Shared responsibility for teacher preparation: An exploratory study of the match between skills of clinical teachers and those required of their teacher candidates

This paper reports the results of a study conducted within the context of a school-university partnership. Researchers investigated the degree to which clinical teachers regularly use and model proficiently the skills and knowledge required of teacher candidates to successfully move towards initial licensure. Results were encouraging for most domains, although less so for areas such as math, standards-based curriculum, and technology. Results indicated differences in the perceptions of clinical teachers, site coordinators, site professors, and other faculty within the professional development school. Researchers discuss the implications for the teacher education and professional development components of school-university partnerships.