1. Call for PDS Manuscripts:  Manuscripts for Volume 6 of Professional Development Schools Research Book Series are currently being accepted.   Volume 6 will focus on the ways in which PDSs are responding to current educational issues.
   
   Manuscripts (formatted using APA style) should address areas of concern for researchers and practitioners, e.g.,
   
   • student achievement;
   • performance–based assessment for pre-service teachers (edTPA);
   • teacher accountability; 
   • clinically rich practices;
   • new insights/perspectives in PDSs;
   • PDS evaluation

Series Editors:  Jo Anne Ferrara, Janice Nath, Irma Guadarrama, Ron Beebe

Submissions are due by September 1, 2015 and will be accepted as email attachments.
Send to:  [email protected]

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2.  Office Special Election:  A special election was held for officer positions.
The results for the officers include:

Program Chair – Janna Dresden, University of Georgia (terms ends in 2016)
Secretary/Treasurer – Jennifer Suh, George Mason University (term ends in 2016)
Chair Elect – Susan L. Ogletree, Georgia State University (term ends in 2015)