Within a society increasingly dependent on instant, electronic transfer of information,
the Center recognizes the need for providing a "broker service" among the growing numbers of
partnerships between the Center and school and community groups. In response, the Center has
created a PDS On-Line Resource Center (ORC), which allows educators in partner districts and
in the College to access materials geared toward creating and maintaining successful PDS
collaborations. The ORC is continually updated to reflect new holdings.
Procedures for ORC check-out:
- Scroll down to access a list of ORC holdings.
- After you have chosen the materials you would like to borrow, e-mail your request
(use ORC as the subjectheading) to: jill.ryan@mnsu.edu.
Include your name, mailing address, telephone number and the titles of resources you
would like to check out or your request will not be processed.
- A confirmation e-mail will be sent when resources are mailed. In addition, if a
resource is not available, the confirmation e-mail will include this information, and
you will be placed on a waiting list. When the item is returned, you will receive an
e-mail notification when the item is mailed to you.
- Holdings can be checked out for a period of two weeks from the date received.
Please return materials to: Jill Ryan, 117 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001
ORC Holdings
Texts:
- Abdal-Haqq, Ismat.
- Professional Development Schools: Weighing the Evidence. 96 pp.,1998.
- Abdal-Haqq, Ismat.
- Resources on Professional Development Schools: An Annotated Bibliography and
Resource Guide. 92 pp., 2001.
- Boreen, Jean.
- Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching.
- Clark, Richard W.
- Professional Development Schools: Policy and Financing. 42 pp.,1997.
- Cummings, Carol.
- Winning Strategies for Classroom Management.
- Danielson, Charlotte.
- Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching. 140pp., 1996.
- Gordon, Stephen.
- How to Help Teachers Beginning Succeed.
- Hunter, Madeline.
- Mastery Teaching. 113 pp., 1982.
- Impact 11 Teachers Network.
- New Teachers Handbook. (Booklet)
- Marzano, R.
- Classroom Instruction that Works.
- Scherer, Marge.
- A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers.
- Silberman, Mel.
- Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject.
- Teitel, Lee. with Ismat Abdal-Haqq.
- Assessing the Impacts of Professional Development Schools. 76 pp., 2000.
- Teitel, Lee.
- Designing PDS Governance Structures. 52 pp., 1998.
- Thompson, Julia G.
- The First Year Teacher's Survival Kit.
- Wong, Harry.
- The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher.
Videos:
- ASCD Mentoring the New Teacher, Videos 1-7.
- Mentoring to Improve Schools, Video Set and Facilitator's Guide.
- Mentoring Teachers to Mastery, Videos 1-5 and Facilitator's Guide.
- School-Wide Strategies for Retaining Great Teachers, Videos 1-4 and Facilitator's Guide.
- Supervision Series: Another Set of Eyes, Techniques for Classroom Observation.
- The Effective Teacher (can be partnered with the book The First Days
of School) Videos 1-8 and Facilitator's Guide.
