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Professional Development Schools Network

For more than 30 years, the USC Professional Development School (PDS) Network has cultivated collaborative partnerships that strengthen educators, schools, and communities. With 25 active partnerships across six South Carolina school districts, the USC PDS Network advances educator preparation, professional learning, collaborative inquiry, research, innovation, and continuous improvement through meaningful collaboration among university, school, and district partners.

Our History

The USC Professional Development School (PDS) Network is one of the nation's oldest and largest Professional Development School networks. Since its first Network meeting on October 4, 1990, the USC PDS Network has grown through collaborative partnerships with schools and districts across South Carolina. It continues to evolve while remaining grounded in the collaborative relationships and shared purpose that have defined the USC PDS Network since its beginning.

 

Mission and Core Principles 

The mission of the USC PDS Network is to cultivate and sustain meaningful partnerships that strengthen educators, schools, and communities through innovative approaches to educator preparation, professional learning, collaborative inquiry, and research while fostering continuous improvement to advance educational practice and enhance learning opportunities and outcomes for students.

Five Core Principles express the philosophy of the USC PDS Network and guide its work:

  • Collaborative Relationships
  • Reciprocal Learning
  • Shared Leadership
  • Scholarly Practice
  • Continuous Improvement

 

Explore the USC PDS Network Framework [pdf] to learn more about the mission, Core Principles, organizational framework, and partnership approach.

 

Network Partnerships

The USC PDS Network is strengthened through collaborative partnerships with schools and districts across South Carolina. 

The USC Professional Development Schools Network currently consists of the following school and district partnerships:

 

  • Bethel-Hanberry Elementary
  • Blythewood High
  • Blythewood Middle
  • Bridge Creek Elementary
  • Cayce Elementary
  • Irmo Elementary
  • Irmo High
  • Irmo Middle
  • Lake Carolina Lower-Elementary
  • R.H. Fulmer Middle
  • Rice Creek Elementary
  • Sandhills Middle
  • Oak Pointe Elementary
  • Dreher High
  • Dutch Fork High
  • Hand Middle
  • Hopkins Middle
  • Horrell Hill Elementary
  • Killian Elementary
  • Lexington Four Early Childhood Center
  • Lexington School District One Leadership
  • Lower Richland High
  • Meadowfield Elementary
  • North Springs Elementary
  • Pontiac Elementary

 

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