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Levels of partnership

Level of partnership	Features present
Level 1 Taking from schools	Disconnect between school and university learning, no oversight of placements from the university, little cohesion in goals, no evaluation process
Level 2 Borrowing from schools	University educators as “guests” in school, university borrowing good practice from school
Level 3 Emerging partnership	University building relationships with schools, starting to align coursework and placement experience, developing trust, power to decide on curriculum still at university level
Level 4 Developing partnership	Deconstruction of lessons with teachers then invited into university as teacher educators, deliberate placement of trainees in classrooms with mentors who exemplify shared values/good practice with the university
Level 5 Co-constructed partnership	Consulting schools on what should be in the course, valuing school expertise, openness to learn, release of control by the university, flexibility, shared understanding of principles and practices
Level 6 Learning community	Partnership benefits all stakeholders, planning teams contain school practitioners and university academics, collaborative action research, hybrid teacher educators, shared language, transparency

Level of partnership	Features present
Level 1Taking from schools	Disconnect between school and university learning, no oversight of placements from the university, little cohesion in goals, no evaluation process
Level 2Borrowing from schools	University educators as “guests” in school, university borrowing good practice from school
Level 3Emerging partnership	University building relationships with schools, starting to align coursework and placement experience, developing trust, power to decide on curriculum still at university level
Level 4Developing partnership	Deconstruction of lessons with teachers then invited into university as teacher educators, deliberate placement of trainees in classrooms with mentors who exemplify shared values/good practice with the university
Level 5Co-constructed partnership	Consulting schools on what should be in the course, valuing school expertise, openness to learn, release of control by the university, flexibility, shared understanding of principles and practices
Level 6Learning community	Partnership benefits all stakeholders, planning teams contain school practitioners and university academics, collaborative action research, hybrid teacher educators, shared language, transparency

Source(s): Adapted from Burroughs et al. (2020)

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