K-State PDS Partnership
Clinical Instructor

Coordinate all PDS Activities and Field Experiences

• Supervise, coordinate, and troubleshoot all PDS efforts
• Coordinate placement of KSU field experience students
• Provide orientations for all field experience students and PDS faculty
• Conduct student intern and cooperating teacher seminars
• Help supervise KSU field experience students

Coordinate PDS Communication Efforts

• Develop effective communication strategies for each PDS
• Maintain communication between district administrators, PDS teachers, administrators, parents, and students, KSU faculty, and other clinical instructors
• Attend regularly scheduled clinical instructor meetings

Coordinate PDS Simultaneous Improvement Efforts

• Promote professional development and school improvement activities at each PDS and align these activities with other district and building improvement efforts
• Participate in PDS professional development and school improvement activities
• Facilitate PDS action research projects
• Facilitate mentoring programs for novice teachers at each PDS
• Facilitate participation in National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Coordinate PDS Program Evaluation

• Serve as PDS program evaluation team member
• Conduct annual assessment of PDS impact involving teachers, administrators, parents, and KSU students and faculty
• Collect and help analyze PDS student achievement data