Chapter 4: Community Teacher Learning and Development: The Promise of University-Assisted Community Schools: The Promise of University-Assisted Community Schools

This chapter examines how one university-assisted community school is developing a strong culture of professional learning by attending to the different stages of community teacher learning and development: novice, early career, and veteran. We highlight the research/practice nexus by focusing on different types of learning, including: (a) teacher residencies, (b) research-practice partnerships, and (c) networked improvement communities. By explicitly challenging deficit conceptions and building on the assets of the community, a diverse team of researchers and practitioners detail how community schools (CSs) and professional development schools (PDSs) collaborate to disrupt historic inequities and rethink the promise of public schooling.