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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Pd: Revising Pds Leaders' Roles In Support Of Children's Learning Directly, Patricia J. Norman, B. Sparks
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Pd: Revising Pds Leaders' Roles In Support Of Children's Learning Directly, Patricia J. Norman, B. Sparks
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School leaders typically encounter district policies and procedures that make it difficult to facilitate school improvement efforts effectively (Bottoms & Fry, 2009; Bottoms & Schmidt-Davis, 2010). When the San Antonio Independent School District earned a state level distinction as a District of Innovation, the PDS principal and university faculty liaison took advantage of this opportunity to develop innovative curricular initiatives, including the implementation of a bi-weekly half-day of planning and professional development for elementary teachers while students take field trips and participate in Curiosity Corner, an 80-minute block for engineering challenges. When the PDS leaders' plan to garner enough parent …