDSs evolve, they